Re: Jennifer-Gall bladder attack
From: TNsportzmom@aol.com
Wed Dec 4 01:09:09 2002
At Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Laura wrote:
>
>At Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Kandi wrote:
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>>Hi my name is Kandi and I have a question. I have loose bowels all the
>>time and some pain were my gall blatter is. I've went to the dr. and
>>had ultrasounds done and they say my gall blatter is normal but my dr.
>>says it's going to have to come out eventually.( I've started having
>>some nausea like I'm getting the flu and very loose bowels, this last
>>for a day, and happens like every other week ) So, is it gall blatter or
>>not? Help!!
>>
>> Thanks, Kandi
>>
>>At Sat, 17 Mar 2001, jenny low wrote:
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>>>Dear Jennifer,
>>>
>>>I think you should go see your doctor as soon as you can. My parents have
>>>both had surgery to have their gall bladders removed. And each of them went
>>>about it in a different way. My mom had gall bladder attacks for a while
>>>before she had hers taken out. I remember her laying on the couch with ice
>>>packs on her abdomen. My dad had to have his out just a few years ago. His
>>>was a pretty bad case. They took him to surgery as soon as they figured out
>>>it was his gall bladder that was causing him such pain. He had gone to the
>>>ER and they first thought he was having a heart attack. Anyway, they were
>>>going to try to remove it with a scope but ended up having to open him up.
>>>His gall bladder was turning gangrenous. All his other organs were wrapping
>>>themselves around the gall bladder and that is why it was gangrenous. They
>>>said your body does that. If one organ is sick and dying, the other organs
>>>will enlarge or wrap around the sick organ. Strange, isn't it? It is not
>>>something I would play around with in any case. They can take your gall
>>>bladder out now with a laparoscope. So the incisions are small and will be
>>>less chance of adhesions. I hope this helps in some way.
>>>
>>>Jenny
>
>I am also wondering if my pain is caused by my gallblader. I was in the
>ER again last night,with nausea and lower back pain. I have horrible
>problems with constipation/diarhea,I am weak and tired. I have
>nausea,and I have lost close to 30 pound's from not being able to eat.
>My hair is falling out and I am misrabel. No one has mentioned my
>gallblader,although last night they did find a cyst in my kidney,which
>the Doc said was no big deal. I have had a million ultrasounds and
>catscans,and I though if it was my gallblader they would know that by
>now. I know this sounds bizare,but will they take it out,even if they
>cant see what is if there is anything wrong with it? I had a Lap almost
>3 week's ago,and I was told my organs looked good. Any advice would be
>greatly appreciated on this topic. Laura
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Hi Kandi,
I have a suggestion for you. My daughter (16) has had all of what you are suffering.
We took her to the emergency room time and again. Ultra sound upon ultra sound, upon x-rays
and scopes etc. When having one of the ultra sounds, the lady that was performing the ultra
sound had just been through the same thing. Thank God! She said the ultra sound only shows
if you have gall stones and she suffered with her gall blatter until someone told her about
the HYDA-SCAN, which shows if the gall blatter is functioning or not. The ultra sound is only
good to check for gall stones, and the hyda-scan shows if the gall blatter is emptying. We finially
got a refferal to a ped. gi specialist that ordered a hyda-scan and guess what? Her gall blatter
wasn't emptying like it's suppose to. Now we are facing surgery Dec. 13, 2002 and hopefully things
will be back to normal. I suggest you find someone who will order you a hyda-scan. The test is a
breeze. There is nothing to it, and maybe they will find you problem. We lived in emergency rooms and
doctors offices since oct. 3 and have gotten totaly sick of hearing nothing was wrong. Well the
scan proved them wrong. It is the only test they offer to show the if the gall blatter is functioning.
Hope I have been some help to you. Keep my e-mail address and let me know what you find out!
TNsportzmom