Chest Pain & Post Op Gallbladder

Posted By KAREN on July 26, 1998 at 21:13:10:







I have been suffering from Severe Chest Pain and thin, loose, unformed,
yellowish stool for the past 8 months.  I have had a variety of test and
dx's.  I had my Gallbladder removed, because It was found to have
a cyst attached to the side.  I had chest pain and shaking and the stool
problems as soon as I stopped the pain medication.  I was sent for a
ct scan, hydascan, upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, and most recently an
ercp.  My gastro doctor, prescriped Prilosec and Prozac.  I was found
to have ulcers on the esophagus and he diagnosed Gerd and IBS.  I have
just recently started having the chest pain and upper back pain almost
constantly.  Also I have pain up under my ribs on the right side.  It
is almost constant and getting to be so painful, that It causes my
whole body to shake.  I can't sleep at night and I can't eat anything
without having pain for hours.  I am desperate and only 38 years old
and can not imagine living with this kind of pain for the rest of
my life.  My gastro doctor has said to try to stick it out for 3 months
and come back, but I can not stand it any longer.  Could this pain
be due to Scaring from the Surgery.  I am told that the Gallbladder
was diseased and needed to come out, but It did not diminish my Symptoms.
I was treated with so many antibiodicts that I got a bactarial infection.
I have taken to regimes of Fladgyl, 250 and 500 mg, and It did not seem to do anything
for the pain or the diariah.  Could the bactarial infection still be there.
Should I pursue this lesion thing, I should say that without the Prilosec
the pain was much more severe, but in the last few weeks, I feel worse
than I did originally.  Is there someother medical therapy, or Can I
ask my doctor about surgical procedures for Gerd.