Just looking for any advice on things that have helped others suffering gallbladder attacks.
It is being investigated by the GP it's just a slow process.
The first time I experienced the pain I was 19 weeks pregnant. It was severe with sweats nausea and vomiting and I ended up calling 111 who sent me to a&e.
A&e did blood tests, ecg and chest X-ray. Nothing untoward in the results, the pain disappeared after and hour or two.
Second time I was 24 weeks pregnant so 111 sent me to maternity triage , again bloods taken , nothing appeared wrong. Pain disappears after an hour to two
Dr advised use paracetamol to manage further episodes.
No real conclusions on what it was , they suggested trapped wind, or muscular pains.
Had infrequent less severe episodes of pain for the remaining of my pregnancy.
July brought a week of intermittent pains nearly all day every day. Did some Googling and it sounded to me like gallstones/ biliary colic. Contacted my Gp who agreed and arranged a blood tests and referred for an ultra sound.
Pain has been frequent and far more persistent.
Bloods show my liver is not functioning properly.
Ultrasound showed I do have gallstones , the GP I saw this week for my postnatal 8 weeks appointment. Wanted to rule anything else out as she said the ultrasound didn't look like the stones had moved. Had a more in-depth round of bloods taken on Tuesday, which have ruled out hepatitis, still waiting on the other tests which she said could take a week.
In the last two weeks I've had 3/4 pain free days
Sorry that's long 😂
I'm using ibuprofen, paracetamol and heat to manage the pain episodes but it's not really very effective. I'm breastfeeding so it restricts the pain relief I can have.
Anyone got any tips or advice whilst I'm waiting for GP ?