Right side pain, not constant
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Right side pain, not constant
| Sun, 02-20-2005 - 8:25pm |
Since mind friday I have had this pain in my right side, down by my hipbone, ocassonlay moving up near my bellybutton. It does not hurt all the time, it hurts some, more when I walk around or ride in the car. No fever, some occasional nausea but no vomiting. I ruled out apendicitis since its not a constant pain. I have diareah ( a little, more like just loose stools) I have IBS and I had my gallbladder out last January (04). I have tried pressing on the area and it hurts some but not like 'oh my god don't do that it hurts' kind of pain.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?

Well I am not sure
Anyways, i don't think we are alone. I feel like I have read about people having upper right quadrent abdominal pain after having thier gall bladders out. maybe some others will jump in with comments.
Yes!
Hi - I had my GB out a year ago and continuted to experience pain. They finally ordered an ultra sound in Dec/04 and found that there is some inflamation of a duct (there is a separate post from me some where further back in the Discussion folder - title something about test results being back)
There was no evidence of stones - but they don't always show up on ultra sounds.
The plan is to monitor my symptoms and repeat the ultrasound in a few months.
I was so glad that they did find something - so that it's not just me being neurotic - and also glad that I kept at the doctor about it. (which is hard to do some times)
My suggestion would be to follow up and if necessary see another doctor who is willing to find a cause rather than tell you that pain after GB removal is normal. It isn't normal - it's a sign something isn't right.
You'd mentioned possible irritation of the ducts - were they larger than they should be on the ultra sound? OR how did they decide that.
The fact that it gets better based on your movment makes me (not a medical profesisonal) think that it is something physically wrong rather than a reaction to food (although food can certainly play a role in things).
During my journey leading up the GB removal (8 months after diagnosis) and after the surgery I did a number of elimination trials with my diet. That would mean eliminating a certain food group from my diet for a 3 month period - re-introducing it and watch for a reaction. This is difficult - but I found it actually easier to just remember not to eat dairy than to remember to write done my food consumption and physical symptoms daily then compare notes to do an analysis. (that's just me - others have great results with a food journal). Anyway - I discovered that eggs, dairy, and gluten products are best avoided. The gluten really causes a bit of bloating and some pesky "female problems" to flare up - which was an interesting finding. Fat is also something that I have to keep an eye on. By avoiding dairy, eggs and gluten that automatically rules out all processed foods.
Sorry for nattering - it's late.
Take care,
Jo