Over the last couple weeks I’ve had a pain in my right side. Â Back in 1990 I had my gall bladder removed. Â It was done the old fashion way with a scalpel and large incision. Â The pain is just below that a couple inches. Â The pain at times radiates around to my back…it’s not a sharp pain but it is an annoying pain. Â It’s almost always there just as a dull ache.
After putting up with it for two weeks, I went to the doctor. Â She said that she suspected an adhesion due to the gall bladder surgery but wanted to do an ultrasound to see. Â In our rural area, ultra sounds are only done on Monday, Wednesday or Friday. Â So Wednesday I was back for an ultra sound.
I was a little worried about the whole thing…and as Ila told me not to do, I “borrowed trouble”.
The results came back that there is nothing they can see that would cause the pain other than a “fatty liver”. Â So good news…no cancer or anything like that….bad news-less alcohol and food in my life.
I am so glad that I went. Â The nagging pain was getting to me and I started worrying imaging the worst. Â I am sure others do the same. Â Going to the doctor and having the piece of mind that it really isn’t what we imagined can be such a blessing. Â I don’t mean to share such personal information but I want to encourage all of you to make sure you’re getting to the doctor when necessary.
For once I hope I can do the healthy life style not the diet thing…wish me luck!! Â Let’s just hope by this time next year, my liver isn’t quite so fatty and that I’m a little bit healthier. Â Which leads me to believe that I just might have to revamp those New Year’s resolutions I made to include a new diet.
Knowing is half the battle. Was just reading on another site that milk thistle supplements are good for the liver. Also tumeric, either as a tea or as a supplement.
You may want to have your spine checked. Pain that wraps around the body can sometimes be cause by a pinched nerve root in the thoracic spine.
well now ….I have had my gall bladder removed and sometimes I have a nasty pain just under the rib cage where I am assuming is my pancreas. I get these pains when I have eaten something fatty…..like fried onion rings. I try to not eat those very often. A fatty liver huh????? RATS I already battle that fatty monster…..:)
I got the same diagnosis and need to change the same habits. We can do it!!