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Can be stones in the common bile duct ???
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Can be stones in the common bile duct ???
by MAVA, Oct 31, 2002 12:00AM
Help.....
I had my gall bladder remove last July. I had a lamparoscopic and everything went really good, I had a fast recovery and I was back to work after 1 weak. I always have an excellent health until this last year. After the surgery I was feeling nauseous and not to perfect but I was thinking it was normal. but I still feeling nauseous and having a pain in my right side under my ribs and in my back, I visit my doctor and she send me to a Gastrenterologist thinking I had stones in the common bile duct, the Gastrenterologist did an endoscopy thinking that I had an ulcer. everything was ok... and she said that can not be stons..can she know that with just an endoscopy???.....for few weeks I thought I was getting crazy how can I imagine this pain, so I decide to go to other doctor . He make me an ultrasound. the day before the Ultrasound I talk with a friend and she said that not always a stone in the common bile duct will show in an ultrasound or endoscopy that I have to get an ERCP .....is that true??? ... the ultrasound doesn't show stones and all my blood tests are perfect the doctor said that is gastritys (but I just have a endoscopy and everything was normal)..... I am lost I need help and I don't know were to turn ..... I still having pain in my right side and in my back, feeling nauseous and vomiting few times.... some days I fell beter and with a dull pain...it can be a stone???
I had my gall bladder remove last July. I had a lamparoscopic and everything went really good, I had a fast recovery and I was back to work after 1 weak. I always have an excellent health until this last year. After the surgery I was feeling nauseous and not to perfect but I was thinking it was normal. but I still feeling nauseous and having a pain in my right side under my ribs and in my back, I visit my doctor and she send me to a Gastrenterologist thinking I had stones in the common bile duct, the Gastrenterologist did an endoscopy thinking that I had an ulcer. everything was ok... and she said that can not be stons..can she know that with just an endoscopy???.....for few weeks I thought I was getting crazy how can I imagine this pain, so I decide to go to other doctor . He make me an ultrasound. the day before the Ultrasound I talk with a friend and she said that not always a stone in the common bile duct will show in an ultrasound or endoscopy that I have to get an ERCP .....is that true??? ... the ultrasound doesn't show stones and all my blood tests are perfect the doctor said that is gastritys (but I just have a endoscopy and everything was normal)..... I am lost I need help and I don't know were to turn ..... I still having pain in my right side and in my back, feeling nauseous and vomiting few times.... some days I fell beter and with a dull pain...it can be a stone???
I have had the following tests done with no diagnosis as of yet:
2 abdominal x-ray series
2 abdominal (gallbladder) sonograms
2 abdominal CT scans (with and without contrast)
1 HIDA scan
1 scan of my pancreas (not sure what the name was)
1 MRCP (MRI of the bile duct)
1 Gastric emptying test
1 small bowel follow thru test
1 EGD (upper endoscopy)
Blood work so many times I cannot count.
I had acute pancreatitis when I had my gallbladder attack so my case was a little more complicated, but they never found any stones.
I have been referred to the nearest hospital that has a unit that specalizes in GI problems for an ERCP with dye. I spoke with the hospital just a few days ago and they have told me that it is not guaranteed that the doctor will even perform the test once I drive the two hours to get there. He wants to see me on a clinical basis first to determine "if this is the test you need" - whatever that ends up meaning.
My immediate problem is that I still have severe pain quite frequently (GI prescribed Darvocet) and my appointment at the hospital is not until December 20
I will be interested to see if you get any answers, if you do please post. I am very interested.
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