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Hey everyone I recently experienced three scenarios of great pain and am looking to see if anyone has had anything similar.

To start off, I have gone to the doctor, never during the attacks, and they confirmed it is not my gallbladder.

A few months ago I had a glass of champagne for my birthday and suddenly experienced a dull ache that had waves of sharp pain right in the center of my abdomen below my bra line. It lasted for about an hour. I have not had any problems with carbonation before but I assumed it was too carbonated and have steered clear of it since.

A few weeks ago I was eating some tuna with the usual stuff and experienced the same pain! I had not over eaten - I was about three bites in. This time it was more sever pain.

I just had it again today after snatching a crisscut fry from my friend. One fry and the began. This time it made me vomit and two hours later I am still tender.

As far as I can tell there is no linking character to any of the attacks. Anyone else have this before?

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How did they confirm it was not your gallbladder? Unless you've had it removed it certainly sounds a possible cause of your pain now.

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They did an ultra sound and found no stones and followed up with scan to test the functioning - both came out clear! They also did a bilirubin (?) test to check my bile duct.

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I'm correctly having a similar pain because of my pancreas. I can't eat any fat right now. Worth checking into.

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They did an ultra sound and found no stones and followed up with scan to test the functioning - both came out clear! They also did a bilirubin (?) test to check my bile duct.

I had gallbladder problems BEFORE my sleeve and had it removed. My initial hida scan showed a normal range, but my repeat showed it functioning at 9%.

Keep on top of your dr w retesting if you aren't getting answers.

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Thanks guys! It looks like I will have to request another functioning test and look into my pancreas!

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I had these same pains everytime I ate after I was treated with IV steroids for a MS flareup. It turned out that it was a start of a small ulcer in my stomach, something that before the surgery I had been able to pinpoint easily, but postop the feeling is just not the same. I was a dum dum a few weeks ago when I started my new job and broke the rules and was drinking coffee everyday, sure enough the symptoms came back until I realized I was giving myself an ulcer. I stopped it and about a week later everything was normal again. I'd def go see your weight loss surgeon about it though, they'll know best. Good luck and I hope you feel better!

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