I am new to the board but like many of you I am sick, frustrated, depressed and in PAIN! I had the lap cholecystectomy 4 years ago. Pain immediately after surgery and every single day since. My surgery did not go well due to adhesions from a previous surgery almost 20 years earlier!! I had an appendectomy at age 11. From my understanding the surgeon had difficulty removing the gallbladder due to the adhesions and my lap surgery took over 3 hours! So now I am still at square one. No diagnosis - only pain. I have been to 3 GI specialists now. Each one performs more than enough tests (including ERCP and PH and motility tests) and NONE of the tests are abnormal. My last visit included that question "have you tried anti-depressants for the pain?". I feel like all of the docs have thought that it was in my head at one point or another. A heating pad sometimes helps - sometimes not. I am not on any pain meds and haven't been. Has anyone had similar symptoms? If so, please contact me. Thanks! Susan