Has anyone experienced gallbladder pain in
these areas? Is this normal?
Pain is not in just the right rib area
anymore...That's where it all started two
months ago...But now both left & right
ribs--front & back. In stomach area,
even in the back directly behind
stomach... Chest, sometimes left or right
of sternum. Both shoulder blades...Stiff
neck. These pains are all
intermittent...Never all at the same time.
Also don't have to eat anything greasy at
this point to have pain off & on. Of
course it does get worse after I make the
mistake of eating greasy food.
I had an upper endoscope, colonoscopy
& a barium enema 4 weeks ago. All was
well in that area...No stomach ulcers, ino
bowel nflammation or polyps, nothing.
I've also had a ultra sound & two
cat-scans & they saw nothing with my
pancreas or liver. No gallstones either,
just a small 3/4mm polyp. A couple blood
tests reveled only very slighted elevated
alt liver enzyme...Which the dr's did not
seem to overly concerned about. It had
went down by the second test. Hida came
bacl at 67%. I just hurt & feel
miserable all the time. The dr's just
want to remove the gallbladder, but I of
course am hesitant, since all my tests
come back normal.
The dr's want my gallbladder out & so
do i...But it this normal for gallbladder
related pain? Help!!
Thanks in advance,
heather
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Gallbladder Surgery Experience Posted: 03-30-05 18:26pm
Hi
i am 24 and I just had my gallbladder
removed. I had terrible problems for a
couple of years. It took the docs ages to
diagnose me because of my age. I wrote a
post on my blog documenting the whole
experience - I hope it can be helpful to
you.
Have you looked at a possible porphyric
episode? Do you have any danish
ancestry? Your pain sounds alot like
mine, but is very much like a porphyric
attack as well. Since your liver level
is elevated, I would ask the doctor to
check the liver porphyrins in your blood
to see if that is something to look at.
