Posted: 8/14/2017 10:11:31 AM EDT
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I have occasional gall bladder problems.
Mostly for the past year I've just been careful about what and how much I eat. Yesterday, I wasn't and I ate a bunch of pizza. Couple hours ago I woke up with upper abdominal pain running right below the rib cage, mostly centered. It's also in my back like a mofo. Urgent care doesn't open for a couple hours yet. This isn't exactly like the pain I remember, does this sound like a gall stone deal? *ETA* Slightly nauseous, a hot shower alleviates the pain considerably. |
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This is what happens when you ignore a bad gallbag.
It'll get worse. The very worst is Biliary pancreatitis which progresses to hemorrhagic pancreatitis. THAT can be life-threatening. Get your bad gallbladder removed. It has joined the other side and doesn't like you anymore. Don't get in a war with your bad gallbladder War is hell. |
| Go to ER. This just happened to my wife and she required GB removal surgery and a surgery to get a blockage/stone from a duct. Both done with minimal incisions and we walked out of hospital next morning. Don't let it get to point of causing more pain. It can get real bad, real quick. |