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1 posted on 05/17/2004 4:45:43 PM PDT by kathy43

Standard gallbladder diagnosis...
FAT
FIFTY
FLATULANT
FEMALE
FAIR

2 posted on 05/17/2004 4:48:14 PM PDT by mlmr (Poisoning pigeons in the Park............)

I would be happy to share, but I don't think my experience with hemorrhoid surgery would be helpful.

3 posted on 05/17/2004 4:49:10 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Always finish what you st)

on FR there used to be a sad, humble polish guy whose daughter had a 102° fever and wife was run over by a bicycle that suffered the same symptoms you do. We all sent him money to help pay for the surgery. He's much better now, living in Aruba.Hope it goes well for you, too.

Oh, and welcome to FR.

4 posted on 05/17/2004 5:03:44 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican

Drink a quart of milk of magnesia. You'll feel better in no time.

10 posted on 05/17/2004 5:32:34 PM PDT by mountaineer

check your freep mail now

11 posted on 05/17/2004 5:35:35 PM PDT by Bizzy Bugz

To: kathy43; mlmr

Yes, kathy43, that sounds like gall bladder disease. The sharp pains are from stones getting stuck in the bile ducts as your gall bladder and/or liver try to send bile down in response to a meal. If the stones are getting lodged in the common duct -- after the liver duct and the gall bladder duct join, before going to the stomach -- this can cause severe pressure on your liver, and cause bile to back up into your bloodstream, giving you jaundice. Get the evil organ plucked out sooner rather than later -- it'll only get worse.

Overemphasis on that "standard diagnosis" profile is what caused me spend my entire junior high, high school, and part of college years being very sick. An adolescent/teen dancer/gymnast who weighs under 110 pounds just doesn't get diagnosed, no matter how many times she shows unmistakeable symptoms. So instead of the gall bladder removal I desperately needed, I got years of patronizing doctors telling me "your tummy aches because your parents are fighting" and similar garbage. I had to turn a fearsome shade of yellow, from bile backing up into my bloodstream, before they finally had to admit the problem wasn't in my head.

12 posted on 05/17/2004 6:29:37 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker

If these symptoms continue, you need to get an appointment with a gastroenterologist. Another possibility in addition to the gall bladder is the pancreas.
Nothing worse than a cranky panc!

13 posted on 05/17/2004 7:30:50 PM PDT by Knute

To: kathy43; RedBloodedAmerican; trussell; 4mycountry; Zavien Doombringer; jriemer; Constitution Day; ..

on FR there used to be a sad, humble polish guy whose daughter had a 102° fever and wife was run over by a bicycle that suffered the same symptoms you do.

I remember.

So do we.

Zero Tolerance.

14 posted on 05/17/2004 7:42:27 PM PDT by Old Sarge

Go see a doctor. Do not delay.

15 posted on 05/17/2004 10:41:35 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Why the long face, John?)

I'm not feeling well... what should I do?

Call a doctor? NO!

Sign into FR and ask the users if I'm sick? YES!

ZOT!

20 posted on 05/18/2004 7:32:42 AM PDT by Johnny Gage (God Bless our Firefighters, our Police, our EMS responders, and our Veterans)

21 posted on 05/18/2004 8:32:37 AM PDT by Sloth (We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)

One post total.
And a question better stated to a doctor instead.
Better to ask the meaning of navel lint and fluff, or why towels exist.

22 posted on 05/18/2004 10:31:32 AM PDT by Darksheare (I run down hallways with an idling chainsaw dressed only in my boxers!)

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