Since having my gallbladder removed in May of this year, I have had chronic gallbladder type pain and nausea to the point that it has taken over my life. I haven't been to work in almost 3 months and on most days I barely leave my couch. I have had every test there is, endoscopy, colonoscopy, hida scan, ct scan, ultrasounds, mrcp, ercp with manometry, sphincterotomy of 2 of the biliary sphincters leaving the pancreas untouched. Now I am sick again and in constant pain so I'm facing another ercp procedure. My primary doctor refused to give me anymore pain medication so I went to another doctor. He gave me vicodin and a referral to another GI specializing in liver and pancreas disorders. This doctor is so busy I can't get in for a consult till mid August and the vicodin isn't working anymore. My new doctor says he is reluctant to give me anything stronger because he doesn't want me to build up a tolerance to narcotics. I can understand his concern but I am in so much pain I can't focus on anything else. Going to the ER is pointless, they treat me like it's all in my head. Today I was feeling so bad I called the nurse begging for help. She talked to the doctor and he wants to try me on ativan so see if that helps before considering stronger options. He also ordered another ultrasound of my abdomen to see if anything has changed. This whole ordeal has been very frustrating and I'm sure the stress isn't doing me any good. Does anyone out there have any ideas for something else I could be doing? I am currently taking Questran for the bile dumping, Levsin for spasms, Zofran for nausea, Vicodin 5/500 for pain and now Ativan as soon as my husband gets back from the pharmacy. I can't take any of the calcium channel blockers or nitroglycerin that have been used to treat sphincter of oddi dysfunction, which they suspect is part of my problem but probably not the source, because of my history of migraine headaches. Help.....