Hi,
I have been sick more on then off for the past 6.5 months. It began with stomach pain that would not go away. I was sent to a gastro specialist who ordered swallow since it felt like someone was squeezing the life out of me, came back negative. Then an abdominal ultrasound, in Nov negative. Pain continued and got worse. I was nauseas and dry heaved and had diahreah just about everymorning waking me at 3 am. At times there would be yellow in the commode and when I wipped myself on the toilet paper. The doctors said they didn't know what it was. In December I had an EGD showed a small hietal hernia. Gastro doc told me he had no idea what was wrong with me and sent me back to my primary doctor.
Over three weeks I felt great, back to my old self. In January it started all over again but worse. I was awaken by the worst pain I ever had in my right side under my rib cage and around my back. I was at my GP the next morning. She pressed on my gall bladder but there was no pain. She ordered a stool sample, and hida scan. They both came back negative. The pain would not go away, she sent me to a surgeon. He told me that the hida scan showed my gall bladder was at 34% ejection rate. Told me to eat yogurt. I had seen him for pain 3-4 years ago. The egd at the time he did showed cholestorl crystals in my stomach.
Over the next couple of months I kept going back to him because of the pain, he ordered a complete x ray of my lower body, ct scan. Finally in mid March, I had another odd attack after taking some olive oil to calm down my hietal hernia. CT scan showed I had an embiblical hernia and two old pockets of diverticulis he said where non active. xray showed nothing. I have also had an unbelievable amount of blood work done.
I had my gall bladder removed on March 27th, a Friday. On Monday I had unbelievable stomach pain. They sent me to get more blood work showed my liver function as fine.
I got better over the next three weeks, saw the doctor.. All was well. The day after I saw him the pain started again. It was off and on for a week. Not as bad as before, same thing, diahreah, nausea, yellow in the commode, stomach pain. The next two weeks were great. Felt wonderful. Then this past Wednesday, I had diahreah all day. Thursday ok. Friday stomach pain, unbelievable pain. Yesterday diahrea with so much yellow, I had to flush twice. Last night I woke up at 4 with stomach pain and nausea. At 6 I had such odd bm, it looked like deflated long ballons. In fact one was hanging when I went to stand up, about 7-8 inchses long. I got a good look at it, and it looked like a long deflated balloon. I am rung out this morning. And I have no idea what to do. With all the tests that have been run and showed nothing. I believe that the gall bladder removal was like an elimination test. But I don't think that was it.
Any help, would be greatly appreciated. I am a 47 yr old woman. I have a 9 year old. I am making my family miserable. I am begging for help.
Marianne Jarrett