Hello??

Hi Everyone, I posted a while back with no response. Not sure if I did something wrong? Im going in for gallbladder surgery Tuesday. I'm scared it's the wrong thing to do. I had lots of lab work & testing done. The lab work shows that I'm as healthy as can be. I had 2 ultrasounds. The first one I had 2 different ultrasounds, abdominally & vaginal. This one showed a cyst on my ovary which was a functioning cyst. The cyst disappeared when I went to GYN & they did another ultrasound, it was gone. Also showed I had some polyps on my gallbladder & my gallbladder & liver was slightly enlarged. Dr sent me for a Hida Scan & they did another ultrasound. The Hida Scan showed nothing, my gallbladder function was 91%. When they gave me the CCK thru IV my stomach hurt so bad I thought I was going to pass out. I visited with a surgeon. He says that since I had pain with the test, it tells him that my gallbladder is functioning but with pain?But, when I have talked to other people. They say pain with that test is 'normal' & everyone has pain with that test? I talked with someone on another board, that says gallbladder polyps are reason enough to have a gallbladder problem & there is such a thing as an over functioning gallbadder. At 91% my gallbladder would be considered as over functioning.

I am so worried I'm making the wrong decision. I don't want to make this worse than it is. I have pressure under my right rib, I get acid reflux & heartburn when I eat anything fatty. I have severe gas. I get bloated. I'm tired all the time. I have been running fevers at least 3x's a week. My back hurts like crazy all the time, mostly on the right side and in between my shoulder blades.

I went to a different Doctor. He said I may have colitis, and I need to have a colonoscopy done. I was supposed to visit with a GI Dr yesterday. Doctor was closed because of the blizzard we had. I was reallly counting on talking with him about all of this thats going on. I have cancelled the gallbladder surgery once. I really don't no what else to do?

[patient915]

Welcome to the gastroenterology community!  I'm sorry no one responded to your last post.  If this happens again you can just respond to your own post with the word "bump" which will bring it up to the top of the list.  I'm sorry but I do not know the answer to your question but I hope that someone else will come and answer it.  If no one responds after a couple of days, you can send me a private message and I'll try and find someone to answer your questions.
-patient915 (Community Leader)

[momof2rugrats1977]

Thanks so much :) I was wondering if this is just not a busy message board or something? But it seems there is lots of activity. Thanks for responding :)

[eeyoresday]

I also had a hidascan and was told my gall bladder was working at 95% and I also had terrible pain when then did the fatty part of the test. I was told by one GI it was normal the other GI said it was overactive. I would have the colonoscopy first...The last thing you want to do is lose body parts for no reason. I am of mom of 4 and cancelled my gallbladder surgery too. I don't go to a GI anymore I found a doctor of internal medicine, he is wonderful. If you don't mind me asking where do you live??? I am in MN and can suggest a great doctor. If you are not close then look up an internal medicine doctor and take your records with you, better yet send them ahead of your appt. I have severe gas and bloating, what concerns me about you is the fevers. Have you been tested for a parasite??? You would be surprised at what they can do! Hope you find the answers you need and I hope you feel better.

[patient915]

This is usually a pretty busy message board but it has been a little quieter recently.  However I can respond to what eeyoresday said.  An "internal medicine" doctor is not a specialist in this.  A PCP (primary care physician) can either be a pediatrician, a family medicine doctor, or a internal medicine doctor.  I would not recommend seeing a internal medicine doctor for this.  This is something that should be looked at by a gastroenterologist.