Gallstones?

Question

I was semi-diagnosed this past Friday with gallstones. I have an appointment this coming Thursday with a gastroenterologist to have an ultrasound of my gallbladder. I've done some research, and am finding conflicting information as to the symptoms of gallstones. One site says one thing, one site says another. Anyone out there who suffers with biliary colic? Does it actually cause belching, passing gas, indigstion-like feelings, abdominal bloating or not? I'm just curious, as this is what I'm having. Wish my appt. with the gastro. was sooner, but it's not. :( Any advise/references are greatly welcome. Thanks!

P.S. If you did have gallstones, what was your outcome? (Surgery, drugs to dissolve them, etc.)

Answer 1

I had gallstones back in 1993.
I think everyone who has gallstones experiences something different and it depends on what is going on with the stones.
I did not experience biliary colic nor the other symptoms you mentioned, however when I did have a gallbladder attack from the stones I felt extreme pain and nausea for two hours straight which ended with vomiting.
I had three of those attacks; each one worse than the first.

My outcome was I had my gallbladder removed in February 1994 (laproscopic). Surgery is the only thing that will completely solve gallbladder problems. The other methods are temporary because the stones always return and you are back where you started; but worse.

Answer 2

I personally had gallstones. I did not have any gastro-intetinal symptoms. My symptoms were pain. Excruciating pain in my stomach (in my breastbone). I used to curl up and cry and scream with pain. It usually lasted for about an hour then it would go away.
For a long time, no doctor could figure out what was wrong, until one of them (after many trips to the emergency room) did an ultrasound. They scheduled my surgery the next day. I had my gallbladder removed in 1998, laparoscopically (4 small incisions) and it was the best thing I ever did.

I have had no side effects or any symptoms since then. Surgery is the best thing; at least it was for me.

Good luck!

Answer 3

The problem with this is, that there are so many symptoms it's hard to tell. That is why they usually wind up doing an ultra sound to "see". People have different symptoms. My personal ones were, that I felt like I was having a heart attack. All the pain was in my chest. Most of it anyway. And my heart would pound so hard, you could see it beating through my shirt. And, I could eat nor drink anything. Not even a tiny sip of water would go down because the stones were stopping anything from going into my stomic. So back up it would come. I was mis-diagnosed two times before they got it right. They first said I had pluracy. Which is where your lungs dry out. Then they said I had an ulcer. Then, after I turned yellow from being sick so long by now, they knew and took an ultra sound at the ER and admitted me for emergency surgery. The reason you turn yellow is that things go through your gallbaldder, then through your liver. Nothing got through the gallbladder, so then nothing got through the liver. Which is why you would turn yellow, like someone who has a bad liver. So it's really hard to tell without the ultra sound. Good luck.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

These are non specific symptoms.
Biliary colic is usually a right sided pain under the rib cage, quite severe, after eating (especially fatty foods), often also felt in the back.
That is specific.
Your symptoms, if you don't get pain, could quite possibly be something else, eg coeliac's, irritible bowel, or reflux.
The ultrasound might show nothing, but even to does and they take your gallbag out you might still have symptoms.

Answer 6

i am 32 years old and i had gall stones when i was 18. i had pain in my upper right side that traveled to my back. i thought maybe bad gas. but the pain was immense. i had my gall bladder out via laproscopic surgery. my healing was fast with minimal pain.

i have a hyatel hernia and that causes bloating and belching. felling like i am choking and all kinds of problems!

Answer 7

i had gallstones and they had to do surgery to take mine out. Mine was the size of a half a dollar. It depends on the size because there are different things that they can do now days.

Answer 8

Had them and had surgery....Before the surgery I was in pain all the time and I had indigestion all the time..Nexium helped until I had surgery..I feel great now and have 4 very small scars on my stomach...When I looked up this stuff on the Internet it confused me to...Stop looking and talk to your doctor...To much bad info on here about it....Don't worry, its fast and pain free if you have surgery for it...Good Luck to you. I will say a Prayer for you to feel better! :) I know it hurts..

Answer 9

i have gallstones and what ive had is pain in my back my shoulder and under my right rib, i had stones stuck in my bile duct and had to have a camera down my throt to have them removed, i had problems with my liver and pancreas... it is the worst pain i have ever had and ive had a baby.. stay away from fatty foods!!!!

Answer 10

gallstones could indicat liver disease. you are seeing the correct doctor. he will know more about your condition after routine blood labs and questions....a word of advice is to be honest about your lifestyle!

good luck