Possible gall bladder attack

Heady · Post by **Heady** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:54 pm

Ive been well to date as long as I stick to MY diet. Tuesday night 1:30am I woke up with pain in my right shoulder blade and under my right rib cage with tenderness to palpitate. Diarrhea and vomiting included . The episode lasted about 3hrs leaving me exhausted and I fell asleep in my lazyboy with a heating pad. I ate as normal today with no ill effects other than being tired.
Have any of you experienced this and what were your symptoms and treatment?

Post by **tex** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:15 am

Hi Heady,

It's good to see a post from you, and to learn that your diet changes continue to control your MC, but I'm sorry that you might be having a suspected gallbladder problem. I can't recall ever having that happen to me, at least not since I've been in remission. If it happened while I was still reacting, I probably wouldn't have even noticed the difference.

It's odd that you wouldn't have additional symptoms after eating, but I suppose it could be an atypical case.

Hopefully it will turn out to be a single, isolated event.

Tex

Sheila · Post by **Sheila** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 5:56 pm

Hi Heady, Nice to see your smiling face.

My gall bladder attacks were always mid-chest, felt as if I was being constricted around my chest. The worst attack had me thinking I was having a heart attack and subsequent attacks were less severe but similar. A CT scan will tell you if you have stones or sludge. I was told that if I had one gall bladder attack, I was sure to have more attacks and the doctor was correct. I had my gall bladder removed about 8 years before being diagnosed with MC.

Sheila W

Heady · Post by **Heady** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:09 pm

My PCP suggested today that because the episode was short lived that It was possible I was passing a gall stone. I've gone back to keeping a food/symptom diary to keep track of my diabetic blood sugar, MC symptoms and food/water consumption. I had an ultrasound Nov.2012 that showed a thickening of the gall bladder wall with no stones and no attacks? If episodes increase or worsen I'll be going for ultrasound & an appointment with a surgeon. Worst case scenario I'll be in the ER. Glad the hospital is only 1mile from home.