Anyone else have gallbladder symptoms not associated with eating? - Gallbladder Message Board

LAwoman75 · 01-25-2008, 12:05 PM

I've read alot of gallbladder disease on the net and it usually says that *attacks* are triggered by eating fatty foods. My GP and my GI both asked the same thing. I can't really say my pain is associated with eating though, atleast not that I've noticed. My pain comes on and last for quite a while and then eases up, but never disappears completely. When it eases, I can stay that way for 24-36 hours before it escalates again. I can't say I've had an attack, not in the sense that I couldn't catch my breath or was rolling on the floor. I've had an unmedicated labor and delivery before, and I sure can't say my g/b pain has remotely come close to that, but yet it's still bad enough to not allow me to function as I normally do. It takes alot of my energy to deal with the pain and it's quite uncomfortable to deal with and has brought me to tears once.

I'm just wondering if it's odd to not notice an association with food/meals. Anyone else?

Titchou · 01-25-2008, 02:00 PM

Once the gb gets to a certain level of disease, it will hurt in some way all the time. It's a progressive condition - not one that stats static. I had my ultrasound about 3 months before I finally had mine out....holidays and other things already on the calendar intervened. By the time I had it out, it was sore all the time...

LORILOVE · 01-25-2008, 07:02 PM

My attacks were never associated with eating. They almost always happened a minimum of 3 hours after a meal and 90% of the time they were nighttime attacks. I had a friend that had the exact same experience.

Plus I was eating low fat as it was so there were no fatty meals.

Lori

yzdancer · 03-03-2008, 09:07 AM

My pain is constant, and doesn't always seem to be associated with eating, except sometimes when I eat meat. My pain can definitely be associated with activity, which can make it a great deal worse.

mizzaj · 03-03-2008, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by yzdancer

My pain is constant, and doesn't always seem to be associated with eating, except sometimes when I eat meat. My pain can definitely be associated with activity, which can make it a great deal worse.

I too notice that I have more upper abdominal pain after I have eaten. My pain is intermittent, however. I sometimes wonder if it's period/hormone related. It happens generally when I am hungry-- or at least no longer full. My pain is not worse with activity, however. I'm not sure that I even have gallbladder problems. As my doctor said it, I may have a "porcelain" gallbladder-- my ejection fraction was 7%. But both my GI doc and primary care doc don't believe my symptoms are gb related. I'm starting to wonder if they are either. I keep hearing the term, "non ulcer dyspepsia". Sigh.