How Long For New Stones to Develop? Posted: 07-22-06 09:24am
Hi,
i hada gallstone attack last week... Well
I think I had. At about 7.30pm a pain
started in my upper abdomen, just to the
right of centre. Within 15 minutes I was
rolling around I absolute agony,
writhing... No position eased it at all.
I can easily say that this was the worst
pain I have ever experienced in my life
and I have given birth twice with no pain
relief! I tried the shower but I couldn't
even stand up in there. This went on for
over an hour until I got sick (violently)
and then it eased so that I could sit
still. It still took another couple of
hours and lying in a warm bath before I
could say I was comfortable again. I went
to my gp the next day who said it sounded
like gallstones but was surprised by the
fact that I hadn't eaten anything fatty
nor had any history of problems with
eating fatty foods (though I rarely do
anyway).
He organised an ultrasound scan for the
next morning and there was no sign of any
gallstones,everything was clean as a
whistle. The doc said that the pain could
have been from a gallstone passing. He
said that sometimes when one has passed
you can see the trace of it or it leaves
the opening wider or something for a
couple of days after but that he couldn't
see any trace. However he still said it
sounded like there had been one which is
now gone.
So my question is...How likely is it that
this was a once off? If I am likely to
have more at some point in the future how
long do they take to develop...Ie. There
are none visible in there now.... Could
they be back in a month? Or is it
something that takes years?
