When I had my gallbladder attached it felt like I was having a heart attack
with severe pain in the middle of my chest.  I had 2 ultrasounds after 2
different attacks and nothing showed up.  After my second attach and my
clean ultrasound, they did an xray and my gallbladder didn't even show up in
the xray so they said it was diseased and had to come out.  I only had 3
stones about the size of marbles.  They said my gallbladder was gray in
color and kind of shrunk.  My surgery was back in the day when they split
you up the middle.  Both my attacks were after eating pizza.

Kim

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Kristina K. Carlton <
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> Is anybody familiar with gallbladder attacks? I have been getting what
> feels
> like a GB attack since 2006. The funny thing is, despite 2 ultrasounds and
> 1
> CT nobody has ever found any gallstones. The pain is under my right rib
> cage
> and spreads all the way to my back. My belly distends even more than usual
> and it is very painful and uncomfortable. Although I am not one to reach
> for
> painkillers quickly, this is one time when I will take them.
>
>
>
> I had one Monday a week ago and all of this week, after eating, I had the
> pain in my back under my rib cage. Tonight it spread to the front and is
> worse than any other day this week.
>
>
>
> I feel overwhelmed. I would like to do this with diet alone and on my own,
> but I am scared. I am thinking about finding a good doctor, but how do I
> find one? I would love to find someone who is familiar with hormonal
> imbalance but doesn't believe I need to eat grains to get healthy. And my
> DH
> would like me to find a doctor who is covered by insurance which
> complicates
> matters even more. On that note, anybody know any good docs in the
> Nashville
> area?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kristina
>