In April I was diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm, so i had surgery to place a stent. I was discharged from the hospital the day after surgery, on April 26, on April 27 I started experiencing nausea and lower back pain. By April 29 the nausea was so severe that I couldn't handle drinking anything, which meant I couldn't take my pain pills. This went on all day until I developed a low grade temp, at that point the doctors office said to go straight to the ER. They rain multiple tests to check on the stent. All tests came back clear but they admitted me over night just to keep an eye on me. I went home the following morning with some anti nausea meds, some pain pills and the advice to see me surgeon. I saw my surgeon 2 days later. He felt the lower back pain was from being on his table for so long and would fade and the nausea he felt was my body's way of adjusting to the fact that he cut off blood supply to a portion of my colon during surgery. All of these explanations made sense to me so I didn't pursue it any further. Then i had my 1 month appointment with him and I told him, the lower back pain has faded but something had to be done about the nausea. I explained that I was nauseous all the time, that it was getting worse and that I had not had a cup of coffee since my surgery, it made the nausea worse. At that point it was like a light bulb went off for him when I said that. He asked if I still had my gallbladder. Yes I do. So he said it sounded like it was my gallbladder and he was going to schedule a test, at that point I stopped him, I explained that in order to stop smoking my primary doctor had me on Chantix could that be causing a reaction with the blood thinners? He said no but that since the #1 side effect of Chantix is nausea he wanted me to stop taking it for 2 weeks and then call his office. I did this and the nausea persisted, so I called his office back and explained this so he sent me for an ultra sound. After my ultra sound I was having a hard time getting my surgeons office to let me know the results and since I was starting to experience moderate upper shoulder pain on the right side and pain below my ribs I went ahead and contacted my primary. He accessed the ultra sound results and advised that they came back normal, so he put me on prilosec, ordered blood tests to check my liver and ordered a hida test to check my gallbladder. The prilosec has given me no relief and I just had the blood work and hida done on 7/5. My doctor has only received my blood work which came back normal but the hida results are posted on a medical site that i can access and if I understand it correctly, it's stating that I have an ejection fraction of 15%. Now I'm just waiting on my doctor to give me a call and let me know what my next step is, although from everything I have read, it appears that surgery is in my future. I've noticed that the pain seems to be getting worse but primarily my symptom has been the nausea. I have been nauseous for over 2 months and living on jello, crackers, mashed potatoes and rice. I have no idea how those of you with ejection fractions lower than mine or living with it longer than I have, have done it.
EF is 23%.. i am 40 i am worried. My doc says need to get the GB out I say other treatments. I have no stones. Some ppl say it will be better after removal some say dont. They suggest to change diet. I often have sharp pain on my right, heart burn, nausea, weakness, lost weight. Wake up with heavy chest pain and fever, i cant sleep on my both sides, Headache.thanks and wish u all the best
Biliary dyskinesia is what they called mine.
I recently just had this test done. They didn't give me my percentage, however, the doctor told me my gallbladder isn't functioning as it should be. She mentioned that I would benefit from removing my gallbladder due to me being in pain for almost a year now. Does this "Decreased Ejection Fraction" have a medically diagnosed name? I am having a hard time trying to find information on it. Thanks so much in advance!
I had really bad episodes of pain in my chest that would last for approx. 2 hrs at different times. Went to the doctor and had stones, 1 big enough blocking the passage. Doc said surgery would take care of the episodes. Had the surgery 3 years ago now and the 1st year my system was adjusting to not have the gall bladder but after that I feel great, no problem at all. Glad I have it removed!
Hello, I am a 14 year old female and I have been sick for over 2 months now. I have no pain but unbearable nausea. First it started with an extreme migraine (I felt like I was dying) then I was throwing up. The day after suddenly nausea just came back, it has stayed like that for 2 months now. I went to the doctor the 2nd week and they said I had flu and virus. The next week I went back and they said go get blood work done so I did. They said I have inactive mono. The next week I went back and they sent me back for more blood work. The next week I went back for more blood work. I finally went back to the doctor and they referred me for an ultrasound, that was good. I then went to get a HIDA scan done and it came back of an Ejection Fraction of 12%, during the scan I didn't experience any pain but I experienced nausea. So then they referred me to a surgeon and the surgeon made me get a upper endoscopy and that came back normal. Then the surgeon said well you still have mono, well I wasn't gonna take that as an answer because I got an EF of 12%. We then got an lower ultrasound done and that came back normal. Then we were referred to a WAYY better surgeon who totally believes it's my gallbladder and now I'm getting surgery in 4 days. PLEASE if you have had a gallbladder laparoscopic surgery please tell me how it went!
So I had a HIDA scan done on Saturday and they said it was normal but my Gallbladder ejection fraction was 0%. Can someone explain how this is normal? And if this is "normal" why I'm in such awful pain.
Hey everyone. My story begins around the end of January 2016. One day I started feeling a bit sick to my stomach, started having diarrhea, a lot of cramping, and appetite loss. I ignored it for awhile until it hadn't Gone away after a few weeks. So I went to see my doctor. The doctor basically told me I had IBS, sent me home with dicyclomine, and told me to reduce my stress. None of that seemed to be helping and my symptoms. Throughout February and march my weight was dropping very quickly. Symptoms were worsening. By the time April came around, my mom and I moved to a new town. About a week after the move my symptoms changed. I had an excruciating pain in the center of my abdomen, right below the sternum. I always felt nauseous, I couldn't eat anything, I could barely do anything. I became bed ridden and was starving. I had a few emergency room visits and they always told me it's probably IBS, and to follow up with a gastroenterologist. This was frustrating. From the end of April to the beginning of June I suffered extreme pain. The first week of June my symptoms started to relieve, but never completely went away. I still always felt sick. I'm the middle of June I had a colonoscopy, which came up clean. Still no answers. The gastro then set up an endoscopy for November 2nd. I had to wait 5 more months. Luckily, my symptoms seemed to keep slowly improving, but still had problems. Often times my stool would be filled with bile, bright green, and sometimes it would be pale-yellow. I managed to make it to the date of the endoscopy, which revealed I had mild duodenitis. That doesn't really explain the amount of pain I've endured. The gastro prescribed me protonix to treat the duodenitis, But there's a problem. everyday I took the protonix I felt worse and worse. I started having burning pains below my sternum and under the ribcage areas. The symptoms from April returned. No appetite, pain below the sternum, nausea, bloating, belching, Gas. I decided to go to the emergency room again after vomiting a small amount of oatmeal and undigested carrots from an entire day before. they admitted me into the hospital because I could not eat anything and keep it down. they started testing everything. Infections, blood tests, urine tests, stool tests, ultrasound, catscan. Didn't find anything. My gastro came in and I asked for the HIDA scan because of the history of gallbladder disease in my family. after waiting all weekend, the doctor came in with results. My EF (Ejection fraction) of my gallbladder is -3.5%!!! Negative percentage?! The surgeon visited me and told me that he doesn't want to remove my gallbladder because there weren't any stones detected, although he suspects it could be my gallbladder causing my symptoms. I have an MRI scheduled for tomorrow morning to see if they missed any gallstones in the ultrasound. I'm worried because the burning isn't supposedly a symptom of gallbladder disease but the gastro says it could be the duodenitis and that it's being caused by a gallbladder problem. Should the surgeon take it out? If the MRI comes up negative for gallstones and he won't remove it, should I find a new surgeon? I've lost almost 100 lbs and I'm worried. Please any advice would be great.
Sully did you have pain during your HIDA scan?
May I ask your results and if you had it removed?
Hello - I have suffered for years with bloating, belching, pain in upper right under rib/breast area. Years ago I was 'violently' throwing up, weak, sweaty, etc. Several visits to ER and dr. with many tests - diagnosis acid reflux, gallbladder stones, etc. another test revealed no gallbladder stones. I am weak, tired and bloat easily with gas, etc. constant back mild pain. not really too much pain under right rib anymore. Recent tests revealed 'fatty liver' with cysts and Hida said gallbladder release at 16%. Dr. says my choice whether or not to remove gallbladder - the bloating and weight gain is worst. Fatty liver needs new diet and exercise - lose weight. I am going to try your oatmeal recipe. any other wisdom you can share? Thank you
Do you know how low the HIDA scan ejection rate should be to consider GB surgery? Mine is 42% and the surgeon said I am on the fence. I have not had any problems in the last few months but have had 5 attacks all together. I had considered trying Milk Thistle and liver cleaners to see if I can support clearing the sludge but I do think I will have it removed but hope there will not be any negative consequences.
Brown rice, beans (no added fat), cheerios, berries, unsweetened almond milk, soaked almonds, coconut water, and oat bran are my go to foods for this condition. If you get symptoms of pancreatitis and gastritis, you won't be able to eat hardly anything but chicken broth and crackers. This has been going on for me for a year and a half. I finally got the HIDA scan, saw my gallbladder glowing whole time till it finally emptied a tiny bit (which I felt). Fun fun!
I have an EF of 23%...meeting with surgeon next week. Thank you for your positive remarks.
I am meeting with a surgeon next week (EF 23%) and will be having my gallbladder out soon thereafter. I will in fact WALK AROUND. That makes perfect sense but nothing I would think about when laying around after surgery. Thanks for the helpful tip & positive post!