This has got to be a bad Gallbladder doesn't it?

[llainey]

I have been having these symptoms for over 5 years now but had a "revelation" yesterday that makes me think I can now find out for sure.
Ok, there are my symptoms.  I have been diagnosed with Gerd.  The acid that comes up my throat os so strong that if it does it in the night, I asperate.  I choke and caugh all the time but my lungs are CLEAR!!  Doctors are stumped by this.  
My first recall of anything to do with this was actually almost 20 years ago.  I was suddenly over taken by such intense pain that I started vomiting and when I vomited my urine and bowls let loose too.  It was coming out both ends, as they say.  I thought I was dying..not really, I couldn't get a clear thought, just vomit, over and over until it was dry heaves and on it went.  Probably lasted about a half hour.  And yes I have considered food poisening but this has happened to a lesser degree bunch of times since so am positive this is not the case.
And then for the following years, about every 6 weeks I would have as spell where when I went to the bathroom, it would feel like someone was trying to pull my insides out.  I would scream loudly and pant and struggle and wish I was dead.  Happened at pretty regular intervals for about 10 years. I would always know it was coming and dread it but there didn't seem to be anything to be done.  I have been in the emergancy room many times for this and basically scoffed at because I COULD NOT tell them where the pain orginated!!  All I could say is that it hurt like the devil and on a scale of 1-10, it was an 11.
Ok, now these spells seem to have passed, along with constipation that I fought for my whole life.  Now I am regular as clockwork.  In the old days, sometimes I would have to take 3 or 4 times the reccomended dose of laxative to get
any action.  Now I have no need for laxatives...strange huh.
Anyway to get to the revelation, I was out shopping yesterday and my back started in, the pain so intense I thought I was going to have to leave the stuff in my cart and leave.  Been bad before but never quite this bad.  But I was dertermined and I found myself clutching my right side. and then putting pressure at the orgin of the pain... which after looking at the pics, right where my gallbladder is.  It hurt but also seemed to help to put my fist into the spot.  I held it there as hard as I could for a bit and when I took it away, the pain stayed away too.  I couldn;t believe it.  I finally found the spot ...but why would intense pressure on it, give it relief?  Hope someone has some advise for me..ty

[babygirl6152]

let me explain gallbladder pain the way I had it- when you see people about to keel over from a heart attack and gasping for breath- that's what I looked like- and no not for me- It didn't help any by "holding the area" unless it is a stone????

When I had a gallbladder attack the gasping YES- I couldn't take in much air- and I ALWAYS sent my kids out of the room so they wouldn't have to watch it- it is so frightening to see your mother bent over in pain and not able to inhale- it was slow coming on almost like a labor pain and crescendo-ed :-/

then when it finally dissipated- I could inhale again.....

but I hope you have found what is wrong- it would be an easy fix- I had 3 surgeries in 3 years and it was an easy recovery

[Suzyq60]

You sound like for for the last 8 years, severe pain, diarhea and vomit coming out at the same time.
Tests, tests and more tests. Gallbladder negative they said.

So pain went on, I lost my job, cut-off work disability cause none of my 14 Specialists or so knew what was causing me to be in pain and ill it looked like I may be faking it.

Then from vomiting I believe I aspirated some of my stomach contents and damaged my right lung.

2007 I tell a friend my symptoms and she tells me it is my gallbladder, I tell my doctor and he chuckles and says he doesn't think so but humours me and sends tme to a another specialist, specialist first puts me on drugs to see if it is in my stomach then does the HIDA scan test, it shows sludge finally, He asks me what I want to do,, I say "Remove it" hoping this has been my problem all along.

Whew, good call, the pathologist report says :Chronic Inflammation and gallstones:

I feel so much better since it has been removed, I am not as severely fatiqued, no pain, no nausea,  legs used to feel rubbery now they feel normal.

I am so happy my friend convinced me enough to believe it was my gallbladder in which I convinced my doctor to have me re-tested.

Now that I go back in time I believe 20 years ago when I thought I had food poisoning and suffered with cramps for about 5 years after, it was my gallbladder.

So I feel I have been left to suffer with gallbladder attacks for 20 years and all my doctors failed to help me which cost me money, my job. my self-esteem.

Good luck in your search for better health and I hope gallbladder is also your answer as it is unbelievable how so much better I feel once I had it removed.

I found researching on the Internet really helped me decide it was my gallbladder and I firmly believe a person has to put their health in their own hands and be their own doctor as much as possible.
I mean doctors are so busy with so many patients how do they have the time to fully research each and every ones illness.

Good luck

Sue

[Mary474]

have you ever had a ultra sound done on the right side of your body in the area of the gallbladder? I had some major problems and had tons of tests run all mostly CT's and stuff and they never showed anything and then one day it got bad and I went to my doctor and she ordered a US stat and found that I had multiple gallstones. I just had it removed an the surgeon told my husband that I was chalked full of these and that some were even as big a a quarter!!!! No wondeer I was in pain! I had asked my doctor for a US 2 weeks before this all happened and she didn't think it was necessary and that it wouldn't show as much as a CT would and would even show the same things that a US would. well, it didn't and she ordered the US and I am now recovering from gallbladder removal surgery! The surgeon said that the gallbladder and the areas around were pretty irritated. I had some very similar symptoms including the horrid pains with constipation and the eventual evacuation of it. Talk to your doc about a US if you haven't had one already.

[earnwall]

hi there i just had the same symptons and was hospitalized for 6 days i have what they call barrets esophagus whic was caused from gerd which i know have high grade dysplasia 1 step down from cancer of the esophagus that is at the end where it connects to the stomach do you have any pain in the middle of your chest?? have the doc do an edr test