12th September 2007
Hello Everyone,
I began having what I now believe were Gall Bladder attacks about 2 months ago. Remembering back I did have some bouts of vomiting up orange greasy fluid as well as very bitter yellow substances before the major pains started happening. My arms and sometimes my legs would tingle and I at first thought I may be becoming diabetic or running into blood sugar regulation problems. I made a Dr.'s appt. to get a full physical and exam of my body. I can also honestly admit I needed to lose a good 20 lbs. and that my diet wasn't exactly the best in the world. But before that appt. came, I had my first "attack". At first I started feeling lightheaded and faint, then my chest would start getting hard pressure, and finally my heart beat would begin to skyrocket.
The first visit to the ER had them telling me I was "stressed" and that it was anxiety. Gave me a script for Ativan and sent me on the way. Two weeks later, after a night of beer, I was back in the ER but this time he felt it may be GERD or gastritis so I was given scripts for Ranitidine (Zantac) and Promethazine and told to stay on a bland diet. Those seemed to help out quite a bit as long as I took them as scheduled. My Dr.'s visit confirmed that I had GERD and was given samples for Protoxin to accompany my Ranitidine. I was also scheduled for an Ultrasound on my GB that next day and told to remain on my bland diet for the long haul. My US was negative for Gallstones but the 2nd HIDA scan showed an ejection fraction of only 6%. GB had to come out. So preparations were made to have it removed laproscopically and it was about 2 weeks ago.
Since the removal about 4 days after I still suffered from the same symptoms. Obviously that wasn't the only thing wrong and my GERD remains. I'm hoping that it's just my body adjusting to no GB and once it comes around and with the lifestyle changes I've made coupled with weightloss (I've now lost over 15 lbs.) and meds that my GERD symptoms will reduce greatly. It scares me because at night it sometimes wakes me up as I feel I can't breathe. This comes and goes and the chest pressure around my sternum does as well. I steer very clear of any "triggers" but I don't want this to start interfering drastically with my job. My GF bless her heart has been great as have my parents but is there ever going to be a light at the end of the tunnel? I sympathize with everyone here because I now believe no one can understand these pains unless they've experienced them themselves, including Dr.'s! Does this story relate with anyone or am I just going crazy? Thanks for your input.
I began having what I now believe were Gall Bladder attacks about 2 months ago. Remembering back I did have some bouts of vomiting up orange greasy fluid as well as very bitter yellow substances before the major pains started happening. My arms and sometimes my legs would tingle and I at first thought I may be becoming diabetic or running into blood sugar regulation problems. I made a Dr.'s appt. to get a full physical and exam of my body. I can also honestly admit I needed to lose a good 20 lbs. and that my diet wasn't exactly the best in the world. But before that appt. came, I had my first "attack". At first I started feeling lightheaded and faint, then my chest would start getting hard pressure, and finally my heart beat would begin to skyrocket.
The first visit to the ER had them telling me I was "stressed" and that it was anxiety. Gave me a script for Ativan and sent me on the way. Two weeks later, after a night of beer, I was back in the ER but this time he felt it may be GERD or gastritis so I was given scripts for Ranitidine (Zantac) and Promethazine and told to stay on a bland diet. Those seemed to help out quite a bit as long as I took them as scheduled. My Dr.'s visit confirmed that I had GERD and was given samples for Protoxin to accompany my Ranitidine. I was also scheduled for an Ultrasound on my GB that next day and told to remain on my bland diet for the long haul. My US was negative for Gallstones but the 2nd HIDA scan showed an ejection fraction of only 6%. GB had to come out. So preparations were made to have it removed laproscopically and it was about 2 weeks ago.
Since the removal about 4 days after I still suffered from the same symptoms. Obviously that wasn't the only thing wrong and my GERD remains. I'm hoping that it's just my body adjusting to no GB and once it comes around and with the lifestyle changes I've made coupled with weightloss (I've now lost over 15 lbs.) and meds that my GERD symptoms will reduce greatly. It scares me because at night it sometimes wakes me up as I feel I can't breathe. This comes and goes and the chest pressure around my sternum does as well. I steer very clear of any "triggers" but I don't want this to start interfering drastically with my job. My GF bless her heart has been great as have my parents but is there ever going to be a light at the end of the tunnel? I sympathize with everyone here because I now believe no one can understand these pains unless they've experienced them themselves, including Dr.'s! Does this story relate with anyone or am I just going crazy? Thanks for your input.