I am not sure, that is a good question. I feel that it would be a good idea to start walking for 20-25 minutes in the morning a couple of times a week, eating a diabetic diet, (actually low in fat, white flour, white sugar, high in fruits and vegetables) If you tried the walking and diet for a couple of weeks you will be shocked and amazed at how much better you will feel.

I could not believe a gallbladder could make a person so sick, I had intense pain in my neck that is now gone, I had resisted eating healthy for some stupid reason, I just wanted what I wanted... or thought I wanted. I finally started eating right, I made the rule if it were in a package, can, box or bottle I would not eat it. I also started reading the ingrediants on those foods, all of them had high fructose corn syrup and three or four other sugars, fat, salt, perservatives, additives, binders, wax, chemicals and stuff I wouldnt let anyone eat, I got mad at the corporate food companies for not protecting me, or not doing the best job it could to make sure I got good nutrition, so no more of my money will go to fast food or processed food or juice, or flavored water, or sodas. I started this on April 29th, I have lost 28 pounds since then and have not tried. I have not exercised (but am starting water areobics on monday) except for the walking, and that got less and less because my dog got sick.

I am losing about half a pound a day, everyday and am hoping that it will conitue or get more weight loss when I begin the water sports...

I would avoid surgery until they can see the stones with ultrasound or another test, do you have pain if you press the area under your ribcage? Do you have pain anywhere else? have you checked your blood sugars recently? The easy way is to eat fruit and vegetables, drink a ton of water, walk walk walk.... it makes a huge difference, plus they say if a person loses weight quickly it can affect the gallbladder. Now before they will do the lapband surgery or the surgery where they make the stomach very small by cutting and removing the large part,(I forgot the name of it, and I have not had either surgery) they require the patient to have their gallbladder removed to prevent problems down the road.

Please let us know how things are going,

Hugs,
Cynthia

hey. thanks for your reply. Yes I have pain if I press under my rib cage. I have also been diagnosed with IBS and Acid Reflux but I am starting to think that the gallbladder is the problem!

I am underweight now but at the beginning of last year I was over weight by about 28 pounds. I lost that over the year with weight watchers and it wasn't until I started loosing the weight that the problems started. so like you said, maybe it was where I lost weight too quickly. My boyfriend is very anti weight watchers now as he is sure that is what caused all of my problems.

The issue I have now is that the doctors are convinced it is just acid reflux as nothing to do with my gallbladder showed up on my ultrasound. I am forever at the doctors and I am sure they think I am a hypercondriac (as do most people who know me) but the pain is very real. Should I go back and demand to have more tests? As the meds they have given me for acid reflux don't work.

I too am resisting eating a good diet. I have always eaten what I want, when I want so struggling. Most of the time if I avoid the fatty stuff I am ok. I ate a fair bit of chocolate this last week and nice puddings like cheesecake three nights in a row. Then Thursday night I was in so much pain that carried on into yesterday (even though I tried to avoid the fatty foods) and this morning. It makes me feel like I am really hungry too and that my stomach is turning. But the pain is mainly on my right hand side. What do you think?

oh and i forgot to mention. Last year I was a vegetarian as well and my diet was lacking in protein which I know doesn't help.

sorry to add yet more but was just looking over my old food diary I made in feb

Although it hurt the most when doctors pressed on my left side, it would seem that the pain I had back then was on the right a lot. I have written that I had back pain mainly on the right by my shoulder blade. The symptoms I had/have now are:

- Nausea
- Pain all over my stomach (upper and lower abdomen on both sides)
- pain in my back under the should blades. On both sides but mainly right
- excessive wind and trapped wind
- aches in arms and legs
- fatigue
- Foul smelling movement (sorry thats not nice to write about!)
- Stomach very sensitive to touch

JennieLou, our symptoms are very, very similar! I do have left side pain as well but the right side is much, much worse. Also, you should have your doctor request a HIDA Scan with the CCK ejection. The ultrasound will not always show gallstones and the HIDA scan will show if your gallbladder is functioning and if a duct is blocked. They make you drink this radioactive stuff and then watch your gallbladder fill and empty. It is much more accurate in diagnosing gallbladder problems than the ultrasound. It is not a bad test (although it did replicate my symptoms). Mine, unfortunately came back in the normal range but I was feeling better during the test so I think that may be why. Good luck and keep us posted!

Thanks for your reply. It does sound like ours are similar. Are you having your gallbladder out? The thing is mine is worse on the left side. Right now my stomach just feels really tight. I have an attack then I have a couple of days of feeling like I am getting ova a stomach bug with the tight feeling. I am so fed up of it. I am going back to the doc and going to ask them to send me back to the specialist to get my gallbladder checked. If its not that then maybe they can suggest something to help as the ppi's dont

yay I am seeing the specialist on Wednesday. Wish me luck. They all tend to dismiss it as anxiety as I have OCD but I know its not that.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! My previous primary care doctor tried telling me it was anxiety too and I've never had any history of Anxiety. I heard back from my GI Specialist yesterday and it turns out the endoscopy I had back in March did show Gastritis although they had previously told me it was fine. I think the Gastritis was actually caused by the acid reducers I was on at the time as they made everything worse-not better. I told the specialist that I still think it is my gallbladder based on my symptoms but haven't heard back yet. I don't think Gastritis can cause all of the symptoms I've had especially the excessive weight loss, upper right quadrant pain and pale stools etc. She wants me to go back on Acid reducers which I am reluctant to do since they seemed to aggravate the problem in the past. Maybe she'll actually listen to me! Good look at the Specialist and make sure you stand your ground!