Pam, Everything you are describing sounds like what I went through a few months back with the h. pylori. Remember the nausea and pain I had? It is very similar. I could afford to lose a little more weight then though, but you need to eat. I would ask for this test for the h. pylori, or it will continue unless you have antibiotics. I am still fighting the after effects of this. I spent Christmas day in the ER with an inflamed esophagus, from the acid and the ulcer. I did not have blood in my stools or coffee ground vomit, this is not a symptom of an ulcer, only a bleeding ulcer. You can have ulcers that don't bleed. If it is gall bladder, I would definitely research lap surgery. It is so much easier, the gallbladder surgery is a horrible one open. Very large incision that runs around almost to your back. But I think you may have an ulcer with h. pylori. It is a simple blood test and antibiotics can help tremendously. Also the doc can give you anti nausea medicine, it helped me make it through the horrible nausea I had. I hope you feel better soon. Wendy

Thanks Lisa... I managed to make it through the festiities with my "cereal box smile" - I got a little bit of scrambled eggs in and half a piece of toast this morning with the family.... then at my parents I got a couple nibbles of ham, a few bites of cooked carrots and two bites of turkey in.... later, they had some burnt cookies left on the counter and I nibbled on those. Surprisingly that was the only thing that felt good in my tummy - but an hour later the joy was over and I was back to be nauseated. And since I have to take Friday off for testing, I'm gonna have to go in to work tomorrow. bleh! Hugs, Pam

I don't know why the doc didn't order any kind of gastro testing?? I assumed it was because she put me back on Prevacid. I don't know what else they do for an ulcer. She seemed to really be leaning towards gallstones or possibley Kidney stones (she really thinks gallstones the most though) - maybe that's why? I don't know. I just wish I had the answer and was back to feeling normal again. This is just miserable. Hugs, Pam

Well, the pain seems to have backed down to just slight discomfort at this point. I don't know if that's because of three doses of the Prevacid at this point - or if this "thing" is doing what it did last week (Hit me hard, dissipate to nothing, then come back with a vengance) What HAS NOT gone away even a tiny little bit this time is the nausea and sensitive tummy. I just feel so disgusting. Normally, hot tea soothes my tummy but now nothing soothes my tummy. I'm so confused by this. When I had gall bladder attacks before, I had the same pain, the same grotesque nausea, BUT I also had the dry pastey light stools and swelling of my abdomin that made me look 8 mo preggers. I'm not having those two issues with this. Which makes me wonder if it's kidney stones or an ulcer. But I'm not seeing blood in the stool or vomiting coffee ground lookin' stuff. *sigh* It's very frustrating. What else do they do for an ulcer besides put you on an acid reducer? And how long before the nausea goes away? I feel so sickly that I really don't know if I'll make it to Friday for the testing. It's really odd - have you ever felt bad and had a feeling of (I don't know how to describe it) like.... "doom" .... or "I feel like I could collapse" just wash over you? Like panic? This is new to me. I've never felt this way before. What sux too is that my family doctor is a general surgeon - but he doesn't do anything laproscopically. My wls surgeon is 2 1/2 hours away and he doesn't do lap anything either. And I don't know any surgeons around here that does lap. I think I better start asking around. I don't want anyone just starting out with lap surgeries practicing on me. Hugs, Pam

Hope you all are having a great Christmas. Sorry I haven't posted much but I'm on dial-up at home. I'm working today (well sitting in the OR on stand-by) Hugs and kisses to all, and Ginger, keep posting, I'm reading, it just takes so long to do much else.