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gallbladder symptoms??? help please
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Posted by kmarcel (My Page) on Thu, Aug 20, 09 at 12:55
| I am very nervous about my stomach problems. It's been going on/off for several months. I suffer from occassional to alot of nausea/quezziness, have discomfort - but not pain - on the right side below my rib cage, and my whole upper stomach, area above my waist just feels strange. I guess I would describe it as if I'm bloated, or as if somethings there that shouldn't be. I have had a couple of occassions where I have vomited, but it doesn't seem to be a pattern after certain foods. I also don't seem to have what I would think is typical gallbladder attacks, as far as awful pain. It's more of a discomfort that can occur after eating or even when I haven't eaten. I do seem to have alot of indigestion also.
I'm having a stomach sono and upper barium tomorrow, but I am really nervous. Anyone else have gallbladder problems, but not severe attacks? |
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| My sister suffered with Gall bladder problems for 2 years. They did multi tests on her and could find nothing wrong. It seems the entrance to the gall bladder was very small and they could find no gall stones. It started out like yours. She'd be fine or sometimes almost fine--just a little discomfort. Then bam she started having more and more symptoms that became more and more severe, between periods of almost no symptoms. All the while they kept doing more tests. She was tested for every thing including lactoise intolerance and allergies. Finally she got very sick--was nonstop vomiting and wretching. We took her to the hospital and they found out her gall bladder was infected and she had small stones in her liver. They picked the stones out of her liver and put her on strong antibiotics and sent her home for 2 weeks to get the infection under control. Then she went back for surgery. It was day surgery. They removed the gall bladder through 3 timy incisions. She was a little sore but up and mobile. Of course she had to take it easy for a couple of weeks, but in no way was she an invalid. Don't be nervous. If it's gall bladder, the operation is not bad at all. My sister says it was a breeze compared to the attacks. |
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