What does gallstone pain feel like?
I had my gallbladder out 5 weeks ago. I had LOTS of stones. The pain started in July, and was just under my right breast, and the pain was a severe stabbing type of pain. It radiated across my back, in the region of where my bra fastens across the back (the shoulder blade area). It lasted for 3 days. I had nausea, but no vomiting. My own G.P. knew straight away that it was gallstones, as the symptoms were typical of that. I immediately went on a fat-free diet, and I only had the pain whenever I had any fat. I cut these things out of my diet: ALL oils, butter, margarine, cheese eggs nuts, crisps and other snacks curries and all other creamy sauces all food with pastry, batter or breadcrumbs on chocolate cakes, biscuits, puddings bacon, lamb and pork I had skimmed milk in drinks and on cereals. I checked the labels on all packaged foods, and only had foods which contained no more than 5gm of fat per 100gm I lost 2 1/2 st (35lb) in 4 months. Since having my gallbladder out, I’ve gradually
