Gall bladder - anyone else?

[lesley_x]

I think I might have posted on here before about pain when cycling. This has limited my mileage quite a bit over the past year. I can't cycle more than a mile without pain and nausea.

It is gradually being narrowed down to my gall bladder. High amylase/LFT and tenderness over an area under my right rib cage. Gastros don't seem to care.

This is the same area that gets sore when I exercise/cycle. Any exertion will cause pain in the same region I have a gall bladder flare up.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar?

 

[ScotiaLass]

Hi Lesley
I have had gallbladder issues (confirmed stones) for 18 months now and am just waiting on a date for my operation - been told around August.

I have severe attacks and the first one landed me in A&E!
Now I know what the pain is I do everything I can to avoid it (mainly diet) but I still get mild attacks with accompanying nausea.
The pain is under my right ribcage and radiates around to my kidney on one or both sides.
Sometimes I am little sore when cycling but it doesn't bring on a full blown attack and I have built my mileage up to just over 30 miles now.

Have you had a scan to confirm gallstones?

 

[Stephen brown]

I had mine out in 2011, before that had I have had a gun I would have shot myself during the attacks

Have the op ASAP it's the best thing ever

 

[cardiac case]

I have 8 or 9 gallstones so I've been told, and due for an op in August.

A chap down the road told me he had an attack at 3am and had to be carted off unconscious to hospital.

I told him straight, you think that's bad. I had to sell me road bike.


Paul G

 

[lesley_x]

Ultrasound in December didn't find stones but they've ordered another one because my bloods support a gall bladder problem. The gall bladder can just be inflamed without stones or have 'sludge' in it which doesn't show up. I have been referred urgently to gastro but last time it took 6 months to see him and he totally ignored the problem.

Last year I was admitted to a surgical ward with the anticipation I'd be having emergency surgery. But I was admitted on the weekend and it settled and they discharged me without doing anything. It's the worst pain ever, it sends my blood pressure and pulse really high.

Just curious if the pain cycling could be the same issue, it's not like a gall bladder attack but like a stitch in the exact gall bladder region. I guess the posture of road cycling doesn't help!

 

[Cubist]

Just had stones diagnosed, and awaiting a consultant appt. I've had three attacks of the associated colic in three years, but nothing in between. I have been in pain on a few occasions, with 13 fracture injuries so far, but nothing as agonising ( and bewildering) as that.

 

[Glenn]

I had mine removed about 16 years ago by keyhole surgery,I had a month off work as after 2 weeks I was re-admitted to hospital by my doc with an abdominal distension which he thought maybe bleeding, nothing was found but he put me on a further 2 weeks sick leave.

One sideeffect I found was I put on weight, around 14 - 20 during the following year without altering my food or routine.

 

[midliferider]

I think I might have posted on here before about pain when cycling. This has limited my mileage quite a bit over the past year. I can't cycle more than a mile without pain and nausea.

It is gradually being narrowed down to my gall bladder. High amylase/LFT and tenderness over an area under my right rib cage. Gastros don't seem to care.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar?

Whose opinion is that? Yours or doctors?

 

[lesley_x]

Whose opinion is that? Yours or doctors?

Have been diagnosed with cholecystitis (w/ diaphragmatic irritation) 5 times in just over a year including one admission to a surgical ward. Also shows up in my blood tests. I don't have stones as far as they can tell on ultrasound, it's not always stones. A year of pretty high dose steroids and several other autoimmune illnesses predispose me to this anyway.

 

[simon the viking]

Great.... A chance to post my gall bladder story.................. I will give you the short version though

Really bad chest pains - first time it happened I thought it was a heart attack..... got really frequent every week.... ended on drip with pancreatitus in intensive care Docs thought I was an alcoholic (realised I wasn't) Told me to not eat fatty food or touch alcohol until after the op - pains went had op 3 months later been great since

I actually went to work with the pancreatitus and nearly collapsed as I walked in I was sweating and had my fingers shoved in to my side to stop the pain (I hadn't felt too bad when i had left for work) my posh lady boss (department store at an airport) took one look at me and said.... what the F*** are you doing here.......

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Gall bladder - anyone else?

No no, its fine, I've already eaten thanks!



Seriously though, it is one of the few things that hasn't afflicted me......... Yet!!

 

[Stephen brown]

Doug, prey it doesn't....

 

[cardiac case]

Well, the day for my op is almost here. Tuesday 26th at 7am to be precise.

Just looking forward to being able to jump on the bike as and when I want to.
Who knows, may even be able to go back to a road bike.

Paul G

 

[Stephen brown]

Good luck Paul, it will go down as one of the best days of your life

I know that sounds weird but there will be so many things you can do and eat once it's done

 

[lesley_x]

Well I started this thread. They scanned that area (finally) with MRI and found a 4cm possibly cancerous lymph node in my liver wrapped around the blood vessels which explains the pain, particularly when exercising. Had to go private for them to pay attention

So although they did find gallstones on a repeat ultrasound they've been a red herring.

Good luck for those going for surgery!