Mystery Pain under right rib cage, back right NOT gallblatter

Try slipping rib syndrome also known as Tietze's syndrome and Chondritis...... Good luck, very painful condition!

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brucergoldberg wrote:

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME IM IN h#ll

I am in desperate need of help. I have had every known test known to mankind yet no one can figure out what is wrong with me. I was attracted to this site as I found the posts listed below of 2 people that had the exact same problem as myself but no one ever responded, and they drifted away.

This all started about a month ago. All arrows pointed to my gallblatter, but I have since had that removed and the pain still exists....

I have had:

5 blood work ups
2 Hedi Scans (before and after the gallblatter removal)
kidney mri
back mri
colonostrophy
stomache scope
rib xrays/chest/lungs
Pain injections
diabetes test
full STD work up

I have lost 14 pounds.

Pain is under right rib cage, also sometime center of back to under shoulder blade. Hurts to breathe sometimes on right, lots of pressure.

I will send you a nice gift in the mail if you can figure out what is wrong with me or point me in the right direction that leads me to an answer. Please read the below posts:

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I had my GB removed in April, it is now Aug. I have bad back pain that just doesnt want to go away. It started about to two weeks after surgery. Ive had Xrays, CT scan, 2 MRIs done and they cant find anything wrong. IM GOING CRAZY. dont know what to do. I was told that i would be out of work for 2 weeks. WE ARE GOING ON 5 MONTHS. Has anyone seen/heard of anything like this.........

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am just past 3 weeks after gall bladder removal. What's up with this "mystery back pain"? i thought I was pretty much all fine and about 80% or better. But last few days my upper or maybe middle back on the right side is sore.

i saw 2 doctors today and they think it is just back muscle spasms. NOT A KIDNEY problem. I don't seem to have any urination problems or anything. no fever, no sickness etc. Maybe it is simply my back, but doesn't seem like anormal back pain.

meanwhile the surgey areas are a little sore and they were all cool the last week or so. Seems weird to me that the pain is sort of cycling back. I thought i was pretty much over it. I only used pain pills the first 3 days or so and felt improvement up until about 5 days or so ago.

Does it seem like the pain can fluctuate back in? I thought i was over pain.

the back seems the worst. it fgeels like about an inch or so just below my ribs on my right back area. Is this simalar to what you guys feel and the location?

it's not horrible- not like teh gall bladder was SOOOOOO bad. But this is painful. God i hope it's not my kidney. Docs...say nope. but man it hurts..

start of pancreatic cancer, get help now, don't wait another five years like my dad did when he had the same symptoms as you do, he died 4 days after they knew it was cancer, it doesn't always show in tests and it all hits you at once when it's about to take your life. from jaundice to severe side and back pain to coma like states it's horrible and starts off just as you explained you were feeling a few years before it gets unbearable

Did your fathers pain ever like go away at anytime after he had it? then like kind of come and go? cause I had this same thing and all they could find after multipal amounts of test was inflammation in a blood test. I even drove 4 hours to a very great hospital.

It sounds like pancreatitis. Many places do not even screen for this. You can also have diverticulitis. Treatment is bed rest and clear liquids, unless there is a worse situation which needs medical intervention.

i have the same pain and ive sufferd with it for years,ive had my gall bladder checked a few times.they told me it sounds muscular.it hurts more if i sit i find,sometimes it can be there for weeks and then clear for a few,i ave the desease fibromyalgia,and it affects almost the whole body,has that ever been mentioned to you

I have the same symptoms.  All tests come back normal, but still suffer pain particularly in upper right quadrant under rib cage/breast with pin-pointed sore spots that occur sporadically in the rib cage area (front and back), spine, shoulders and hips.  Fibromyalgia has been suspected, but none of the meds for that condition help.  The only med that has helped me sleep through the pain has been vicodin, but can't stay on that long term.  Small lumps (like internal blisters) can sometimes be felt in the sore areas, and sometimes not.  Pain seems worse at night or when I'm sitting still for long periods of time (long meetings or road trips).  If anyone receives a diagnosis, I'd love to know what this is and what will help...

People.. read his last post, it turned out he had hashimotos thyroid.

I had my gall bladder removed in 08 & still have severe pain. front & bk 1st yr. of surgery I had spasms severe. In your back you could be dealing w/Liver or Kidneys. Many issues come up since the liver no longer can send bile to the GB. I was told gall stones still can exist. Which I thought was crazy. Now that the Liver is attached to the Panc. It could be pancreatitis. There are also a few others. Check online to find answers on pain or gall stones after gall bladder removal

Same with me, 61 yrs old, celiac undiagnosed so long , hac to have surgery this summer, some intestines removed. after 2 yrs mystsry back pain under lower right rib, after 5 days no gluten , painended

a few months ago i was ok untill i thought i was pregnant and started taking prenatal vitamins after the drastic stop when i realized i wast i started feel pain s in my bk and rib cage  shape quick pains the pains started decreasing and i have gas  i only feel it twice  a week nw i told the doc it wwas caused by the pills i was taking cuz a month before that i did a check up and i was perfectly fine

 

I would recommend on having your pancreas checked out, it sits right behind the liver. It can be aggravated by gall bladder removal. Just a suggestion.

have the dr's check for " sponalolothiesis" what it is is fractures in the spinal column but never noticed unless they ARE looking for it ! I have already had the surgery ! good luck ... Unless you have already figured it out ! 

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I am having same pain , among other pains , back etc.Was starting to worry it might be kidney.Coming into menopause possibly, also think I may have ankylosing spondylitis . I sound like a hyperchonriac , always in pain , joints tendons ,breathing sometimes hurts.Pain wakes me and keeps me awake at night.

Hi, I had my gallbladder removed a week before Thanksgiving last year due to it not working properly. I had severe pain as well. It felt fine after a couple of months but now my pain is also back. I've had all the testing done (pretty much the same as what you've had done) and everything came back normal, so don't worry too much. The doctors look at me like i'm actually going crazy, and sometimes i even begin to think that i am. The pain is located on the right side at my ribs, around to my back under my right shoulder blade, and in my stomach area where the gallbladder use to be. Sometime there is bloating in my stomach around that area. The pain is constant no matter what i do. The doctors put me on muscle relaxers and pain relievers that really don't help... Not sure what to do...

how does that cause the pain? I have the same symptoms

I am having the same pain.  It feels like the pain I had when they removed the gallbladder over 10 years ago.  Started back you has been going on for 3 months.  Pain subsides, the out of the blue now reason it has returned.  Pain is so intense, takes my breath away and stops me in my tracks.  Motrin, pain patches and heat not helping.  One dr says it is muscular, one says it is digestive.  I am at a lost and tired of the pain.  Did anyone get any relief or answers to what is causing this condition?