But my doctor is leaning more to there being blockage in my stomach. Has anyone had their gallbladders out without any gallstone showing on an ultrasound or CAT Scan?
2006-10-11 06:48:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I had a Hida scan and there wasn't any on there. But my mom swears by it. She had hers out when she was 20, and I'm only 17. My functionality percentage is only 42% and they don't take them out until it's reached 40%. Does this mean I have to suffer?
2006-10-11 06:55:21 · update #1
I had my gallbladder taken out and no stones showed up. What happened was that I'd had just one episode of galbladder pain which was incorrectly diagnosed as kidney stones... but it passed and so we left it at that. However, during another checkup, my galbladder showed teeny, tiny stones, then I had another one and nothing showed. My doctor said this gallbladder trouble wouldn't give me any pain (most likely) but it was important to have it taken out because I was forming small stones that pass through, which are actually more dangerous since they're so small that they sometimes block your bile duct and give you pancreatitis... which, from what she tells me, is pretty dangerous.
When they took my gallbladder out, the stones I had had already passed so none were found in it, but, since my body used to form them like that, it was a good thing I had it removed.
I'd say get checked more than once since they sometimes show up and sometimes don't.
2006-10-11 09:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by Ivy G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suffered one gallbladder attack after another for over a year. I mean, I am talking serious pain with sweat pouring down my forehead and I had to use breathing exercises just to get through them. I had every test known to man and no stones ever showed up. Finally my doctor removed it. It was the gallbladder. But if your doctor thinks it might be a blockage then you need to have that checked. Good luck.
2006-10-11 08:24:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went in for what I thought was acid reflux, they did an ultrasound and found a golf ball sized rock in my gallbladder! So I got the gallbladder yanked out. The acid is still so bad I'm on bile inhibitors to this day 4 years later.
But at least they work!
2006-10-11 07:09:58 · answer #3 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was only 23 and they took it out (had stones) Did you have a Hida Scan? They give you contrast and watch under fluoroscope to see if it goes into the gallbladder. If it doesn't, or it's very slow they will take it out. I don't believe that you HAVE to have stones in it for it to not function properly or to be causing you pain.
2006-10-11 06:53:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had my gullbladder out and they did see gullstones on an ultrasound.
2006-10-11 06:52:49 · answer #5 · answered by trishie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋