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Currently waiting ambulance - gallstones?

MrsA2

MrsA2

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Got woken at 04:00 with severe central stomach pain, just behind the tummy button and higher.
Thought at first indigestion but tablets didn't relieve it and ended up rolling around on the floor in a ball.
Called 111 to ask about pain killers and they have called an ambulance.
Currently 8:30 and no sign yet.

Know no one can diagnose on here but everything NHS and forum wise is pointing to gall stones.
Pain has decreased somewhat so also trying local surgery.

I have been lc for 2 and half years now, no sudden change in diet since, bmi 22 and stable weight of 10st. Female, over 60. Bg under control, I think!

Just got local appt at 10:40 so cancelled ambulance.

Just wanted to ask other gallstone suffers what their symptoms were like amd how they were diagnosed?
 
MrsA2 said:
Got woken at 04:00 with severe central stomach pain, just behind the tummy button and higher.
Thought at first indigestion but tablets didn't relieve it and ended up rolling around on the floor in a ball.
Called 111 to ask about pain killers and they have called an ambulance.
Currently 8:30 and no sign yet.

Know no one can diagnose on here but everything NHS and forum wise is pointing to gall stones.
Pain has decreased somewhat so also trying local surgery.

I have been lc for 2 and half years now, no sudden change in diet since, bmi 22 and stable weight of 10st. Female, over 60. Bg under control, I think!

Just got local appt at 10:40 so cancelled ambulance.

Just wanted to ask other gallstone suffers what their symptoms were like amd how they were diagnosed?
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My OH has a single gallstone, discovered when he had an episode similar to yours. A bit of blue light action involved, but mainly because he had a bit of a reaction to the morphine the paramedics gave him, and being very late night, they just decided to get him to hospital asap. (He wasn't in any mortal danger.)

Thankfully, thre has been no recurrence for him. Theory is he likely had another much smaller that managed to block the duct, then passed. There is little to no chance the other gallstone can be passed anywhere.

OH described his pain as the worst he had even experienced. He was grey, which wasn't fun to observe.

In your shoes, I'd be asking my OH to drive me to hospital, rather than wait an indeterminate period for an ambulance to come. I hope you aren't in discomfort too long.
 
Yes, it does feel like kidney stones I had a few years ago, but in a different place!
Have gp appointment in an hour.

@AndBreathe hubby have a scan?
 
MrsA2 said:
Yes, it does feel like kidney stones I had a few years ago, but in a different place!
Have gp appointment in an hour.

@AndBreathe hubby have a scan?
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In A&E he had the usual raft of ECG and bloods, then an x-ray and ultrasound. MRI was a day or two later, privately, at the local Spire.
 
Back home.
GP sent me to A&E as blood in urine and previous history of kidney stones.
5 hours later, bloods, urine, exam and , most importantly, CT scan done. No stones (yay!) nothing else either.
Pain subsided somewhat and comes and goes.
Result, watch and wait.

Not what I had planned for today.
Very glad not to be an emergency, 34 ambulances waiting, 24 people on trollies, obviously stressed dcotors saying worst day for ages, they are dreading winter.

Was waiting for ct next to a type 1 who had had an "episode" and was found collapsed at home. At least I could point him to libre/dexcom and stressed he should get it on prescription now. Saddest was seeing his mum and brother (50s) so worried, and not for the first time. Did recommend the forum :)
 
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