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This is what happened to me..Over the course of several months I would have a sore stomach and a feeling of blah.Then once a month or so I would get a pain in my back then my left side of chest.The pain seems to be in the center of my chest also.I was told at first it was hiatal hernia and acid reflux.I was given some meds and sent for an ultrasound to rule out gallbladder.I was also referred to a stomach surgeon.While waiting for these appointments things got much worse and the pain in my chest made me feel like I was having a heart attack.I thought it was trapped gas.After a few days of pretty serious pain I called my doctors office and she told me to go to the hospital.She said it was not normal.That began a week of hospital trips every few hours.
I was given morphine for the pain and it did go away.The next day they did the ultrasound and I was loaded with gallstones.
During the next few days I was sent home with numerous prescriptions and every time I would swallow any thing,the pain would return.Eventually I had a doctor who took me seriously and realized I had a stone stuck and admitted me.After two full days and nights on Dilaudid(a narcotic used for terminally ill cancer patients)The surgeon came to see me and realized I was in serious trouble.I had an infection and a large stone stuck.
the thing is,they didn't listen to me because the pain wasn't where they thought it should be.Once the pain meds kicked in then I could feel the throbbing and pain in my left side.
It was a horrible experience and if I had gone in when I first felt these pains,I wouldn't have had to go through hell.I went through serious with drawls because i was on a few different narcotics and my body had too much.
It might be nothing,Ibs has many pains that really have no explanation but if an ultrasound can rule out gallbladder than you won't have to worry.
Hope that helps.i hope you feel better soon.

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IBS-D since 1999...mostly stable..i do cheat too.Bad me.

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