I started having episodes of excruciating pain. Usually starting at night. I couldn’t lie, sit, stand upright. I was vomiting bile. Couldn’t take painkillers as I threw them up again. Hard to take a deep breath as I had chest pain. I thought I was dying the first time. As a single mum with a 7 yr old I rode it out until morning and it eventually passed off. Then it started happing more frequently. So I went the the GP and they said I had to go to A&E the next time, referred me for an ultrasound and said they suspected gallstones.
It happened again and I was admitted in jan with acute cholecystitis. Basically my gallbladder was infected. That was the worst one. My BP was sky high and I was nearly delirious with the pain. I was in hospital for a week. Since then I’ve been on a strict low fat diet and was told I needed it removed.
And I am feeling much better now it’s gone! After the surgery the surgeon said they’d struggled to get it out as it was chronically inflammed. And I’m not surprised as I was still symptomatic on a low fat diet.
I hit most of the triggers - female, forty, fertile, fair. But not the last one- fat! 