Re: LadyMoonkist - Gallbladder

[Guest guest]

I also have pains in that area and my gallbladder has been gone for 20

years. I had quite the ordeal getting diagnosed as well thanks to a really

crappy HMO that I had at the time. My symptoms started with upper back

pain, between the shoulder blades.

Anyway, I now believe that the pains are probably chostochondritis. It

is scary though, when you know your gallbladder is gone, and there's still

pain. Then the docs start checking your liver, or possibley a stone stuck

in a bile duct. Might want to rule these out if the pain is severe and

doesn't go away.

Jeanne in WI

> hi everyone,

>

> , Marti , I still have phantom pains from the area

> where my gallbladder was. even told my surgeon was he sure he took it out.

>

> also how many others have reactions to lots of meds

> and things even absorbable sutures?

>

> Diane

> --- LadyMoonkist wrote:

>

>> Marti,

>> I am just glad they finally found it. I could still

>> be suffering so much worse than what I am now. Believe me when I say, I

>> thought every day, I was

dying. I really thought I was. My heart/chest area hurt so much, my blood

pressure was always very high 175/92 or higher...and they couldn't figure it

out. I went to heart doctors, neurologists, Ra's, GI docs, and all...and

their last straw was, they were going to send me to a shrink...oh yeah...

whatever.

[Guest guest]

Me either...and I didn't know about the chestnuts, and I ate a lot of them

over the past two weeks....could explain why I got so sick and my pain

increased....I don't know.

I know carrots make my lips tingle and swell slightly, as does kiwis. Celery

makes them tingle. Kind of explains it all to me now.

-- Re: ( ) Intro

>

> You are really lucky to be alive. How did your

> doctors not dx your gall

> bladder problem for so long? It really should have

> been more obvious to any

> doctor who was alert. I get angry at these things as

> it often seems that

> those of us with FM et al get a very short shrift

> with doctors. They seem to

> ignore all of our symptoms or just chalk them up to

> the FM/CFS whatever. I

> wonder how many patients with these " syndromes " have

> died from something

> totally unrelated that would have been dx'd

> immediately in someone else?

> That's why I am so grateful for my own PCP.

>

> I'm glad everything worked out in the end, but very

> sad you had to go

> through all those months of needless suffering.

>

> I hope your pain meds are working. I know they will

> never bring your pain

> level down to a " 0 " , but a little relief is better

> than none.

>

> Peace and Love

> Caroline

>

>

>

> > Hi Caroline...

> >

> >

> >

> > Yes I was tested for lupus, results were no...It

> was suggested I try

> > ProActive, and I did, and it makes me go into a

> flare for some reason.

> > Must

> > be all the chemicals in it, but when I did use it,

> it worked.

> >

> >

> >

> > I only started taking pain meds November of last

> yr...so I don't know a

> > lot

> > about them. My pain was so intense, it would make

> my blood pressure sky

> > rocket, the doc thought I was having a heart

> attack in his office and

> > called

> > the ambulance....ended up, after almost a yr of

> tests and such, my

> > gallbladder was rotten and poisoning my

> system....I did feel a lot better

> > after they took it out, no more vomiting, severe

> chest pains, and such...

> > while I was there, I made the joke to cut out my

> fibromyalgia ... Too bad

> > that cant happen.

> >

> >

> >

> > Gentle hugs,

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I have latex allergeries too.

a lot of substances are used to make latex.

--- Marti Boguski wrote:

> Hi, Not to show my ignorance too much, but what do

> a latex allergy and carrots, kiwis and bananas have

> in common?

> Marti

>

> LadyMoonkist wrote:

> Well during this time, I also found out I

> was allergic to latex...where they

> put the iv in me time after time and taped it down,

> I had blisters...so they

> ran a " rasp " not sure on the spelling ...test and it

> came back I was

> definitely allergic to latex. They told me to not

> eat carrots, kiwi's, and

> bananas because of it....and I didn't listen and

> kept eating bananas and I

> got to noticing, the more of them I ate, the worse

> my pain got...does that

> make any sense??

>

>

>

> -- Re: ( ) Intro

> >

> > You are really lucky to be alive. How did your

> > doctors not dx your gall

> > bladder problem for so long? It really should have

> > been more obvious to any

> > doctor who was alert. I get angry at these things

> as

> > it often seems that

> > those of us with FM et al get a very short shrift

> > with doctors. They seem to

> > ignore all of our symptoms or just chalk them up

> to

> > the FM/CFS whatever. I

> > wonder how many patients with these " syndromes "

> have

> > died from something

> > totally unrelated that would have been dx'd

> > immediately in someone else?

> > That's why I am so grateful for my own PCP.

> >

> > I'm glad everything worked out in the end, but

> very

> > sad you had to go

> > through all those months of needless suffering.

> >

> > I hope your pain meds are working. I know they

> will

> > never bring your pain

> > level down to a " 0 " , but a little relief is better

> > than none.

> >

> > Peace and Love

> > Caroline

> >

> >

> >

> > > Hi Caroline...

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Yes I was tested for lupus, results were no...It

> > was suggested I try

> > > ProActive, and I did, and it makes me go into a

> > flare for some reason.

> > > Must

> > > be all the chemicals in it, but when I did use

> it,

> > it worked.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > I only started taking pain meds November of last

> > yr...so I don't know a

> > > lot

> > > about them. My pain was so intense, it would

> make

> > my blood pressure sky

> > > rocket, the doc thought I was having a heart

> > attack in his office and

> > > called

> > > the ambulance....ended up, after almost a yr of

> > tests and such, my

> > > gallbladder was rotten and poisoning my

> > system....I did feel a lot better

> > > after they took it out, no more vomiting, severe

> > chest pains, and such...

> > > while I was there, I made the joke to cut out my

> > fibromyalgia ... Too bad

> > > that cant happen.

>

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