Friday afternoon I experienced severe (I mean extremely severe!) pain under my ribs on the right side & it radiated into my back. It came on suddenly & intensified rapidly. I couldn't stand up straight I was hurting so bad. (I have a very high tolerance for pain, but this kicked my a$$) My dh was home fortunately so he was going to drive me to the ER, but I told him I couldn't make it. DH called the ambulance & within minutes of getting off of the phone with them, the pain just went away.

The first thought that came to my mind was a leak! I admit I was terrified. But then when the pain just disappeared, I figured it probably wasn't a leak (especially because I don't have any other symptoms). The paramedics came in & did and EKG...my heart was perfect. They agreed that it didn't sound like a leak since the pain stopped. They said it sounded just like a gallbladder attack. So, I did some research later on it & sure enough that's what it sounds like to me. They said sometimes it takes several "attacks" before anything shows up on the tests.

I knew gallbladder attacks were somewhat common in WLS patients, but I'm only 1 month post-op. Anyone have any experience with this? I do plan to discuss this with my PCP...I'm just trying to hold off on going in until my 3 month post-op appointment. We've had a lot of medical issues in the family the past few months & the bills are racking up...It's been a pretty bad year for us this year! :biggrin0:

I don't like scaring small children, so I will stick with my one pieces.

I had had this happen too recently. I was at a concert so I went to see the on site doctor. As I lay down flat it stopped! It had lasted 45 minutes and it hurt to breath even. I was under my lower right ribs and it was excrutiating. I had eaten part of a greasy burger and 2 greasy chips 30 mins before this happened. There was not much food choice there. My DH thinks I am a hypochondriac but I am 80% certain that this was gallbladder problems.

I already scare small children!

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Scaring small children is a blast actually

mac would you consider changing the background color of your blog. I like to read it but the background color makes it really hard to see. I guess you are the one that needs to be able to see it though!

I've tried a million templates and right now I'm working on creating my own. So it will soon look much different!