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Gallbladder vs. Gastroparesis?

Hello my name is Alexa. I am 16 years old. I have suffered from Acid Reflux since I was extremely little, but this is something completely different! I have pain in my RUQ under my right breasts, this then radiates to my back (right above my bra strap on the right side). I have been to so many specialists since January 15th. In between that, many ER visits. I have had a CT scan and an ultra sound of my bladder and kidneys just to rule those out as I had two kidney infections and a severe UTI back to back in the beginning of January. That all came back clear of stones and infections. Due to my symptoms being so similar to gallbladder, I had an ultra sound , a CT scan (with dye), and a Hida scan of my gallbladder. The Hida scan showed my gallbladder was functioning at 85%, and the ultra sound showed no stones. Just a week ago I traveled four hours for an upper endoscopy. The endoscopy showed at 10am that there was still food in my stomach (I stopped eating food at 11pm the night before). They are treating me with the diagnosis of Gastroparesis. I don’t have pain in my abdomen, and my stomach doesn’t bloat up after I eat. I have lost over 23 pounds since January 15th! It started out with only eating fatty foods and then it would cause almost an “attack”. I would get short of breath, sharper pain, vomiting, and horrible chest pain! As of right now, I can’t eat any foods or drink any liquids. I constantly have this pain, it never goes away ! It hurts to sit and to walk! I constantly feel nauseous, and I am always burping/belching. My parents have been teasing me saying, “Alexa you can out burp a sailor!” I have suffered from Anxiety since I was 8. It has gotten worse as I am a 4.9 grade point average student and I have missed over 25 days of school.. I now have letter grades of C’s- F’s! I personally believe there is something wrong with my gallbladder, it runs in the women side of the family to have a bad gallbladder... but all tests come back normal! I am at a lost on what this could be, any input would help! Thanks!
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