My story was quite horrendous... but it is important to make people aware of due to the fact I confused so many medical professionals.

I had my gall bladder removed 2 years ago when I was 21. Being a young female who was a healthy weight and attended the gym frequently, I wasn't the stereotypical sufferer.

I began getting pains across the middle of my back at the bottom of my rib cage, like an extremely severe ache which crippled me completely. At first it was every few months, I would wake up in the middle of the night in agony, crying just for a few minutes until the pain went away and I could sleep again... then it became more frequent.

I had two nights in a row where I had been woken up several times by the horrendous pain which was lasting for hours rather than minutes. The next few nights I didn't sleep at all. I went to the doctors and they thought I had hurt my back at the gym which I was then x-rayed for. After more hours of not sleeping I went to A&E, they checked my x-ray and said I was fine so I must have pulled a muscle. After several more days of no sleep, in agony, and now not being able to keep food down, we called 111 who arranged an ambulance... who said I pulled a muscle.

I went to an osteopath who saved my life.

She managed to get rid of my back pain which unveiled the horrendous internal pain from my gall bladder, but I wasn't aware that was the problem at the time. The next day jaundice set in, I went to hospital and a doctor finally realized the problem.

In the next 24 hours I had my gall bladder removed. It was extremely infected and fell apart as soon as they removed it. The infection had spread around my body, which took many days in hospital and a lot of antibiotics to shift.

Now 2 years on, I no longer consume dairy products (normally vouch for lacto free products), caffeine and can only tolerate small amounts of alcohol.

I think the infection damaged my insides and caused all of my dietry issues, so the sooner you have the operation done, the better!