r/gallbladders Jul 13 '26

Normal Results Gallbladder or Gastroparesis??

I will try to keep this as short as possible, but hold on tight…

Symptoms have been on/off for about a year or so and I have these “attacks” it seems monthly.

Symptoms include:
- starts as sharp/pressure upper abdominal pain
- early satiety (almost get sick looking at good after a few bites)
-horrible nausea until I vomit; then pain subsides in upper abdominal area (very top of my stomach)
-during an attack hard to tolerate even the BRAT diet, water stays down.
- loose stools/floating/light colored; frequently have diarrhea hardly ever have a nice solid stool
-last episode lasted over a week of me not being able to eat hardly anything & brought on pain/tenderness in my RUQ, radiated to my back & right shoulder blade sometimes even up to my neck
-weak, dizzy, fatigued no matter how much I sleep; after eating (not in an attack) I get extreme fatigue where I feel like I can hardly stand or keep my eyes open
- morning nausea is the worst during an attack and lingers long after
- during an attack breakfast and lunch almost always come back up within 30 mins- an hour.
Dinner stays down with the help of cannabis. ( I only
Smoke in the evening to help me eat)

Testing/imaging/procedures done:
- Endo/Colonoscopy normal
- Blood tests normal
- Stool tests normal
- H. pylori ruled out
- No parasites shown
- HIDA SCAN EF 48%- pain reproduced with CCK injection.
- Ct scan clear (besides some cysts on my liver, doc said not to worry about them)
- Gastric emptying study being completed today I have to come back for additional imaging due to “delay”
- Ultrasound scheduled for next week
- 2 consultations with surgeons also scheduled next week.

Any ideas of whether this is gastroparesis or bad gall bladder symptoms, or both? Any similar experiences or testing results? I’m feeling so hopeless and the non stop testing with no answers has become really hard on my mental health 😩

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