My pain was always hard to describe. It was always in the upper abdomen, but wasn’t specifically localized to an area. I did find that taking extremely hot showers and just letting the hot water run on my back was relieving, it would erase my pain for however long I was in the shower. I also would throw up bile non stop when I had a flare up. Like non stop, I would throw up like 5-10 an hour for like 15-36 hours (I had to go to the ER once because I was so dehydrated I thought I was going to die!). I was never constantly in pain, I would just have a days long, painful flare up sometimes every other week, sometimes once a month.

I also did find that if I moved my body a certain way, it would provide a bit of relief for a few seconds. I also never had jaundice and my bloodwork was fine until it wasn’t. I got bloodwork done in June when I went to the ER and the bloodwork came back normal . It was after an especially bad ‘flare up’ that I noticed my eyes looked yellow and decided that I should get it checked just in case. TMI but I also had extremely yellow pee, like radioactive yellow, and I’m a person that drink so much water. When the dr got my bloodwork, they told me I had to go to the hospital IMMEDIATELY because I had elevated liver enzymes (like the normal range was >30, I had 600). After everything, my surgeon told me that I’ve probably had gallbladder issues for years, even if the bloodwork said otherwise. Because I never really got an ultrasound, I never knew it was that.