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Confused if I should have my gall bladder removed or not

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tom32820
tom32820

I have a single mobile gall stone 1 cm in size and was also diagnosed with bilary dykensia with an ejection fraction of 26%. I have never experienced pain in this area before until finding out about this, the stone was discovered by accident after i went for chest pains muscle related. I suffer from health anxiety and have been thinking about it since. A few times I visited the ER because i felt a slight pain and thought my stone was stuck all times blood work and ultrasound was normal. Visited again recently because i was feeling nauseated and bloated, burning pain across below rib. The blood test was normal and doctor said if the stone was even stuck briefly the blood work would be elevated.

I did see two surgeons, one told me the option was up to me since, the stone was two big pass into my duct and get stuck, and none of the tests showed any signs of inflammation and my anxiety together with gerd could be the cause of some of the symptoms.

The other told me remove it since im in my 30's and could get another stone in the future that get stuck.

I have been feeling pain again since and bloated, but also suffer from acid reflux. One doctor at the ER told me to only come back if i get fever, severe pain and yellow eyes.

One doctor the multiple i visited the ER said even i was experiencing biliary colic, where the stone briefly blocks and then moves out blood work would be elevated by mine is always normal.

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  • shirlz16
    shirlz16 tom32820

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    Hi , iam going through the exact same as you but i am a bit more advanced as my bloods have been elevated so it means my liver function was higher than it should have been this meant a stone was stuck in the bile duct i was in extreme agony i got sent to the hospital by my gp this is how i found out i have multiple stones they gave me buscapan 2 omeprizol 2 co codomol 2 the pain eased and they sent me home told me to return in two days time for a scan but they never done a scan because my levels had returned to normal but i am booked in for a mri scan and then i will get my galblader removed because i cant take the pain any more i have had this for over a year they also told me i had gerd and acid reflux , i have been told this can take some time to organize the waiting list is long so i highly recommend you deal with it now rather than later my mum and auntie both have had their galblader removed and had no problems after it, but left it can start causing major pain i know iam at that stage its only got worse over the year and now its affecting my liver , if the doctor has said to get it removed i would strongly think about it , i also think this pain has gave me a anxitay that i never had before so i cant wait to get it out to get back to my old self again , hope things work out for you x

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