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**Necedofer** · 07-27-2008, 10:13 PM

I've had ongoing problems for the past 5 years'ish. Off and on, crippling pain in my upper abdomen that lands me in the ER every time. It felt / feels like a super ridiculous intense hunger pain, or like someone's gripping my guts with their fist. Anyways, I had my gb removed 3 months ago - there were stones in it as well as what they call 'sludge.' Basically there should be normal fluid but instead I had this sludge crap. So after the surgery, I was fine for 2 months almost to the day, when I had pain again. Was in the ER again last night for it. My gastroenterologist is stumped. I also recently had a test for delayed stomach emptying, but it came back normal. The gb had to come out regardless for the stones and sludge but it obviously wasn't the culprit for my pain. I'm wondering if it's some stupid stress thing now, as I'm noticing I seem to get the pain when something traumatic happens.

What I'm really pissed about are the scars. 4 total. They're horrible.

07-27-2008, 10:13 PM	#4
Necedofer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 306 Senior Member	I've had ongoing problems for the past 5 years'ish. Off and on, crippling pain in my upper abdomen that lands me in the ER every time. It felt / feels like a super ridiculous intense hunger pain, or like someone's gripping my guts with their fist. Anyways, I had my gb removed 3 months ago - there were stones in it as well as what they call 'sludge.' Basically there should be normal fluid but instead I had this sludge crap. So after the surgery, I was fine for 2 months almost to the day, when I had pain again. Was in the ER again last night for it. My gastroenterologist is stumped. I also recently had a test for delayed stomach emptying, but it came back normal. The gb had to come out regardless for the stones and sludge but it obviously wasn't the culprit for my pain. I'm wondering if it's some stupid stress thing now, as I'm noticing I seem to get the pain when something traumatic happens. What I'm really pissed about are the scars. 4 total. They're horrible.
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