Gall Bladder problems

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Anyone else have gall bladder problems after being banded? He's my story maybe it will help some of you that experience this.

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I have a function problem with my gall bladder, I had a hydrascan with injection fraction. It's function is low, also the say I have some reflux into the stomach.

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I have had a reoccurring pain in my right shoulder blade for 20 years. For years I have gone to chiropractors, even to a physical therapist. The pain kept reoccurring.

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Over the years I slowly put on weight…

When I was 24 I weighed 200. I am 5'9". By 26 I reach 290 and have stayed between 270 and 290 until I turned 40.

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My birthday present to myself at 40 was to go and have a lap band put in My surgery was 1-19-2007. I have lost 58 lbs. I now weigh 231. My goal is to be under 200 by the end of the year.

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About three months ago I had a severe back pain, thought I threw it out. I went to the chiropractor and my back was slightly twisted but not bad enough to be the cause of the pain. I chalked it up to poor health and an old car accident injury acting up. Meanwhile in between these severe middle back pains (attacks) I would get consistent pain under my right shoulder blade. The attacks on a scale of 1-10 reached 8-9 at times. Three vikadine didn’t even touch it.

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The attacks got worse every time and my back pain started occurring once per week, always at night. I would pass out about 3am and wake up at 8am exhausted but the pain would be gone.

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Finally my Mom figured out it might be my gall bladder. All my relatives on my Mom’s side have had theirs removed. The cat scan was negative pancrease, liver, no gall stones, after another attack I had a hydrascan. This showed poor function and reflux. I am scheduled to have it removed in a week.

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Looking back I’ve been able to track my diet before 4 of my attacks.

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First time: I ate a Protein Drink with 20 grams of fat in it, then a burger, a latte with cream. That night it kicked in gone by morning.

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Second time: Early Steak dinner, ate leftovers at 9am I was dying by midnight.

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Third: I drank three barium Fluid drinks to get ready for my CT scan, they must be high In fat the said, “banana smoothie” on them. Ate a dinner of steak that night, with a cream sauce, also had a cream latte that day.

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Fourth: Had ice cream and a coffee with cream, ate some chips, pork for dinner.

Since my last attack I have been very careful, I feel a little pain in my right shoulder blade but it is the same tolerable amount I’ve been living with for years.

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Before my lap band I used to take serious antacids, (1 prilosec per day) Now I don’t have to take any unless I eat really spicy food. Somehow the band is preventing my reflux Thank God!!!

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My chiropractor wants to try acupuncture with electrical current (not needles) to balance my meridian.

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He said it will help sedate the pain and might help my gall bladder repair it’s function.

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Anyone else have any problems liken this?

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