Nere, here - not sure what I have....any ideas?

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Just wanted to introduce myself. Gosh, after reading som eof teh

Member Stories on the website I really feel for you all. I don't

even know if this is the right group for me, but after posting about

Sphincture of Oddi on a Yahoo Gallbladder Group, someone suggested I

come here, so here I am. I guess I should start with my story:

I started having right sided pain back when I was pregnant, but my

Dr kept telling me that it was just my baby's foot poking me in the

ribs. On March 26th 2002 I had my wonderful son Tyler via a C

section after a very difficult and long unsuccessful labor. My

right sides pain continued after my son was born, but I just

chaulked it up to the fact that I also have Endometriosis. A year

ago I had my second Lap for my Endo, which was uneventful, and

seemed to help...for a while. I started having severe pain, in

my " usual " Endo places - lower left side, but also in my upper right

side as well, ,right below my breast. My Dr thought it was Gall

Bladder " colic " and ordered an Ultrasound which was normal. My 3rd

Lap was preformed Sept 1st, which since teh Dr did so much - stapled

up my uterus, which was stuck to teh back of my pelvis, rearranged

my intestines, shortened teh legiments of my bladder, removed a cyst

on my left overy, and removed all visible Endo - I was in severe

pain afterwards, and kept over night, on a PCA Morphine pump. It

was a long recovery, ,and a few weeks after surgery, I had a severe

pain attack on my right side. Later that week my Dr refered me to

my GP who who sent me for a Hida Scan. It showed my Gall bladder

was at 35% which was on teh bottom of the normal range. A Gen

Surgon removed it on Oct 27th, and it was a very easy surgery, in

fact, I felt wonderful afterwards, even though 2 hours after surgery

a nurse delivered me my dinner plate, which was a greasy hamburger

steak, mashed potatoes and butter, cake with icing, and soggy

looking veggies. Hmmmm..... I ended up drinking some fruit juice

lol. Then the Lap incision started getting infected, and drained,

and a few weeks later a stitch popped out, and it healed just fine.

Then I start getting these new pains. The are in my chest this

time, starting more on teh left side, but gradually get so bad I

feel it in my back. It's liek I woudl imagine a heart attack to

feel like. They come on suddenly, and is a crushing severe pain.

I can compare it only hard labor pain - without an Epidural, lol.

Once I even passed out on teh bathroom floor. It's over in 20 to 30

minutes, and I am left feeling very sore and naseated. I usually

break out in a cold sweat during one of these " attacks " I have

gotten these pains after a big meal, and after I have eaten nothing

all day, they don't seem to have a pattern. My Gen. surgon sent me

for blood work up, which came back that one of my Liver enzymes was

elevated. He said he thought I had Spincture of Oddi syndrom and

sent me for another Ultrasound and another Hida scan. I don't know

the results of these tests, as I go back to see him this Thursday.

I am sick of being sick. My husband and I want to start TTC, ,but I

want to make sure I am 100% before I get pregnant, for teh sake of

the baby. I am always so tired, and achy, and my joints hurt so I

walk liek an old person, ,lol. The pain attacks come a few times

aweek, and make me afraid to do anything - ride my horse, drive a

car etc. My dr put me on Bentyl but I don't think its really

helping. I also get this weird feeling. Sounds crazy, but I often -

usually before and during a pain attack - get this weird

feeling....like if you were to press your fingers on the big carotid

arteries on both sides of your neck. I know, sounds crazy, but I

get that feeling a lot. I am only 28, and emberressed to tell

anyone about my " chest pains " It also doesnt help that I got the

Croup from my son a month or so ago, and I am still sniffling and

coughing stuff up. Well, thanks for letting me vent.