At Sat, 19 Jul 2003, David wrote:
>Hi David I am a 52 year old male and had gallbladder surgery almost 3 years ago. I get these attacks from time to time that are very painful and feel like gallbladder attacks. Also I have tightness that gets inflamed around the liver area and also by the right kidney and also over my colon. I am pretty sure that I got adhesions from that surgery. It definitely makes it more sore and tight when I exercise but I refuse to stop even though it causes me discomfort. I am considering going to Germany for another surgery with that Dr. Kruschinski, but I will probably wail until next summer to see if I can learn to cope with the chronic discomfort since another surgery certainly scares me since I was so messed up from the first one Flick Rahke >Here we go again. It's been almost ten years since the gallbladder has >been removed. Pain upper right quadrant. >Every test known taken. Ct-scan (3), sonograms (?), >blood tests, colonoscopy, upper endoscopy, LIVER >BIOPSY!, all negative. No more tests and I've run out of doctors. The >new one I have (because of a change in our medical plan at work) is >pretty cool for he does believe it could be adhesions (the other doctors >(specialists) kind've thought I was nuts), but he says that there is >little that can be done besides going back in. I run ultra-marathons, >kickbox and belong to two karate studios. I am 52 years old but I feel >15 years younger but......sometimes I get this >@$#%&*% pain where my gallbladder was aand it drives me crazy not to >mention the rotten pain. My big question is >(and I have learned to live with it; at times) is that over the years >does this problem get worse? I notice that these >"attacks" are getting quite more frequent (I don't have them >all of the time) and they also seem to get worse. I understand that >these adhesions can get inflammed. Am I right? And if so, what causes >the inflammation. I've had this condition(?) a long time and have >learned to live with it except when I have these episodes that seem to >last forever. Am interested in hearing from anyone that has had their >gallbladder out and who has has similar problems. I need to know that I >am not nuts. > David