I have had abdominal pain for 4 months. It migrates to all four quadrants. I cannot tie the pain to any specific food intake as it can appear even before I eat. I thought it could be caused by the Fosamax that I am taking for my osteoporosis. ( I discontinued it in December.)
My rheumatologist ordered upper and lower ultra sounds. The only remarkable result was gallstones ( no inflammation of the gallbladder, however) , so he referred me to a surgeon. The surgeon said that she couldn’t guarantee that removing the gallbladder would end my pain, so she referred me to a gastroenterologist.
An endoscopy was performed. I was told I had inflammation of the stomach and was put on pantoprazole 40 mg. once a day. Liver enzymes were normal. Lipase and amylase were slightly elevated but upon retesting 5 days later were normal.
After 3 1/2 weeks on the PPI, I was still in pain so an MRCP was ordered. Except for the stones, everything was normal.
I don’t know where to go from here. Could those gallstones be causing all this pain?