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Hi there, My name is and I'm 24. I've had moderate (4 on a 10

pt. scale, I'd say) and intermittent abdominal pains for a while now,

maybe a year. Around a month ago, this escalated to severe abdominal

pain that woke me up in the middle of the night. I attributed it to

bad salmon at dinner that evening, and even called the restaurant to

complain. I woke up in the morning 3 days later with the same pain

and took myself to the ER, where they did blood tests and an

ultrasound. Nothing was found and I was given the name of a

gastroenterologist with whom to follow up. I ignored that until I

started getting weird pains in my mid to upper back (not muscular),

sour stomach, heartburn, and more abdominal pain. I also had very

dark stool which was sometimes liquid and explosive, sometimes of a

normal consistency. I started feeling extremely bloated after meals

and got sharp pains if i waited too long between meals. Flatulence

was WAY above normal in frequency and severity.

The doctor put me on Prevacid and Nu-Lev and scheduled an endoscopy

for a suspected ulcer. this came out to be relatively normal, so

they sent me in the same day for a radioactive gall bladder scan

where the results so far show that my gall bladder is functioning at

21% instead of the normal 35% (just quoting the doctor). No stones

or blockage were mentioned, but the doctor wants to keep me on the

meds and if i don't get better i'll start talking to a surgeon. I DO

NOT want surgery if i can avoid it.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? This all seems so sudden

to me. I'd like to try cleansing, it can't hurt, right?

-elisa