Gallbladder Sludge

[kmbrlycool 214]

Soooo just got out of the emergency room. What I thought was bad heartburn was gallbladder sludge which in many cases is a precursor for gallstones.

I was having really bad pain in the middle of my chest right below my rib cage since 10 pm last night. Took two doses of mylanta which did nothing. The pain kind of lingered all day but subsided around noon. Then at 5:30 tonight while I was driving it became unbearable. I pulled over to a rite aid to get some more mylanta but while in the store went to the bathroom (thought maybe I needed to have a bowel movement). Well while there I became dizzy light headed and very sweaty. I called my surgeons office and they said it sounded like a gallbladder issue and to go to ER. At the er the pain was so bad that i couldnt sit still and wanted to cry. I became nauseous and had shortness of breath. Went to ER and had vlood tests EKG X-ray and ultrasound. Turns out I have gallbladder sludge and a polyp in my gallbladder. For right now it is nothing to worry about but if I i get the pain again treatment will be looked into

I also had some low blood pressure.

I am also low on potassium (separate issue from gallbladder problem).

I hope no one else has to suffer through this pain!

[karenb4729 309]

My Dr automatically gives all his WLS patients Atigal to prevent gallstones/gall bladder issues. They can come on because of the rapid weight loss.

[traceyinflorida 499]

That sounds terrible! I hope you feel better soon!

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

This sounds really painful. Hope it gets better for u.

[Dooter 1,457]

Gallbladder pain is the WORST!!! (And I gave birth to twins! Gallbladder is still worse!)

[Kansas1965 54]

Soooo just got out of the emergency room. What I thought was bad heartburn was gallbladder sludge which in many cases is a precursor for gallstones.

I was having really bad pain in the middle of my chest right below my rib cage since 10 pm last night. Took two doses of mylanta which did nothing. The pain kind of lingered all day but subsided around noon. Then at 5:30 tonight while I was driving it became unbearable. I pulled over to a rite aid to get some more mylanta but while in the store went to the bathroom (thought maybe I needed to have a bowel movement). Well while there I became dizzy light headed and very sweaty. I called my surgeons office and they said it sounded like a gallbladder issue and to go to ER. At the er the pain was so bad that i couldnt sit still and wanted to cry. I became nauseous and had shortness of breath. Went to ER and had vlood tests EKG X-ray and ultrasound. Turns out I have gallbladder sludge and a polyp in my gallbladder. For right now it is nothing to worry about but if I i get the pain again treatment will be looked into

I also had some low blood pressure.

I am also low on potassium (separate issue from gallbladder problem).

I hope no one else has to suffer through this pain!

I had my gallbladder out I had a scan on mine and ther were stone in there so he took mine out when he did my sleeve he said it was best ..

[kmbrlycool 214]

Does or can stress give you gallbladder pain if you already have a gallbladder issue???

[kmbrlycool 214]

So my surgeon said he doesn't think it was my gallbladder that made me in so much pain. He thinks it was some sort of gastro intestinal infection... And said if I get the pain again will do

Further testing

[carbgrl 119]

I had a similar episode. I chalked it up to a "dumping" episode. I'm starting to wonder if its my gallbladder. I haven't lost that much weight & it sure as heck hasn't been fast. I did have a high fat meal before the episode. What do you experts with prior GB issues think?

[kmbrlycool 214]

I think it does have to do with high fat before... That's what caused mine... Three boneless buffalo chicken wings...

YesterdY was a slight episode...and I had some peanuts... Which we all know are high in Fat

[petite-size-me! 70]

I had my gallbladder out when I did my sleeve. June 2010 I had twin boys. I was on a healthy pregnancy diet until giving birth, then ramped up the fats (milk, cheese, Peanut Butter, etc) to breast feed twins. First attack when bubs were 3 weeks old!!

The gallbladder stores bile to process fat in digestion. More fat, more bile. When you change to low fat and the bile isn't used it is stored and sometimes forms stones. Then you go back to high fat and more bile pushes these stored stones thru the bile duct causing an attack..

So years of yo yo dieting means stones for many people and sudden weight loss and changes in food can cause stored stones to move.

Here they have an increased risk or 5f's for gallbladder attacks: fertile (having had pregnancy recently) fat (bmi), fair (skin), forty and one I can't remember!

[kmbrlycool 214]

Interesting. Makes sense

[Leusch 2]

I had my gallbladder out when I did my sleeve. June 2010 I had twin boys. I was on a healthy pregnancy diet until giving birth' date=' then ramped up the fats (milk, cheese, Peanut Butter, etc) to breast feed twins. First attack when bubs were 3 weeks old!!

The gallbladder stores bile to process fat in digestion. More fat, more bile. When you change to low fat and the bile isn't used it is stored and sometimes forms stones. Then you go back to high fat and more bile pushes these stored stones thru the bile duct causing an attack..

So years of yo yo dieting means stones for many people and sudden weight loss and changes in food can cause stored stones to move.

Here they have an increased risk or 5f's for gallbladder attacks: fertile (having had pregnancy recently) fat (bmi), fair (skin), forty and one I can't remember![/quote']

The last one is usually female...which kind of goes hand in hand with the fertile one.

[petite-size-me! 70]

Female! Yes!

[kellbello 1]

i do ultrasound for a living and both sludge and polyps are NORMAL variants. Sludge would not cause pain. Ultrasound can tell how your gallbladder looks, but not how it functions. There is a nuclear medicine test called a HIDA scan that tests the gallbladder function. Hope you find out what is going on.