Re: Appetite Loss - Part II

[Guest guest]

GOOD LUCK. Hope everything turns out ok. Keep us posted.

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane

You are having classic gall bladder disease symptoms. There is also severe

sharp pain in the back that occurs at night.

I had mine removed in 1998 and it took almost a year for the fat intolerance

type symptoms to resolve. I didn't have gall stones but my common bile duct

was scarred shut from multiple infections.

My daughter's gall bladder had not fully formed so there are many reasons

for a person to have gall bladder disease.

Good luck with the test but if it is negative don't be surprised or alarmed

if your doctor orders more tests.

Kaylene

>Hi everyone,

>

>My appetite has been so poor in the last couple of months that I have

>been losing 1-2 lb a week. So far I am down 18lb, which I needed to

>lose anyway - but if I lose much more I will start looking like a

>starving horse (very boney!).

>

>Yesterday my doctor put me on Duragesic 25 and told me to take my

>Dilaudid just for breakthrough pain, because he says it's the most

>likely culprit. He also ordered an abdominal ultrasound to see if

>there's anything wrong with my gallbladder. I have a lot of trouble

>with fatty foods, when I can bring myself to eat them - I get a pain

>on my right side within about 1/2 hour, then later the pain moves to

>the left, and I get gassy and nauseated. I usually feel poorly all of

>the next day too. I also have a sore, tender spot around my right

>lowest rib all the time.

>

>Has anybody else had gallbladder disease? (I think said she

>had). What were the symptoms like? My grandmother had gallstones and

>I remember her throwing up violently and having horrendous abdominal

>pain. I don't have anything that bad. I just can't eat much. It's

>very puzzling.

>

>I have my ultrasound next Tuesday. Wish me luck!

>Diane

>in Vancouver, B.C., Canada

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Diane:

The symptoms you describe really sound very much like those that I had when I

got gall bladder disease. I also had a fairly continuous pain under my right

bottom rib. I did get very nauseated to the point where I couldn't even drink

water so I became extremely dehydrated. At that point, an ultrasound was done

and showed clearly that I had two small stones in the gall bladder so I had

surgery two days later.

The surgery to remove the gall bladder is very easy now since they just make a

tiny incision. People can go back to work in just a few days. I had mine done

right before that type of surgery became available and it took five weeks for me

to get well enough to return to my job.

[Guest guest]

Has anybody else had gallbladder disease? (I think said she

had). What were the symptoms like?

I did... I had severe pain in the upper right side of my abdomen about half

an hour after eating, and lasting sometimes hours sometimes a little while. I

never really found a connection with food (as to which foods did it) as by the

time I complained it was horribly diseased. I was diagnosed and it was removed

within 2 weeks. The lap surgery is a breeze. I never even required pain meds.

I did however, post op carry a small like a throw pillow around with me for

about 24 hours. Then it was back to normal. Was eating normal food the same day,

and home the next morning ( my surgery ended up being at 5 pm, so they just kept

me overnight). I was home ALONE with my son within 24 hours. I felt great. I

did find some foods (cheeseburgers at burgerking especially) made me get awful

diarrhea. If I eat more than Two a week I will get a good cleaning out still.

But I'd do it over in a heart beat.

Good luck

Teri