Hello –
I was sleeved nearly a year ago (9/10/14) and gallstones were discovered in April of this year after horrendous pain sent me to the ER. I have had a couple of attacks since then and am scheduled to have my gallbladder removed on Sept. 9th. The pain is quite unbearable when an attack occurs. I know that I have some of the classic symptoms… upper right quadrant pain that radiates to my back, lower mid-chest pain, and nausea. But I also have pain right below my left breast, also starting from mid-chest which I can also feel in my back sometimes but on the left side towards the middle, pain when I eat sometimes, every once in a while there’s a sharp pain which seems like it’s at the end/bottom of my stomach. Then there’s pain in my upper abdomen, but I think that could be gallstone related. I have had two abdominal scans and they only show gallstones, which is good, but the other pains are bothersome, if not worrisome. The surgeon showed me my latest scan and he said my gallbladder is oddly shaped, looked sort of like an unshelled peanut. And the gallbladder butts up against my stomach which is a bit unusual, it’s typically a little further to the right, just below the liver. Sooo… maybe since the GB touches my stomach, I have additional pains. I was told that some people can experience GB pain on the left and not the right, but it’s not that common.
Anyway, my reason for this post is to ask any of you who have had, or have gallstones, what your experience has been. What were your symptoms?
Thank you in advance for sharing.
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