Normal testing and still have bad gallbladder/pain?

Hi all, i've been having gastric problems for multiple years now. i've had a colonoscopy, endoscopy, hida scan, test for celiac multiple blood tests.

The symptoms im having is everytime i eat i can literally feel my food hit my stomach because it's super gurgly and crampy. i get acid reflux every now and then and no matter what i eat i'm gassy and bloated. it's super uncomfortable and i'm sick of living like this.

When i had my colonoscopy the doctor said i had a twisted colon. when i had my endoscopy he couldn't take any biopsies because he said i had too much bile in my stomach. (i hadn't ate anything since 7pm the night before) The last test i had was the hida with kineva scan. it took my gallbladder a long time to show up 77 minutes to show up. according to the technician this usually means your gallbladder has to come out. however my ejection fraction was 77% and says that's normal. and also no evidence of cholytitis.

I just really don't know what to do at this point because when i went to see my doctor he was like "well we think it's your gallbladder because everything else came back negative so you have a sick gallbladder" but according to the tests everything's normal? can anyone shed some light on this situation i'm just highly confused because all the symptoms im reading people have back pain and things of that nature and i don't have any of that. i'm also worried about post gallbladder and that i'll get it out and still have the same issues?

I have had the same symptoms off and on for the last few years. It would last two or three weeks and then get better. Last September it came on again and lasted six weeks. Currently I've had it for two months and have had several tests; Endoscope, colonoscopy, ultrasound, HIDA scan and barium swallow along with blood work. Barium swallow showed a narrowing in the lower esophagus  which could be Achalasia, although I 'm scheduled to have a test to check for that in the coming weeks. HIDA scan showed normal gall bladder function but possible Sphincter of Oddi disorder. There is a specific test to check for that as well but my doctor said because my blood work came back normal he can't recommend me getting the test done. It has to be performed out of state at a major hospital since no one locally has the equipment to test for it. So frustrating! I've had stomach pain, nausea, lightheadedness, indigestion, belching, and weakness which has totally taken over my life.

how are you doing laura..?

Same. Had a menometry test on Thursday to check for esophagus function. Waiting to hear the results from the dr. which should be in a day or so.

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Yes it is very possible. I started having problems in my early twenties. I had too many ultrasounds, nuclear scan, etc but tests were normal. It wasn't until I moved and changed family physicians that help was given to me. When I went in with my usual symptoms, my Dr was going to send me for an ultrasound. He stopped and asked how many I had and said it's not going to tell us anything. He asked if I had ever been sent for a consultation with a surgeon. I had not. He sent me for one and the surgeon told me if testing hasn't revealed anything in a year, something is wrong. He had my surgery approved. My gallbladder had stopped functioning properly & was dying. There were deeply embedded stones. I was in my early 40's when the surgery was completed. The surgeon told me if it had ruptured, I would have died. In my 30's, I was in ER very nauseated with a fever of 105-106F. I was admitted. At 2:00am, I began to vomit thick green bile. After I had done that, my fever began to rapidly drop. I was in the hospital for 3 days & the Dr ordered an ultrasound. Apparently by that time it was considered routine & it was ordered for a Saturday. I was released and was to reschedule it. Maybe if the ER physician would have ordered one when the high fever was there, etc., it may have shown something.

After it was removed in my early 40's, the symptoms disappeared. If you continue to have pain, etc,, push for them to do something. Tests don't show everything. Hopefully your condition has been taken care of by now. I wish you good health. Sharon

I have a few questions.

What were the signs and/or symptoms?

How old were you?

Hi JW454,

   I seen that you posted this 3 years ago.. How did this turn out for you?? I ask because this is exactly what i am going through right now... to the letter!!

 

I just had my gallbladder removed yesterday. 1st trip to ER all my levels were perfect. They told me I had GERD . My daughter insisted on an ultrasound to check gallbladder so ER referred me to have one the next day as an outpatient. It was tge longest night ever... so much pain .. went back for ultrasound yesterday and was adniyted for emergency surgery immediately.

I'm glad I found this thread because I'm starting to feel hopeless, although I guess I haven't been suffering nearly as long as many people! For the past 9 months or so I've had to nagging pain under my right rib cage that would come on after eating and during exercise. Over the past month it has gotten much worse. It is so sore I can't wear a regular bra b/c the wire presses into it, and when I try to workout I have this weird feeling like I can't breath deeply (just this summer I was racing my road bike up mountains and now I'm struggling to do any cardio in the gym!). Then over this last weekend the pain intensified and I woke up in the middle of the night with shooting pain like nerve pain down to my belly button. It got worse over the weekend and Monday morning I went straight to the doctor. I couldn't even sit or stand up straight, I was just buckled over in pain. The doctor suspected gallstones and/or appendicitis so ordered a CT scan but it came back completely normal. Later that night things continued to get worse and I started also having lower abdominal cramping and back pain (mind you, I've been having back pain on my right side only for the past month). Between the back pain and abdominal pain I couldn't sleep at all. Next morning I made a bunch of phone calls and was able to see my GI doctor. I also had urine that was dark brown and with some brown particulates in it (WTF...). My GI doctor ordered up a bunch of blood work and so far it has all come back completely normal. I'm lost. I don't know how this is possible. I'm now starting to feel better (rib cage pain still there but back pain and belly button pain is better), but what on EARTH was that episode??? What if it happens again? Should I just go to the ER and hope they find something? Gallbladder problems run in my family btw. My dad and grandfather both had their gallbladders removed in their 20s. I'm in my 30s.