Posted 4/5/2015 2:53 AM (GMT -5)
Hi everyone. I used to be an active member of this group but I stopped posting about 3 years ago when the pain disappeared, but then reappeared late last year.
Shortly, I had what I thought was GERD for about a year and a half. I had painful symptoms which radiated across my chest and I very often had an uncomfortable, bloated feeling on my right side. I saw a surgeon who did an ultrasound of my gallbladder, told me that there was one large stone in there, but that they didn't think it was the cause of the heartburn.
Nothing ever abated the pain besides switching to veganism, and even then it still hurt. I took Nexium for a long time, and when I stopped taking it, the symptoms vanished. I am NOT encouraging anyone to stop taking MD prescribed medication.
Late last year all of the symptoms started all over again. This time I actually had cholecystitis I had my gallbladder removed, and since then the only stomach trouble I have is when I eat a lot and go straight to bed, and even then it's just a little indigestion which goes away with a few sips of water.
I can answer any questions anyone has.
Ashley