Frequent gallbladder attacks but surgeon won't help what should I do?
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I've had severe pain usually starting with upper middle back pain which quickly turns into severe constant pain in my upper middle and right abdominal areas and is very sensitive to the touch. During these episodes I sometimes experience nausea and throw up and I've always had diarrhea the following day. These attacks happen usually about twice a week. Back pain usually begins an hour after I eat dinner, abdominal pain wakes me up usually around 3am and the pain will continue for a few hours and then it just disappears. I've gone to the er for this about 5 times and have been told all sorts of things and sent home usually being recommended to take medication for stomach acid twice a day which I've already been doing for a year now, mind you when I'm experiencing this pain I am NOT also experiencing acid reflux with it. I was admitted to the hospital last week and then discharged. The tests of this hospital visit showed the following:
High white blood cell count
Large number of both large and small gallstones
CT scan showed a gallstone in common bowel duct later tests showed that Stone eventually passed through bowel
Mild distention of gallbladder
Mild swelling of gallbladder wall
Dilation of common bowel duct
Scaring of the liver
Multiple esophageal ulcers
Gallbladder did not empty during HYDA scan (layed) there for hour and a half
Diagnosis upon leaving the hospital:
GERD, IBS, gallstones
I guess my question is, how long do you normally have to wait and how many gallbladder attacks do you have to go through before they finally decided to do something about it? I've been home for only 2 days and have had another attack last night, I'm tired of being sick and tired. What should I do? Also I don't have health insurance and live below the poverty line.
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brittany36263
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shalaya brittany36263
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Are you already on the waiting list for surgery? I was having usually 5 attacks a week for 5 months while waiting for my surgery. Even ended up in er for 24 hrs with pancreatitis due to blocked bile duct which cleared before surgeon saw me so they wouldn't do emergency surgery. I'm hoping you get in soon because the wait is terrible. I would recommend just eating lean meat, fruits and veggies and rice for now and avoid dairy and dense carbs. Wont completely prevent it but got me down to about 1 attack a week. If you arent on a wait list for surgery I would try and get a referral from a different regular doctor.
brittany36263 shalaya
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No I'm not on any kind of wait-list Im not sure that they do that in Texas, I also don't have any primary doctors I go to die to the fact that I don't have health insurance. I just go to the emergency room when I'm in so much pain it becomes unbearable ( and I can withstand allot of pain). The same thing happened to me in regards to the fact that the stone ended up passing so they ended up not really doing anything about it.
barbara37001 brittany36263
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So very sorry to here that your sick and tired I had been the same for months I lost copious amounts of weight I now look like I've been starved because I was Miss diagnosed for 3 months I live in England now I've had gall stone out bile duct and bile duct widened because I am to ill for operation yet ! so I had terrible blood counts of liver enzymes too.Its only the last 4 weeks have I been able to eat anything I've still got my gall bladder .If you don't have an operation soon it sound so like it could be serious for you there must be away you can get help isn't there a fund for people on low incomes in America please try and ask someone for help or you will be very ill . I am also in a low income but we do at the moment Have the NHS wishing you all the best so sorry to hear your in so much pain I know how it is for you x
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Micklemus brittany36263
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Why?