Hi,
I'm a 33 year old female of normal weight (127 lbs and 5' 3''). The only medication I take is birth control pills.
For almost a year (on and off) I've been having what I consider to be gallbladder symptoms:
- Upper back (shoulder blade area) pain (sort of muscular kind of pain)
- Dull pain on my right side behind the ribs (front and back). The area has also been tender when examined by doctor.
- Nausea after eating and in the middle of the night
- Symptoms are triggered by fat intake
- Loose stool (I used to tent to be constipated)
The pain is never too bad, just nagging. It sometimes wakes me up in the middle of the night, if I'm laying on my right side, but it goes away if I change position.
I've also had weird symptoms like:
- pain on my right buttock (muscular pain)
- pain on my right thigh (also muscular)
- pain on my right underarm (it feels as if I had a bruise)
- fatigue
- fast heart rate (always above 75 bpm)
My doctor did all sort of blood and urine test (the latest last week), but they all came back normal. I had two ultrasounds last summer. The first one showed a small (2mm) stone. The second one didn't show any stones, but they said I have two cysts on my gallbladder and liver. Both ultrasounds showed a healthy looking, normal size gallbladder, liver and kidneys.
I just don't know if I should just assume that it's nothing serious (since all tests came back normal), and just limit my fat intake to alleviate my symptoms when they flare up, or if I should maybe switch doctors and find someone who will be more aggressive in finding out what is wrong with me? And if it's not gallstones, what else could it be?
Thank you