Constant Right Abdominal pain

[Constantlyinpain]

I have been having pain in my upper right abdomen since June.  The pain starts as soon as I eat or drink anything.  Sometimes it gets so bad that I double over and feel like something is going to explode in there.  It feels like a balloon is filling up and it is getting ready to burst.  I have been in the ER 3x and all they do for me is pain med and sent me home.  My blood work is all normal except once  when my white cells were alittle elevated.  I have had, a HIDA scan, CT scan with contrast,  Small bowel follow through, EGD, EUS, colonoscopy, camera capsule test, and MRI.  I had my gall bladder removed in October and it has relieved the intensity of the pain some but I still get the pain.  All of these test have not shown anything major.  I have a small hiatal hernia, a large diverticulum in the upper portion of my small bowel close to my pancreas.  The doctors seem to be at a loss as to why I am in so much pain all the time.  Now they are saying it is probably a nerve.  Has anyone ever heard of a nerve causing pain after eating or drinking?

[Constantlyinpain]

Thanks for your reply.  My liver and pancreatic enzyme levels have all been normal.  I have seen a specialist who does the ERCP to check  but he doesn't want to do the test since all blood levels are normal.  My regular gastro doc still thinks it is a SOD problem.
but with the absence of any blood level indications no one will do the test.

As for the lowfat diet.  About the only thing I can eat that doesn't make it act up to badly is plain grilled chicken.  I have been living on that for since October when they took my gallbladder.  I still get the pain after I eat it just isn't as bad when I eat other foods.

It is really frustrating when you know you body and that something is wrong and no one seems to believe you.   I am not buying the nerve explanation, wouldn't a nerve hurt all the time not just after I eat.  I am pain free each morning until I put food, coffee, juice, anything in my stomach.

[CalGal]

If the pain is similar to the pain you had before your gallabladder was removed, you may want to check into SOD. Here's a link: http://hopkins-gi.nts.jhu.edu/pages/latin/templates/index.cfm?pg=disease1&organ=3&disease=12&lang_id=1

Are you following a low fat diet? If you aren't, you may want to consider doing so. Did the blood work also include checking your liver and pancreatic enzyme levels?

If the condition is SOD, narcotic-based meds may make the condition worse since they raise the pressure in the common bile duct.