Hi everyone. I hope someone can help me with this unusual sitution.
I had my gallbladder out seven months ago - keyhole surgery. My gallbladder had been an issue for two years and I was told I needed to get it out in December, but due to the Covid delays, I had to wait til February. Five days before the surgery, right out of the blue, one afternoon I felt like I had been stabbed in my right side flank, between my lower rib and top of the hip. The sharp, stabbing intense pain proceeded to get worse and I ended up in the ER. I was told I was having a heart attack (I wasn't) and then I was told my pain was due to 'musco-skeletal issues' and to see my chiropractor, who told me to call my surgeon immediately. The surgeon removed the gallbladder out a few days later and I was told the stabbing / electric shock pain in my right side would clear up as I recovered from the surgery. But it persisted, even through high doses of morphine.
Now, seven months later, I still have the sharp, stabbing pain. Not as often as right before and after the surgery, but when it hits, the shock of the pain can make me jump out of a chair. I have so far had more scans than I can count, and been told I have post-infection scarring, scar tissue, kidney issues, slipping rib syndrome, a pinched nerve, neuralgia, nerve pain and today was told I have adhesions. Take your pick!
The frequency is nowhere near as bad as it was, and I can have completely pain-free days, and then it will hit again and it feels like an electric shocks. It is always in the same place - on the right hand side flank.
What has confused many is that this pain started six days before the surgery, although the gall bladder was in bad shape by that stage and the only symptoms I had was nausea but never, ever any pain. But since February, constant debilitating pain.
Can ANYONE tell if they have had anything like this? It has baffled one doctor after another, but the mention earlier today about adhesion seems like it could make sense. Thanks in advance. John