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What do you think this can be?

Asked by rossi_bear (753points) November 23rd, 2008

i have pain on my right side under my lung and i have no appendix and no gallbladder. no infections that i can feel.can you think of anything it could be?

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tinyfaery's avatar

That sounds like a question for a doctor.

jholler's avatar

Gas pocket, maybe. I wound up in the ER one night convinced I was dying from something similar, (I have a pretty high pain tolerance) and 5 seconds before the MD walked in the door, I stood up and told my wife to take me home. After 6 hours of breath-stealing agony, it just disappeared.

Could also be diverticulitis, I guess.

omfgTALIjustIMDu's avatar

@jholler, same here (except it went away the second the medics from the ambulance had me on the board).

GO SEE A DOCTOR

rossi_bear's avatar

i forgot to tell you ( AND AM VERY SORRY ) but i don’t drink anything but bottled water. could this be my pancrious? i do have low bloodsugar. but my levels seem fine.

jholler's avatar

Don’t know, I’m just an expired EMT, not an internist…I can pull you out of a mangled car and stop your bleeding, but I don’t know much about the pancreas. I think if you had pancreatitis, you might run a fever as well…it is an infection.

rossi_bear's avatar

ok thank you. i just needed to know if i should go the the hospital or just ride it out til tomorrow. see it has been on and off for the last couple of weeks but it has been there for two days steight now with no fever.

jholler's avatar

Scale of 1–10, how bad?
Dull, sharp, achy?
Does anything make it better or worse? Any particular position of sitting or lying?

rossi_bear's avatar

the pain level is at a 8 right now. it doesn’t get better at anything i do or don’t due. and it is sharp pain. and i feel sick to my stomache too.

tinyfaery's avatar

Just go to the doctor!

rossi_bear's avatar

can it wait til tomorrow or do you think that it is urgent to go now?

jholler's avatar

I’d go now.

rossi_bear's avatar

ok thank you very much. i am trying to wait for my dr. to call but he was called before i asked this question and he still hasn’t called. so i am going just wait a bit longer if i can and see if he calls. thanks again.

rossi_bear's avatar

i just took my temp. and no fever. still waiting for the dr to call now.

rossi_bear's avatar

ok dr. just called on way to the hospital. thank you all three of you!! :)

basp's avatar

I hope everything is ok, rossi

omfgTALIjustIMDu's avatar

Good luck! Let us know what happens.

asmonet's avatar

Give an hour, if it goes away it was gas.

augustlan's avatar

Hope this gets resolved…please let us know.

rossi_bear's avatar

i am back home from hospital and it is blocked bioducts. they are sending me to my specialist and they need to do the scope down my throat. but don’t know how soon they can do it right nw. i will keep you up dated. thank you all. love rossi

jholler's avatar

I think that’s bile ducts. Glad you’re ok.

rossi_bear's avatar

ya it is sorry. i was trying to tell everyone when i first got home and kinda medicated. LOL!! thanks again for your help. bless you.

tinyfaery's avatar

I’m glad you, at least, know what’s going on; sometimes not knowing the cause of the pain is scary, and even worse than the cause itself. Good luck. I hope all goes well.

rossi_bear's avatar

@tinyfaery.. thank you very much. i have an appointment with them tomorrow. i will keep you informed. the last time this happened i was poisined by it from what was in there. so they started me on antibiotics too. thanks again and bless you.

omfgTALIjustIMDu's avatar

I’m glad they know what it is and can treat it. Feel better.

rossi_bear's avatar

@omfgTALljustIMDu thank you. bless you!! :)

bythebay's avatar

Glad you know what’s going on and glad you’re taking care of youself. Hope you feel better soon!

asmonet's avatar

All the best. :)

rossi_bear's avatar

thank you all. I am waiting for the dr to call right now as we speek. i will keep you updated to what he says. bless you all.

rossi_bear's avatar

well everyone it is a stone in my bile ducts. i am going for surgery on the 8th of december.

augustlan's avatar

Good luck to you! Take care…

rossi_bear's avatar

@ausustian thank you!! bless you!! :)

tinyfaery's avatar

Well at least you know. Good luck. I’ll send you positive thoughts.

rossi_bear's avatar

@tinyfaery thank you too and bless you!! :)

bythebay's avatar

Thoughts and prayers are with you, Rossi.

rossi_bear's avatar

@bythebay thank you!! bless you!! :)

omfgTALIjustIMDu's avatar

Any news rossi?

Curious404's avatar

Rossi- So glad you went to the doctor! That’s a great lesson for me to take pain seriously. Take care of yourself. Let us know how your doing. Happy t-giving.

asmonet's avatar

Good luck!!

rossi_bear's avatar

i have asked a new question all. it is the new finding at what has happened. please look. thanks! i am still very ill. i have been in the hopspital but it will explain all that in my new question. thank you all for your concern!!! bless you all! :)

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