Has anyone ever had a gall bladder attack where it felt like you were being stabbed in the back?
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That's exactly what my gall bladder attack felt like.  I went to the ER and was told I had a kidney stone.  They sent me home and 4 days later when I was still hurting, I asked my husband to rub my back.  When he started mashing on the right side of my back, the pain immediately moved to the front and I was doubled over in pain. I went back to the ER and found out they were going to have to remove my gall bladder laproscopically.  However, because I went so long without treatment, it turns out they had to do open gall bladder surgery.  You didn't say, is the pain more on your right side?  If so, its a big possibility that it is your gall bladder.  I know from experience that the doctors can misdiagnose the problem at first.  If you are still hurting, go back and have them check it. You want to catch it before it becomes too infected and inflamed. Open gall bladder surgery is very painful and you'll want to aviod it if possible.\n\nHope that was of some help to you.   Good Luck and take care!
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Referred pain- that is pain coming from sources elsewhere need to be considered. For instance, the pain associated with disorders of the esophagus, stomach (penetrating ulcer), and pancreas may cause pain under the right shoulder blade. \n\n\n\n\nAny problem that causes irritation of the diaphragm can also cause shoulder blade pain. An example would be an ectopic pregnancy. \n\n\n\n\nPain from aortic dissection can also lead to referred pain to the upper spine and shoulder blades. \n\n\n\n\nA viral respiratory infection could leave you with pleurisy (inflammation of the lining of the lung) that might cause pain in your back. Pneumonia and pulmonary emboli may also do this. \n\n\n\nThe most common “internal” cause for pain leading to the right shoulder blade is gall bladder disease. \n\nThe term for this is “biliary colic.”\n\nBiliary colic is a steady or intermittent ache in the upper abdomen, usually under the right rib cage. It happens when gallstones interfere with the normal flow of bile from the gallbladder. Bile is a liquid that helps to digest fats. Under normal circumstances, bile is produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. When you eat a meal, bile passes from the gallbladder through the cystic duct and the common bile duct into the small intestine, where it mixes with partially digested food. If a gallstone blocks either of these ducts, the normal flow of bile into the intestine is disrupted. The muscle cells in the bile duct contract vigorously to try to move the stone, causing the pain of biliary colic. \n\n\n\nA person with biliary colic usually complains of an ache or a feeling of pressure in the upper abdomen. This pain can occur in the center of the upper abdomen just below the breastbone, or in the upper-right portion of the abdomen near the gallbladder and liver. In some people, the abdominal pain spreads back toward the right shoulder blade. Many people also experience nausea and vomiting. \n\n\n\nBecause symptoms of biliary colic usually are triggered by the digestive system's demand for bile, they are especially common after fatty meals. The symptoms also can occur when a person who has been fasting suddenly breaks the fast and eats a very large meal. \n\n\n\nAfter you describe your symptoms, your doctor will perform a physical examination, paying particular attention to the upper right portion of your abdomen (the area of your liver and gall bladder). Ultrasound, the same painless procedure used to produce pictures of babies in teh womb, will be used to produce pictures of your abdomen so your doctor can look for gallstones. Blood tests also may be ordered, especially if you have any fever or if your pain persists. \n\n\n\nMost episodes of biliary colic pass after one to five hours. After the most intense pain passes, your abdomen may continue to ache mildly for about 24 hours. \n\n\n\nBecause biliary colic is usually related to gallstones, it can be prevented by controlling the risk factors for gallstones. Some of these risk factors, such as heredity, increasing age and pregnancy, are a normal part of life. Others, such as obesity and a high fat diet, are risk factors you can modify by eating a healthy diet and getting regular exercise. \n\n\n\nAt first, your doctor will prescribe pain medication and tell you to eat a fat free diet. If the biliary colic is recurrent or persistent, surgery to remove the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) usually is recommended. This procedure can be done through small incisions using an instrument called a laparoscope. The procedure usually requires only brief hospitalization. It is currently the most widely used treatment in people troubled by painful gallstones, because it is very effective and safe, with no complications in more than 90 percent of cases. \n\n\n\nIf surgery cannot be performed and symptoms of biliary colic are persistent, medication that dissolves gallstones may be used. However, this medication is expensive and can take two years to
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If you are male it is most likely your appendix. Please get it checked out. If it ruptures it could be fatal. \n\nIf you are female it can also be the appendix or it could just be ovulation. Some women can feel it when the cyst that holds the eggs ruptures. It can hurt for about 24 hours.\n\nAnd for the record your gall bladder isn't by your waist it is up just to the right of your stomach under the bottom of your rib cage. And it will feel like a stomach ache or like a heart attack. I learned that one frome experience.
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Hi, I am a 35 year old female in great physical shape. In  jan 2006 I had to have an emergency gallbladder removal for stones, during the surgery the scope peirced my rt rib tissue, (10,11,12th rib) I started bleeding heavily so they applied pressure and my rib slipped. Ever since then i have been in pain, horrible pain. I understand how you feel, after going to primary care doc several times and being on lortabs for 2 months , who in fact believed my pain was my ribs (we saw it hanging in an x-ray) I still got nowhere, (the surgeon brushed off my complaints for 2 months after surgery) I finally went online and researched everything on ribs, I then called a thoracic surgeon,DO and basically begged them to help me, (he knows of the emer. surgeon and called him a pompous ass) anyhoo, this thoracic surgeon hooked me up with a pain guy who performed trigger point injections in my ribs-OUCH, I had it done may 06 and the relief lasted about 1.5 months, cost my ins. co $700.00 and $100.00 to me. Well my point is - this sucks and my pain is back, when I cough, turn over, turn wrong, it hurts no rhyme or reason. the thoracic surgeon said I can have a rib reduction done, 5 in cut, remove tips of 10,11,12th ribs. Hmmm, not sure I want to, scary.\nMy point is, SEE A THORACIC SURGEON!!!  I hope you get better soon, I have 3 children and they are so fun and amazing, God bless you and yours,  Susan
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Go and see you GP and ask about Gallstones.  When I had it I had pain at the bottom of my chest on the right side and into my back.  I was treated for a urine infection too.
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What tests did you have?  I got gallstones after my son was born, it was horrible!  Worse than any part of labor!!  When I went to the hospital and they suspected gallstones, they set me up for a sonogram the next day!  Once the sonogram confirmed it, percocets were my best-friend until I could get into surgery.  They made the pain disappear within 20 minutes!!
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Gall Bladder surgery IS a nessecary thing.  I had mine removed about 6 months ago, as a medical emergency.  My gall bladder contained over 100 stones, and was so full of bile, it almost killed me.  I didn't even think there was anything wrong with me.  One night I started throwing up violently, so I was taken to the ER.  After several tests, it was determined that I had Pancreatitis, caused by my overflowing, and inactive Gall Bladder.  Since I've had it out, I have felt great, and had NO complications.
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What?  Did you mean gall bladder?  And what are you asking?
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Take this from someone who's been there.  Get that gallbladder taken OUT.  Now!!!  Your pain will not go away.  The attacks will start to happen more frequently and last longer.  Get it taken out ASAP, they will probably be able to do this laparascopically.  Piece of cake.
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I had mine removed in May this year via keyhole surgery. No complications i was out of hospital after 24 hours. But i have still had to be carefull with the amount of fat in my diet as my body has not adjusted to not  having a gallbladder so doctor suggested a very low fat diet this sometimes happens after gallbladder removal i am told, but otherwise he will feel sooooooo much better more energy and of course none of that terrible pain. After surgery he will have some pain in the shoulder this is normal due to the nerves they bump on the way. The surgeon will explain that sometimes it is not possible remove via keyhold and they will abandon this method and do a full cut meaning a longer stay in hospital. But most cases even those like mine with a vast amount of gallstones can be taken out via keyhole, so dont worry he'll do just fine :) good luck Oh yes i forgot he will probably have very loose stools for a wee while but this passes with a carefull diet plan
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getting stabbed in the chest.
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Have you checked your gallbladder,I had a young lady who was sick for 2 years before they found out her gallbladder had to be removed.I hope you get to feel better
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Depending on where you are stabbed, you could be paralyzed (from spinal cord severing), dead from a heart penetration, a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) with serious respiratory failure, serious bleeding wound from a kidney wound, etc.\n\nThere are so many sorts of injuries, it is impossible to define with the information you provided.
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In my opinion, there is some kind of infection related to the gall bladder (use to digest the food). It may be cholecystitis or otherwise. You are advised to consult any surgeon for more details.
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You really need to go see a regular doctor to have all this evaluated properly.  It should not hurt to eat, and the technician who did the ultrasound is not qualified to make any sort of interpretation of the ultrasound results.  That should have come from a radiologist at the very least, and been gone over with you by the doctor who ordered the test.  It's tough to say if it is actually your gallbladder causing  the problem, since pain from the gallbladder in women usually causes pain in the upper right back, just about the shoulder blade level.  Although a blockage of the duct leading from the gallbladder to the stomach is certainly possible, the time frame after eating is about right,  it may also be treatable.  The blockage would most likely be caused by stones, and some can even be dissolved with medication.  Worst case and you require surgery, removing a gallbladder is not actually that bad anymore.  The best advice I can give you is to  choose a good physician and make an appointment for a full evaluation.  Take all the papers you have now, all the test results, dates, etc, plus a list of any questions you have.  You do not have to continue suffering pain after you eat.  There's nothing to be afraid of, gall bladder problems are common enough and treatable.  If the nurse practitioner isn't willing to help you, find somebody who will.
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Could be your gallbladder. I felt like I was having a heart attack.\n\nHope you find out soon.
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if you had food poisoning, you would know, Everyone I know who has had it said they would have rather just died then to feel like that again.  Maybe you have an appendicitis or something.  Go to the Dr.  or at least call the local advice nurse and ask what they think...