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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS)
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Hi @annief
Hope you don't mind me asking, but was there a major issue with your gall bladder? I only ask because I too had mine out in the hope it would relieve the pain, which it didn't. It points back to what I said in an earlier post in reply to @kanaazpereira and the fact it's a condition of exclusion. How many people have had unnecessary surgery before they get to the MALs diagnosis?
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My symptoms were similiar. I could not eat without pain then finally could not drink water without pain. Looking back they did not look very long or hard. I had an endoscopy and colonoscopy and only had gastritis. Within a few days of those test they decided to take the gallbladder because the symptoms matched it the best. I got better after it was removed. That was about 6 years ago. There where a lot more symptoms this time and of course my gallbladder was gone. Not only do we have to find doctors willing to keep digging but we have to have the radiologist who draws attention to it. There are just so many steps along the way where it could be missed. So yes, I have wondered if my MALS started 6 years ago.