Quote:
Originally Posted by Nammu
Gallbladder pain is the worse. Back when I had it it took a whole year to be properly diagnosed because everyone, including the ER docs took one look at my chart and said I was having body memory! Then they’d give me pain pills, which were useless. Finally I was back in ER again and the doctor was handing me a bottle of stronger pain pills I got fed up and told him to look for the cause. Or I’d go home and take all three bottles of pain pills! What did he do? Committed me to the psych ward. The nurse there who was checking me in looked at me sweating and said this is physical. Called a doctor and got an ultrasound. I was scheduled for surgery the next morning and the surgeon said she’d never seen such bad case of gallstones outside a thrird world because in USA they are caught much earlier.
I had two procedures, one they went in though my mouth with grabby hooks, the second was a tubal surgery on my abdomen. Then they’d give pain was gone when I woke up.
Stand your ground. Insist they treat the gallbladder issue!
|
I experienced something really similar except they didn't put my in the psyc ward. I had pain for about 7-8 months before they diagnosed me too, it was awful.
__________________
* Dx: Bipolar II (finally, after years at Bipolar NOS)
* Rx: minimal dose of Lamictal
My avatar picture is a photo of the Whirlpool Galaxy I took in April 2023. I dedicated this photo to my sister who passed away in July 2016.
|