Worst pain of my life, started at 4p, ended about 6:45p. So happy its over, had to share with t-dub.

That shit's gettin CUT OUT stat!

that is all

11/10/2011 7:15:42 PM

11/10/2011 7:18:35 PM

ya, those suck, worse pain i have ever felt

11/10/2011 7:24:15 PM

How old are you people?

11/10/2011 7:27:00 PM

YEA

FUCK INTERNAL ORGANS

WHO NEEDS EM

11/10/2011 7:27:50 PM

i had mine taken out at 26, you can look up how old i am

11/10/2011 7:29:22 PM

i'm glad to hear im not the only one who's had them, but im not glad someone else had to experience that

i didnt even realize they existed until i was going out of my mind in pain

tummy still doesnt feel great, but i think the worst is finally over

11/10/2011 7:29:51 PM

i had mine out bout 4 years ago. my side started hurting up around my rib cage, went to the doctor and they did a scan, saw it was about to rupture. the doc told me in like 45 mins im gonna be in horrible pain. that dick was right and they cut it out

11/10/2011 7:37:50 PM

next time it happens lay down on your left side. best advice my mother ever gave me. mom and sister have both had their gall bladders out, i've had a couple attacks, but still have my gallbladder.

11/10/2011 7:39:13 PM

i am going to a conference Sat-Wed... I just pray it holds out till then

cross yo fingers for me errybody!

but i'm calling my GI tmrw am

11/10/2011 7:39:14 PM

What next? Kidney stones?

11/10/2011 7:39:16 PM

the attack started while i was laying on my left side. i dont think there was anything that was gonna stop that thing. but i'll try it on the floor or something if it happens again, which it shouldnt because im having it removed asap

backstory: i had heartburn issues in spring 2009 and went to a GI about it, told me i had gallstones and needed my gallbladder removed, so i just changed my diet/eating habits and eventually my heartburn went away... but it looks like my gallbladder isnt done giving me troubles

[Edited on November 10, 2011 at 7:42 PM. Reason : backstory!]

11/10/2011 7:40:41 PM

i was sitting up when mine started, i had no idea what was going on, it was christmas day about 2 years ago. i went to the bathroom and laid down on the floor and cried, it was 15 minutes before someone decided to check on me. my grandma wanted to call 911, but mom walked in and told me to lay on my left side. i couldnt think straight and continued to roll around on the floor. she got me a pillow and eventually convinced me to lay on my left side and it gradually went away.

11/10/2011 7:44:28 PM

ugggghhhhh

i hope it never happens again. to any of us.

it was difficult to breathe!

11/10/2011 7:47:42 PM

kidney stones hands down is the worst pain i have ever felt.. no shit i do not wish that on any one.. it was a freaking miracle what happened with mine..


it was bout 2 years ago, i just gotten back from guatemala on saturday night. i woke on suday morning and couldnt breath, my mom took me to the e.r. and i was crying by the time i got to presby. i was so weak cuz of the pain i couldnt sign my name. i went to the bathroom in the hospital and fell asleep. i was so happy it did not start in central america.. thank you god lol

11/10/2011 9:19:35 PM

went to urgent care today... gallbladder is comin out on monday!

11/11/2011 7:12:03 PM

Update:

Was supposed to fly out this am to present at a conference on Sunday. I was still planning on going even tho the doc at the urgent care told me travel was a bad idea... at about 2a started having headache and nausea so I decided not to go. got a text message from a friend at 7:30a telling me that he had a nightmare that I died in a plane crash.



glad I didn't go. I'd have lost my mind if I got that while I was sitting in the airport. freaky!

11/12/2011 11:46:26 AM

a cyst on an ovary bursting is pretty painful...like someone stabbed you in the ovary with a butchers knife and twists it around for about 10 mins...then it's gone

11/12/2011 11:48:38 AM

i had a kidney stone while in Rome, Italy. They called an ambulance and took me to some awful hospital, where i got pumped up with morphine and passed out.

absolutely gutwrenching pain.

11/12/2011 11:57:34 AM

ive had 2 friends who had cysts on their ovaries burst! they said it was horribly painful!

11/12/2011 11:58:11 AM

One time I was at work and I was walking down the hall with my boss's daughter...next thing I know it's like an invisible little person comes and punches me in the ovary...it was insane

11/12/2011 12:03:40 PM

SaabTurbo had his out a few years ago. woke up at 4 am screaming in pain and it had almost ruptured. get it out.

11/12/2011 1:20:43 PM

Quote :

"mom and sister have both had their gall bladders out, i've had a couple attacks, but still have my gallbladder."

Why haven't you had yours out? I know they don't want to take it out just for the hell of it, but from what I understand if you're predisposed to gallbladder issues you're pretty much guaranteed to have it taken out at some point. And if you've had attacks already it seems like they'd just go ahead and take it out.

11/12/2011 1:26:46 PM

gallbladder is comin out tomorrow at 4:30pm!

11/15/2011 10:46:16 AM

Good Luck!

11/15/2011 10:47:48 AM

good luck !!

11/15/2011 11:33:22 AM

my sister had hers out... i've known a lot of people who have.

11/15/2011 11:36:53 AM

any diet suggestions?

11/15/2011 8:22:03 PM

I had a kidney stone in HS a few days after I had broken my jaw after being hit by a comebacker while pitching a game in baseball. My mouth was wired together from the jaw surgery. The kidney stone hurt so much I vomited. They didnt want to cut the wires because my jaw hadnt healed yet... so yeah, fun 3 hours of drip drip

11/15/2011 8:28:04 PM

oh... that is horrible. why you tell me this?

i am sorry

11/15/2011 9:40:19 PM

Quote :

"Why haven't you had yours out? I know they don't want to take it out just for the hell of it, but from what I understand if you're predisposed to gallbladder issues you're pretty much guaranteed to have it taken out at some point. And if you've had attacks already it seems like they'd just go ahead and take it out."

I just got health insurance for the first time in about 4 years, and I was putting it off for obvious reasons. I actually asked them to take it out in 2006 when my appendix ruptured but they said insurance wouldn't cover it.

11/15/2011 10:00:19 PM

my GI told me to have mine out in 2009 because I had gallstones. My symptom was that I was having crazy heartburn everyday so I just changed my diet/exercise so that I wouldnt have heartburn and eventually it went away, so I never got my gallbladder out.

also, not having insurance and other reasons (like not wanting to lose an organ) are all good reasons

11/15/2011 10:43:03 PM

grrrrrrrrr

i think i'm having another attack or something, gots the heartburn and my back is killing me. pee is brown, lymph nodes are swollen, one is so bad you can see it when i'm looking in the mirror. cant wait for this shit to be over.

they're doing more bloodwork tmrw before my surgery. maybe i should call my doc in the am to tell him my condition got worse after i saw him today?

i can't believe i am chronicling my gallbladder issues on tww, but i lus you guys so

11/15/2011 11:15:41 PM

yeah, don't fuck around with brown pee

11/16/2011 9:01:12 AM

Just woke up from surgery. Im having to stay the night cuz i have some stones blocking my bile duct that theyll have to take out tomorrow they said i may even have to stay tmrw night. Grrr. But pain and nausea meds administered thru IV! So thumbs up for that. No food tho. 48hrs without food. So far i feel ok but ima prob be reeeal hongry tmrw

11/17/2011 12:49:35 AM

Had mine out when I was 15.

11/17/2011 11:19:46 AM

Update:

met with my GI this morning, says I have to stay in the hospital another night before he can do the endoscopy to retrieve the stones tomorrow morning. gots 4-7 stones stuck in my bile duct!! lets hope all goes well and i get to go home tomorrow!

11/17/2011 1:07:39 PM

no bueno!

11/17/2011 1:08:58 PM

booooo to that. At least it'll be done with and you'll never have to experience a gallballder attack again.

11/17/2011 1:09:51 PM

my boss is in the hospital today getting that operation. I guess it is supposed to be pretty easy

11/17/2011 1:19:48 PM

it is supposed to be easy, but i dont like doing things the easy way

GL to ur boss

11/17/2011 1:27:37 PM

mer... still in hospital

thats ok, they do a better job of managing my pain than i could do at home. AND i got to eat solid food today! hopefully I'm going home tomorrow.

what is upppp errybody

11/18/2011 8:57:57 PM

Had an indulgent meal last night and have had pain around my gall bladder since around 9pm. If it doesnt subside soon, or it continues to get worse I think I might be heading to the urgent care.

1/14/2012 2:33:45 PM

1/14/2012 3:22:01 PM

Had mine out last month. I am still in pain

1/14/2012 11:38:12 PM

My wife had an attack about two months ago (almost right after I was done with my spinal fusion surgery). She didn't know what it was, and it scared the crap out of her.

A month ago, she started going to a chiropractor, and he took some X-rays to check out her spine.

He found a "mass" of something textured and wanted to know more.

She had an ultrasound last Friday that confirmed that 1) she has gallstones, 2) her gallbladder is not infected, 3) other than that, she is one of the most healthy people they have seen.

She went to her primary care physician today for a "what now" visit. The doc told her the GB has to come out "as soon as possible." As soon as they schedule it, that is.

Then I started looking online about the surgery, and (compared to a spinal fusion) it looks pretty uneventful.

Then I started looking into kidney stones and who is most susceptible, causes, etc.

Yeah...I'm surprised I haven't had any. I'm always dehydrated and can go days without drinking anything but Mt. Dew. Example: I haven't had one in two days and have had a headache since yesterday.

I'm starting to drink Green Tea (another thread), and think I'm going to ramp up my water consumption.

Anyway...bttt.

2/27/2012 4:29:32 PM

Quote :

" I had a kidney stone in HS a few days after I had broken my jaw after being hit by a comebacker while pitching a game in baseball. My mouth was wired together from the jaw surgery. The kidney stone hurt so much I vomited. They didnt want to cut the wires because my jaw hadnt healed yet... so yeah, fun 3 hours of drip drip"

.

That is one of the most horrible stories I've ever heard

2/27/2012 4:48:15 PM

pics or it didnt happen

2/27/2012 4:48:53 PM

who did your surgery? did they get the common duct stones out with the ERCP?

2/27/2012 8:45:39 PM

I, too, got surgery today. Not for gallbladder, but something else.

2/27/2012 8:48:01 PM