Gallbladder problems in peri?

Hi 2chr

Yep I know what you mean with the pain..... I had my gallbladder removed March this year as had stones there, and even now and again I get the same pain on that side where gallbladder was🤔..

So it be honest god knows why my body is doing this to me other then some thing to do with menopause... 

remeber our bloody mind does play games with us, thinking all bad things  happening, menopause who needs it 😩 🤗X

I had all the symptoms and was convinced that I had stone or something wrong with my galbladder. I had very odd pains and symptoms too. I was so worried. Gallstones are in.y family and my mums, aunts needed to get it removed. I then had 1 endoscopy, 2 throug examination /ultrasound looking at my gallbladder, liver, pankreas so on while I was on. Holiday in Turkey this summer. I was told all look fine. O was told by the gastroentolgist the pain.might be caused by my bowels. She gave me a medication that loosened my bowels (wasn't constipated) and it really help control then pain. I am now thinking that due to perimenopause and flactuating hormons our body causes us some odd pain which makes us worry. All the best

Yes, I'm very familiar with the pain you're talking about.  I had my gallbladder out 8 years ago, just a few years before peri started.  I'm 46 and I've been in peri about 5-6 years.  I didn't have gallstones, just sludge, but when I did have a gallbladder attack it was very painful.  Now when my hormones are out of balance, I get phantom gallbladder pain.  Almost like I still have my gallbladder.  It's very bizarre.  The pain I felt before I had my gallbladder out was a radiating type pain that went up through my chest and shoulders and around to my back.  It felt like sharp little jabs from the inside.  Sometimes the pain would localize in my mid-back region.  Sometimes my right side, just under my ribs was very tender.  After having my gallbladder removed, I sometimes get a sharp little pain on my right side in the area where my gallbladder used to be --around the time I am about to start my period (my cycles are all over the place, but I can tell when my hormones fluctuate and something is going to happen).  The phantom gallbladder pain isn't all the time, but it will definitely happen several times a year.  My sister is in peri and she also had her gallbladder removed and she sometimes gets that phantom pain.  My aunts have commented on it as well.  I think it is very common.  Also, you mentioned they saw sludge and small stones during one of your scans.  My surgeon told me that the gallbladder can clear itself of sludge and stones (if the stones are small enough) and the next scan may not show anything.  I debated about having my gallbladder removed, but was tired of dealing with the discomfort and after the consultation with my surgeon, I felt it was in my best interest to have it removed.  I was glad I did, as I believe I had gallbladder disease for nearly 20 years before I had it removed--probably since my late teens.  I felt much better after the surgery.

I wish you all the very best.  Take care and let me know how you are getting along.  I hope the sludge/stones stay away.  Hugs!  --Sarah

I had my gallbladder removed some time ago and although I had pain and discomfort it didnt show on any scan, it was just after removal (which I requested) that it was found to be infected. Pain in right shoulder is a symptom and I had pain and discomfort after fatty foods.

Yes I have gallbladder pains that come and go and have been to A&E once with it because it was so bad and had two ultrasounds and nothing was found. Gallbladder type pain is listed as one of the 66 symptoms of menopause xx