Hello,

Thanks for all of your responses. After I wrote the original thread the other night my pain was so severe that I ended up going to the E.R. again. This time I did have a sharp pain right under my right breast. I got to the E.R. about 1:00 a.m. and they finally saw me after 4:00. While waiting in the waiting room I vommited, which my GERD has never caused before.

The E.R. doctor gave me a G.I. cocktail, which did nothing. After that failed they hooked my up to an i.v. and gave me morphine, a PPI, and something for the nausea the morphine would cause. The morphine (which I've never had for any reason before), took the pain away, but I could still feel the pressure. When I was pretty well drugged up that gave me an ultrasound. It turns out that I do have gallstones. They gave me a shot of a pain killer and sent me home with a rx for Prevacid, Oxycodone and a strict diet regiment.

I am little frustrated at this point, because I was in a different E.R. two months ago, for the same symptoms and the doctor "didn't think it was gallbladder related". So, basically if he had just checked into it this episode (which is by far the worse I've ever suffered) probably could have been avoided.

I feel like someone has punched me several times on my right side. I've been taking the Oxycodone and have slept most of the past two days. I have a doctors appointment on Friday to find out the best option for my gallstones, whether it be gallbladder removal, trying to manage them with diet, or breaking them up with medication.

I don't think that I've had gallstones for the past nine years, but I do think I maybe one of the lucky ones that now has both GERD and gallstones. The first several years with the GERD symptoms I was able to completely manage it with Prevacid. I think that if it was gallstones back then, the Prevacid wouldn't have helped.

Any advice on whether to have my gallbladder removed or not? I have heard good and bad things about the after effects of the procedure. Just curious.

Thanks