Gallstone attacks/pain/fever,Hospital no help,what now?

[Ms_Makita]

Hello,over a year been having gallbladder problems (stones)started just episodic,now it is on daily basis for hours along with fever/chills/nausea (no vomiting)made 3 trips to er in 3 weeks.Had ultrasound 3 weeks ago that showed stones.
    Fri night back in er,er dr was all for having surgery that night to remove gallbladder but surgeon refused based that it is not emergency surgery because of no blockage, no vomiting and no jaundice,blood work was normal.Makes sense to me to just have surgery to prevent complications than to wait? I do believe I have some infection/inflammation,I asked them to repeat ultrasound but they refused saying they doubt anything has changed.
   During appendicitis in oct 2006 I didnt have all the classic symptoms..no fever and blood work  was normal,just pain,until they went ahead for surgery and discovered appendix was gangrene and rotten.
    In a year I lost 100lbs,I cant eat because of pain/nausea and very weak and in INTENSE pain and running fever.I dread to go back to er just to be sent home with pain pills.I  do have a appt with surgeon Wed but with him it might be months wait for surgery.WHAT CAN I DO? pester the hospital and push for more testing? I'm at my wits end..
                 Stephanie

[c116k116]

hi, im chantelle and 18 last year this really bad pain started i mean bad i worked in a nurserx at the time, it all started when i bent down and i got this horrible pain just under the right side near my rib cage at the front i went 2 my doctors he gave me pain killers nothing worked went back all the time they said just keep taking the tablets so my mum wasent happy i had no feaver, so my mum took me up 2 the walking centre and they refused to see me because i had been 2 my doctors so i just burst into tears and we went 2 the hospital all they gave me was tablets and said it was a wee infection so it has now been a year with pain i am now experiancing the same symptoms but feeling cold, sick and my skin is itchy what do i do? I am so up set last nyt i was up crying been sick and just cold what do i do please can you give me advice my sholder is hurting but it is all on the right side it not nice :(

[Joalbert]

I wish you had it as easy as me. I got really big pain, got an ultrasound that showed my stones , and then saw a the specialist then got a date for the surgery. It's really stupid that they don't want o help more than this.

[Idab]

I hope as I write you are being prepped to have your gall bladder removed.  Usually surgeons can't wait to cut you open - you must have met the rarest of the rarest.  Perhaps there was a reason for the delay, in that you mention you had your appendix removed in Oct 2006, perhaps there is still some healing to be done.  Whatever the reasons, I hope the surgeon will see fit this time round to remove your pain.
Good Luck!

[debaser23]

Well, I'm no doctor, but....

You need to find a way to get that thing out of there.  If I understood your GI correctly, he does want your gallbladder out and the surgeon refused?  The surgeon's not there to diagnose the problem or even recommend a treatment.  He's there to execute it.  Ask your GI to select a different surgeon.

In my case, my GI just told me I had to have it out and sent me on my way.  I had to call a bunch of surgeons myself to set it up.  When I found one whose schedule allowed, I met him and we did it.  It was easy.

The difference may be that I went to a GI clinic and picked my surgeon from my insurance's list of providers.  If you went to a hospital, I guess it's all inclusive.  You could try just calling a surgeon from your list.  He'll get your charts from the GI, and you can move on.

I assume you're in the US.  This may be completely different in other countries.  From what I understand cholecysectomy isn't an emergency procedure, so maybe the NHS or whatever will stall you.  If you're in the US or even Canada, you have much more control, I think.