I started to get upper abdominal pains about 6 months ago and was referred for an ultrasound scan. In the meantime, the pain would come and ago. A lot of the time I thought it was the muscles in my ribs/sternum causing the problem from poor posture working from home. 2 weeks ago, after a roast beef dinner (very rarely eat beef), I developed a constant burning pain that radiated from my lower right rib cage up to my chest and and through to my back. Spoke to Dr who suggested antacids and painkillers. Also felt nauseous and poorly. Like I was coming down with the flu. After 4-5 days it eased off but still a constant ache. Luckily the date for my scan had come through which I had last Friday. Phone call from my Dr on Monday - I have two large gall stones and an inflammed gall bladder. Prescribed antibiotics and told to go on low fat diet. I asked to be put on the list for gallbladder removal.
I've been taking the antibiotics for 3 days now and there isn't much improvement. Still in pain but not agony. It's just always there (a constant ache / burning sensation with occasional shart jabs in my shoulder). Everything on upper right abdomen feels swollen and tender. Have switched to very low fat diet (not that it was high fat before) and eating very bland foods to give everything a bit of a rest.
Has anyone had anything similar? Is this it now till I have the gallbladder removed or will it ease off once the inflammation has calmed down and I continue to cut out fat? Everything I read talks about very acute episodes with people needing to be hospitalised for gallbladder inflammation. I can't find much about being treated at home with antibiotics? All a bit scary!
Be interested to hear about your experiences. As you can imagine, surgery is going to be a loooooooong way off in the current climate. Dr thought over a year...