Hi... am 30yr-old lady, with 2 kids (via
c-section)
I've gone with so many tests already...
3 - whole abdomen ultrasound
1 - whole abdomen xray
1 - gastroscopy
1 - colonoscopy
1 -lumbo sacreal xray
and series of blood chems and urinalysis
... and went all normal...
except for slight gastritis and
esophagitis (slight erosion or inflammed
on
the end) and...
which I think that won't give me so much
pain such as:
-bloatedness (that looks like am 4-6 mos.
pregnant)
-fullness (even if I all had small amount
of food intake)
-point-tenderness of my right ribcage
(when giving pressure)
-discomfort on my upper mid to right
stomach (like having baby on my
tummy packed up tightly in my upper ab.)
-severe pain just below my right ribcage
after eating full meal (esp. solid
fatty foods)
-severe pain of my back (from spots from
right side of my nape (back of
neck), above bra line, and especially just
above my waist and hips,
sometimes up to my right shoulder...
I've read lotsa stuff here online that
hida scan's their last test that can
detect and take away all the pain...
I've seen doctors:
4-Gastro (3-in-1 team of Endo Unit where I
was confined for 3 days and 1
from another hospital for second opinion),
1-Cardio (whom we consider as
our family health doctor), 1-OB-Gyne,
1-neuro...
but they cannot give me an exact answer
why am havin' all these pain...
except FUCTIONAL DISORDER.... til the
last gastro I've seen, told me
that no medicine can cure me... except
MYSELF, to face the fact that I
have GASTRO FUNCTIONAL DISORDER... which
couldnt be cured... and
that I have to deal with this pain and
discomfort for the rest of my life...
and that 60% of my life's a waste now...
they've just given me a lot of pain
relievers, muscle relaxant, prevacid,
motilium and anxiety pills,...which i
think wont cure me... but just help
me not to feel the pain and worry much
often...
I've read to so many forums here online
that in the USA, btw, am in the
PHILIPPINES right now, people with the
same problem had undergo HIDA
SCAN and found malfunctions with their
gallbladder... so they had it
removed...
Am just so pissed off coz doctors here
maybe thought am just paranoid
or being "Ms. Know-it-all" when am
speaking or suggesting about the
HIDA SCAN... coz here in the Philippines,
they're using HIDA SCAN
(Hepatobiliary SCAN) for infants with
BILIARY ATRESIA... that they have
never tried it to adults for
gallbladder/liver diseases...
And not to mention, HIDA SCAN is only
available on 2 hospitals here...
One in Manila and one in Cebu.
please help me... i really need an answer
for this matter...
I recommend you request an abdominal
ultrasound and a HIDA-scan. Ultrasound
can detect stones in the gallbladder and
a HIDA-scan is used to evaluate the
function of the gallbladder. If there are
stones in the gallbladder surgical removal
of the gallbladder is indicated. If there
are no stones present, but the HIDA-scan
results show that the billiary ejection
fraction is less then 35%... then you are
probably suffering from billiary
dyskinesia. This is treated with surgical
removal of the gallbladder.
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