Finally!
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So after having another ultrasound lastweek which showed a stone and a thickened wall i rang the gasto yesterday and he called back today and has agreed to put me in for surgery eeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkk! I'm not sure if he ever listened to me though as he said we don't normally take them out unless they are causing symptoms but I told him in June, Aug and Oct that i have a constant nagging pain in my flank and ribs since Jan that gets worse after eating, upper back pain that gets worse after eating since March, nausea 24/7, dark urine and light stools since March. On top of everything i've lost 8 stone.
I have had a few more symptoms in the last few months of constant gurgling in my stomach that sometimes causes a lot of fa#ting but mainly comes up through my throat and make a horrid sound, night sweats and dizzines. Can anybody relate?
I was also told that my GP will be written to and told to refer me to the the surgeon and i will have an appt with him and sort out date. Is this how it worked for everyone else in the UK?
Many Thanks
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susan67157 matt57085
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Well I am not in the UK however it's pretty much the same in USA. Wishing you well and a speedy recovery!
matt57085 susan67157
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lynda20916 matt57085
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matt57085 lynda20916
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Scottie13 matt57085
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Soooooo happy you’ve finally gotten somewhere! And that it was a gallbladder issue all along which we knew!! Hopefully you get a date sorted soon for surgery 😘 xx
matt57085 Scottie13
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Thanks Scottie! Just got all the anxiety of waiting now then the panic up to the big day😨
Hope i don't get a stauner during surgery lol!
Scottie13 matt57085
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😂🤦🏼???😂🤦🏼???. You’ll be grand! Hopefully the wait isn’t too long xx
matt57085 Scottie13
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Thanks Scottie hope it doesn't drag out to long! I can't believe i've had to push and push to get this far and don't want any more agro. I'm going to talk to my GP as it's him that's asked to do the surgeon referral and ask if he can refer me to the private hospital as they do some NHS work. I think he owes me one!
Scottie13 matt57085
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Alabama matt57085
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matt57085 Alabama
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Thanks Alabama! Thanks for the info. It's strange i've had a feeling of a tennis ball wedged under my ribs since Jan with a constant nagging ache that gets painful after eating but not the drop you to your knees pain that many people have. I've never been a windy person but blimmey it's pretty brutal!
Are you in the UK Alabama? I think you must be to be sent home after spending time in hospital as from all me research the UK seems to be the country this happens in as generally you are given iv antibiotics for 24hrs then it's removed I'm not going to lie i'm now petrified!
Thanks for replying!
matt57085
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Something else , i've had the most disgusting taste in my mouth but i don't suffer from reflex, it comes for a day then nothing for weeks, then maybe for a few hours then goes. No matter what i do nothing gets rid of it then it vanishes!
Anybody relate?
My teeth are good and i don't drink anything other than water.
Scottie13 matt57085
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matt57085 Scottie13
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Thanks Scottie. I'm not sure if it's that though as i took Omeprazole for 2 months earlier in the year. X
biliarydyskines matt57085
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matt57085 biliarydyskines
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Same as you it's the dizziness thats getting me it's the stangest thing as it's not so much in my head it's more in my body if that makes sense and i've had it 24/7 for nearly 18 weeks. I feel like i'm constantly swaying. Then the nausea, then the pain, then the tiredness i get up and i'm yawning all day. The gastro in Oct said 100% that gallbladder can't cause dizziness but today he said it's very unlikely so to me unlikely isn't 100% not.
biliarydyskines matt57085
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It is good we both have similar symptoms to compare . Diagnosis for me is non working GB with stones. I guess for you is stones with inflamed gall bladder right? i have take some notes how i feel every day when it was severe. I'm pasting here for you to compare. These were taken on 9/18,10/5 and 10/31 this year. Let me know if you feel this way or something different. Some of the symptoms especially tingling in feet, the doctor said was low B12 or diabetic, though my A1BC is 5.6.
notes : ---
9/18.
Ate Rice with beans around 7.50am, not much of burpings, but urinate at 9.00 am and around 10.45 am, after first urinate feeling headache and lot of dizziness when moving my head. I feel my stomach is full and gas.. but does no have severe bloating or belching. I feel more urine is coming though and tiredness after that and pressure/pulling feeling in face and eyes.
10/5: -
sleep was OK on 10/4.
Toilet was light yellow color in the morning.Morning there was no neck pain or headache or pulling in eyes. Then had breakfast though i was not feeling hungry. I started working in laptop ,from 9.15 am to 10.15 am i feel some kind of confusion and not able to focus,confusion, headache,neck pain and pulling of eyes and face,yawning and watering in my eyes. some growling /bloating going in my stomach and sensitvity to my laptop screen. around 10.15 i got around 5 to 10 burps which reduced the headache, tiredness, and all the above symptoms. To conclude it seems , the indigestion,stomach bloating is bringing all the above said issues and does not seem to be isolated issue.
10/31.
Had briyani (Chicken and rice) on 10/27 and 10/29 , did not feel any issues on these days. On 10/30 had a pain on my right side ,but not much dizziness. 10/30 had tomato chutney and Rice in the morning and vegetable rice afternoon and tomato chutney with Rice for dinner.
on 10/31 had breakfast. around 10 to 11am had severe headache with difficult to focus or see any thing. More difficult to focus on looking at some one face and talking and more difficult reading any thing in computer screen or phone. Also, i feel bloated, after burping for few times and had lunch at 12pm relieved some of the headache but still slight dizziness is there and bloating too.Very difficult to see bright computer screen this time and also feel pressure in my face.
matt57085 biliarydyskines
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Yes similar symptoms. For me all i know is my latest ultrasound showed a little stone and a thickened wall. I don't know if my gallbladder is functioning correctly as they wouldn't give me one but i'm 100% certain it's not functioning properly.