#’UNCOMPLICATED’ unless you don’t like being in excruciating pain at the drop of a hat

[cranialgames]

Previously my answer easily would have been endometriosis pain (easily worse than my c section and sciatica and everything pregnancy related)

BUT I’m now the proud owner of a fuckton of gallstones and lemme tell you, uncomplicated gallbladder disease (where the stones migrate and block tubes and cause pain but there’s no additional infection) is legit the worst fucking pain I have ever been in, because I’m one of the very unlucky few that not only has symptomatic gallbladder disease but that also gets to feel it as chest pain rather than stomach pain and I’m talking like can’t breathe can’t speak levels of pain where nothing but getting drugged out of your absolute gourd helps

No physical position makes the pain better, staying still and/or moving around don’t make the pain better

Going to the toilet doesn’t help, passing wind doesn’t help, warm baths don’t help, trying to make myself throw up doesn’t help (unless by some miracle the spasms shift the stone and it all unblocks)

All you can do is sit and cry and shake and sweat through your clothes for hours until it hopefully passes by itself or you just pass out

That’s just if the stones block the bile duct btw, but don’t worry, you’re also at risk of them migrating further and blocking other ducts and causing shit like pancreatitis and liver problems!

Anything that causes the gallbladder to empty can trigger it, meaning anything you consume can trigger it. Oh also if you don’t consume anything it can trigger it too!!

The only cure offered to me is surgery, for which there is an undefined waiting time (I’m 2 months in, babey) and I’m trying to get a private referral for but the non medical staff at my GP surgery are useless on principle

Sorry for the rant but I’m just so physically exhausted, I’ve been on an ultra low fat diet to try and reduce the number of stones that are forming but apparently rapid weight loss can also make the stones form lmao

The surgery is keyhole unless shit goes south so that’s something at least

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