Hi Jeanie,
My gallbladder is NOT inflamed but it's 18% working. So I decided to keep it. In you case, you said you stomach is bloated, mine is not. I experience gas once in a while. My gastro doctor gave me Nexium and diet help also helps.
Get a 2nd opinion. But if you don't have gallstones and your gallbladder is not inflamed. Keep your GB and stick with my tips above. Diet, diet, diet. It's a big help for me.
Mr Clownfish
My Hida scan score was 18% too! I jsut had it done last week. I've been experiencing TERRIBLE bloating, but no pain on the right side or after eating (I also have no stones - ultra sound was fine). The surgeon was going to remove my gallbladder and then decided not to because he thought my problems sounded more like IBS. I don't know what to do because I don't have typical IBS symptoms (bathroom issues are normal). I just bloat, have a full/nausea feeling. Jaybay's comment scared me - at first I was glad I didn't have surgery - now I am afraid because I don't want something infected! I did go to a GI for a second opinion and they didn't think it was urgent to remove the gallbladder - said if it becomes painful then do it - but this bloating is bad, I truly can't fit into my clothes! I look 4 months pregnant - anyone else have problems with bloating? The only other thing I experience is that at times I have a pressure feeling under my upper left rib - they thought it maybe part of my large intestine (the IBS thing). I have had a LOT of abdominal surgeries in the past 20 years - 3 c-sections, hysterectomy, two seperate oopherectomies ( all 6 operation required them going through the same incision - hip bone to hip bone) and 2 laporoscopies. I am filled with scar tissue and I want to avoid another surgery if it isn't necessary. Any advice? Thanks
Number 1 what is RUQ discomfort? I'll look that up here in a few. Number 2, my pain seems to be in my back, right under my right shoulder blade. I also have nausea right after eating, a bloaty feeling, and very weird looking stools. Dos this sound like gall bladder stuff to anyone? My ultrasound came back normal. I go for the HIDA test on August 16th.
just go to the emergency if u can't bear the pain anymore
scared to death... for a week i have been feeling sick as a dog, my eyes hurt i just feel sick it all started with really bad stomach cramps and pain under my right rip cage... I know I have a single gallstone 1 cm big my right side of back hurts and i feel nauseated.... i am worried I have an appointment with a surgeon to get a HIDA scan done on 18 August... how do i know that my gallbladder wont rupture until then? I am very scared. How do i know I dont have an accute infection?
Good day, I've had RUQ discomfort for over 7 months. I've been to a GI specialist and a surgeon. I've had a CT scan, HIDA, sonogram. No evidence of stones but everyone seems to keep thinking gall bladder is the culprit but no hard evidence to support that theory. I'm waiting for a call back from my surgeon to further talk to him about having a different type of HIDA test, but whose name escapes me now. The pain has always been on a low number, like a 3 or a 4 on a 1-10 scale. It's not painful, but it is annoying already! Anybody with similar experiences of a long duration and what were the results? Thanks.
You might have appendicitis, gallbladder problem or ulcer/gastritis. If ever your HIDA result is lower than 35% or the result is normal follow my advise above.
Have a check for appendicitis too.
What kind of pain are you having? I had a HIDA scan yesterday & get the results monday. I have horrifying pain in my stomache, upper & lower. I didn't think that lower abdominal pain can be a symptom og gall bladder, but some people have told me it can hurt all over.
Good luck on your surgery!
So far, I don't have pain still since my last post. Sticking with my diet and keeping my fingers crossed.
Im getting mine removed in a couple weeks, its function is at a low 8% and the pain is severe almost daily now. i heard its a fast recover and you have diareah for a few weeks but hey its better then this pain.
If my gallbladder will bother me a lot, then I think I'll have to take it out. However, most of the cases here didn't resolve the symptoms. Pain come and go even after the surgery. So I'm trying a diet first.
MrClownfish
The diet and meds will certainly help the symptoms - for now. I had the same problem: no stones, and the ejection fraction wasn't even as low as yours. Borderline surgical case. However, I was feeling so awful I pushed for surgery. Good thing too, since my gallbladder was so infected it was ready to rupture. The infection also caused a ton of scar tissue to form all over my small intestines that have caused me a lot of grief in the past 10 years in the form of constant small bowel obstructions and even an 18" colon resection.
Moral of the story: there's a reason your gallbladder isn't functioning correctly. It didn't just stop working because it's sulking. Since you don't have stones, it's more than likely infected. Sure, it's not life-threatening now, and you can certainly live with a chronically infected gallbladder, but do you really want to? Gallbladder surgery is one of the simpler surgeries you can have. Please at least consider what your doctor is telling you. I would hate to see you end up like me with a belly full of adhesions. Wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.