wibu to go to A & E with suspected Gallstones?

I hope the Op got it sorted TEN YEARS ago!

Why have you resurrected a thread from 2015!?

I never went to A&E but the pain was bad enough to, I couldn’t do anything but pace when it kicked off. Wish i’d have got things moving quickly as unfortunately a stone damaged my pancreatic duct leaving me with chronic pancreatitis and a major pancreas surgery a few years after GB was removed. For most people they get it removed and all is fine, but take my word for it that you should take it seriously. See the Gp today.

I had it for many years too - with terribel pain and violent vomittng and didnt even bother going to the doctors

I had pain like that on holiday. The gp gave me strong painkillers and a letter for a & e if the pain got worse. Go to the hospital

Skeppers that's really awful! I was on a trolley in a corridor for 4 hours while they found me a bed because so busy, but they gave me good drugs so I was happy enough. I'm in a major city though with around 5 hospitals within 30 min drive so I may have benefited from that?
Hope you're better

My OOO called the ambulance for me! Twice. First time I was in hospital for about 10 days, the second time my gallbladder had ruptured so I had it removed once they had me stabilised.
Morphine, blue lights, gas and air and bonfire night - totally trippy!

I'm a bit narked now that they just packed me off home, despite the amount of pain I was in (also was sick/faint from pain)!

Maybe I wouldn't have had complications in surgery if they'd taken it a bit more seriously? There was definitely a 'suck it up, buttercup' attitude. S'pose it depends on your local hospital and how busy they are?

I was admitted with gallstones. The pain was so severe I passed out. I was in for 4 nights and they did the surgery on that admission.
They said it was a bad case and didn't want to send me home to wait the estimated 6 weeks for the op due to the pain level. It had been mild for months but escalated to that point so it depends what point you're at I assume? They were lovely at the hospital, I felt an idiot for going in but they said I did the right thing

would an OOH GP be able to give OP a morphine injection or other strong painkillers?

YANBU if you need urgent out of hours strong pain relief - I went to A&E myself with bilary colic (eg: gallstones) for that exact reason and ended up staying for 24 hours for ultrasounds etc.
YABU if it is just more convenient to go to A&E for childcare purposes than to see your GP.

I note in passing that I had seen my GP multiple times before getting full-on colic, had 'suspected gallstones' diagnosed and been told to wait a year and come back if it carried on - but after getting into the system by being seen at the hospital I got a surgery referral direct from their team within a couple of months.

I ignored gallstone pain for nearly 4 years thinking that either I had really bad trapped wind or cancer. (too scared to find out) It wasn't until a stone got stuck in my bile duct and I ended up jaundiced that my then bf forcibly took me to out of hours and I was rushed to a&e. Don't be a hero, get yourself down there.

call 111, if it's in your area. i did with DD - called at 10pm, got an appointment at local clinic 5 mins away for 11pm, home by midnight (she didn't have meningitis - yes, we are slightly paranoid). brilliant service.

I had my gall bladder out after dd2 was born. The attacks started when was pregnant but they kept fobbing me off saying it was just muscle pain, it wasn't until I was 31 weeks pregnant that I had a really bad one that left me hospitalised for 2 days. The pain was immense, far worse than child birth was. It is absolute agony. I went to the OOH Dr who sent me to hospital as they were very concerned about the level of pain I was in. I think they'd have probably sent me to A&E if I wasn't pregnant rather than to delivery suite. I'm not sure if I'd go to A&E unless a Dr or NHS direct for example told me to as I'm a wuss and would worry they'd tell me to go away and stop wasting their time!

Got to A&E, this IS an A&E problem. This is potentially a medical emergency as pp have said. Vomiting with the pain, suggests you need to be urgently assessed as you may have serious complications of gallbladder disease- better safe than sorry.

I would try to get a GP appointment. You haven't had an accident, and what you describe isn't an emergency (although I appreciate it is bloody painful).

They may well admit you. Sorry. When I went to A&E with my gallstones I ended up curled up in a ball on the waiting floor crying I was in that much pain. They took one look at me and said "gallstones" and gave me IV morphine. I was admitted for three days and had my gallbladder out three months later.

Don't you have an out of hours GP service you could use? You might be able to find out the details from a message if you phone your surgery or from the website.

Tbh, I think YWBU to go directly to A&E. You need to be checked out definitely, but it does seem a bit silly to have left it all day instead of trying to get an urgent GP appointment.

Yes, go to A+E. My husband had gallstones, his pain became unbearable so went into hospital. A blood test showed he had acute pacreatitis, which as a previous poster said, can be fatal. I don't want to scare you but please get checked.

I would go, when they thought I had gallstones, they have me pain relief and after a few hours sent me home when things settled.

They won't admit you, or do anything really other than give you pain relief. I'd had a week of sleepless nights with agonising gallstone pain so went to A&E in desperation...they gave me some Gaviscon (!) and then put me on a morphine drip for a couple of hours so I could get some much-needed rest. However they couldn't justify keeping me in as gallstones are a chronic condition, so they prescribed me some strong codeine and sent me on my way. Was eventually referred to a consultant and then on to surgery; turns out my gallbladder had impacted (ie. exploded!) in the meantime and bits of it were stuck to my other organs. Only surgery could solve it, so I'd get yourself referred to a consultant ASAP.

I had gallstones and it sounds like it could be that. Pain like indigestion/stitch but on the right side under ribs. My GP said straightaway that's what it would be when I described the pain. Sent me for a scan to confirm and then referred me for an op. In the meantime I was prescribed co-codamol and some meds to reduced acid. Both helped loads as did avoiding fat and eating late. Sometimes it was still painful though so I was glad to get it sorted. If you can't control the pain and it is bad, do go to a&e. Sometimes more urgent action is needed but mine were routine though bloody painful. They will check you out and give you pain relief at the least.

My experience is that gall stones are worse than childbirth and can be a medical emergency.