Stomach virus or worse? WORRIED!

[msv1984]

This may be a little confusing but I'm worried and my doctor is gone for 2 weeks so I thought...what the heck!

I've been getting checked out for what I'm calling "episodes" I've had.  Right now I am waiting on my ultrasound resaults.  I had blood work done for ulcers and gullbladder both came back ok.  These "episodes" consist of abdominal pain/discomfort, back pain, heaviness in my chest and down around my bra line area. I can sometimes get really hot and nausiated to the point of making myself vomit so it will stop.   When I do throw up, I noticed it was really thick and would sometimes even look like the food wasnt even digesting.

This may be a little confusing but I'm worried and my doctor is gone for 2 weeks so I thought...what the heck!

I've been getting checked out for what I'm calling "episodes" I've had.  Right now I am waiting on my ultrasound results.  I had blood work done for ulcers and gallbladder both came back ok.  These "episodes" consist of abdominal pain/discomfort, back pain, heaviness in my chest and down around my bra line area. I can sometimes get really hot and nauseated to the point of making myself vomit so it will stop.   When I do throw up, I noticed it was really thick and would sometimes even look like the food wasnt even digesting.

Ok, the point of my question...  Earlier this week I thought I was having an "episode" and after I threw up I felt ok until an hour later.  I got flu like symptoms...chills, queasy stomach, fever...a little stomach pain and body aches..  I got really tired and slept most of the day.  Later in the evening I started having diarrhea.  The diarrhea got to be uncontrollable and I would be up that night every 2hrs it seemed and would almost not make it to the bathroom.  By morning it got more controllable and I looked up remadies and started eating bananas and drinking Gator Aid.  It got better.  I only vomited that once but I was still tired and had hot and cold flashes.  Now I am almost 100% better but still have some issues that I'm starting to wonder if are from the virus or could be from whatever causes the "episodes". I still have no appetite, I'm VERY gassy (sometimes it hurts), I have bowel movements frequently but they are very small, my stomach feels weird and queasy a lot.  It's almost a feeling of being too full of liquids and when you're food doesnt want to go down after eating too fast.  And to add on top of everything, I started my period so I REALLY have no idea what to make of all of this.  I', just extremely worried it would be whatever is wrong with me, getting worse. I hope someone on here can make sense of all this and shine some light on to it for me.

[msv1984]

Sorry it's been so long.  I forgot about this site.  I know what's wrong.  Gall stones. Now I just have to lose enough weight to have an out patient surgery.  Untill then, follow a diet.

[Fuzzz]

I know it's hard to wait for answers, but at least it sounds like you are getting good care, even if the holiday has testing on hold for 2 weeks.  My best guess is your gallbladder, and I suspect your MD will check your gallbladder function with a HIDA scan.  The ultrasound shows stones (cholelithiasis) well, but sludge/cholecystitis doesn't show up as well.  Abdominal symptoms can be hard to figure out.  I was lucky that I was seeing a surgeon for something else and he asked about my low weight, did an ultrasound, and stones showing up answered my mystery that quick.  

[msv1984]

At first I thought it was certain foods.  That is one reason I was tested for ulcers.  It's more random then anything.  They did a full abdominal ultrasound and checked every organ in my abdoman.  My doctor said that is the ultrasound doesn't show anything she wants to do a "special x-ray".  I dont know what that mean... :o)

[Fuzzz]

Did they ultrasound your gallbladder/abdomen?  If that's negative you should still get HIDA scan.  It sounds like your gallbladder to me, but abdominal pain and GI symptoms can be hard to diagnose.  

[NEO494]

Do you have any idea of what triggers these episodes? Do they just spike up randomly or do they occur after you have eaten a certain kind of food (such as fried or fatty things)?