Health issues (stomach cramps & vomiting)

[3narf]

Friday night I was ill in the van, 6 hours of severe stomach cramps and vomiting nothing. I got onto NHS Direct eventually 'cos I thought my number was up; if I'd had morphine I would have injected myself.

I've had this 3 or 4 times in the past year, always when I'm away from home at Heathrow. I'd thought it could be a stomach ulcer or, from info gleaned from this 4um, microbiology-related issues with unclean water bottles.


However, the night doctor rang me just as it started to ease off; from the symptoms (always after icecream, cream cheese etc) and vomiting a miky froth, he thinks I have gallstones.

So I need an ultrasound scan...

 

[ScotiaLass]

If it is gallstones you have my sympathy!

I have had issues since last October, when an ultrasound confirmed several stones. I'm now awaiting a cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal).
I have ended up in A&E in absolute agony, convinced my number was up!!
Severe pain and nausea/vomiting, are common symptoms.

I am on a very strict diet and over the past year have come to know what sets me off, this includes;
red meat, pork, white bread, ALL diary, (cheese, soft cheeses, milk) and most things above a 5% fat content.
All I currently tolerate with little or no pain is chicken, turkey, vegetables, fruit, pasta, soreen malt loaf, wholemeal bread, jams etc.

I hope they get you sorted soon!

 

[ScotiaLass]

[QUOTE 2695235, member: 45"]I had similar symptoms, slightly less regularly, for a couple of years. Stomach cramps, trying to make myself sick to relieve them but not always succeeding. Then one morning after an evening of the same I rolled over in bed and felt like molten metal was moving from one side of my abdomen to the other. Cue an ambulance to A&E and surgery to remove a ruptured appendix the next morning. No symptoms since.

I'm not suggesting this is your problem, I'm just after some sympathy.[/quote]

Ouch!!! You poor baby! (is that ok?) lol
Really though, that's very nasty

 

[Stephen brown]

I had gallstones, and forget morphine if I had a gun I would have shot myself

If it is, just get the operation to remove the gallbladder ASAP, it's amazing and I can now eat cheese again

 

[The Jogger]

="ScotiaLass, post: 2695215, member: 32624"]If it is gallstones you have my sympathy!

I have had issues since last October, when an ultrasound confirmed several stones. I'm now awaiting a cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal).
I have ended up in A&E in absolute agony, convinced my number was up!!
Severe pain and nausea/vomiting, are common symptoms.

I am on a very strict diet and over the past year have come to know what sets me off, this includes;
red meat, pork, white bread, ALL diary, (cheese, soft cheeses, milk) and most things above a 5% fat content.
All I currently tolerate with little or no pain is chicken, turkey, vegetables, fruit, pasta, soreen malt loaf, wholemeal bread, jams etc.

I hope they get you sorted soon!

You should Google'Plant based diet' very doable.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Well, I just hope it isn't Colitis, but then, if was anything like mine was, you'd be pooing blood!

You have my sympathy regardless!

 

[ScotiaLass]

I had gallstones, and forget morphine if I had a gun I would have shot myself

If it is, just get the operation to remove the gallbladder ASAP, it's amazing and I can now eat cheese again

That's about the only thing I miss - a nice bit of cheese!

 

[Crackle]

However, the night doctor rang me just as it started to ease off; from the symptoms (always after icecream, cream cheese etc) and vomiting a miky froth, he thinks I have gallstones.

So I need an ultrasound scan...

That would have been my laymans guess, having read a bit about them recently. My friend thought he had gallstone symptoms and it turned out to be a grumbling appendix which started shouting when he was at sea on his boat. Got back just in time and had a few complications as a result.

The ultrasound will tell and is a lot less uncomfortable than something like a gastcroscopy which I had recently.

 

[3narf]

Thx all.