I have been recommended for gall bladder surgery.
My scan showed a 12mm gallstone and I have been experiencing mild to medium pain for a year now on my front right side but the worst is in my back. Over the past month the pain has become pretty much constant as the day has progressed.
I have never had a severe attack like some people experience but have had a handful of attacks where I have been up all night as the pain was so bad.
I am reluctant to have surgery though as I have never had any kind of procedure before and I'm worried about any possible post op issues that could occur.
My other issue is that I initially treated the back pain as a pulled muscle and received physiotherapy for this. It didn't really have much impact but I'm worried my back pain is muscular and that surgery is not going to rid me of my back pain because it was never gallstone related in the first place. I will have been through the surgery for an issue which I could possibly have kept under control myself as the front abdominal pain I experience is relatively mild but I will say I think it's slowly increasing in severity.
The back pain is in the middle of my right hand side and can go up to my shoulder blade. Occasionally, I'll have a twinge which stops me in my tracks so perhaps there are two issues with my back - one being muscular and the other gallbladder pain.
I'm just so unsure of what to do. If anyone has any experience of having back pain with gallstones and what it felt like I'd really appreciate any shared experience and advice.