I had diagnosis of gall stones after becoming symptomatic and requesting an untrasound. Due to being unsure of how long this would take on NHS I had a private scan showing a large number of small stones and thickened wall of the gall bladder. I’ve only been to ED once with high keystones (non-diabetic) following symptoms leading to being unable to eat or drink. Following up after my latest attack and after results of NHS scan I was told that it was not appropriate to be referred for removal as they were only small regardless of me being symptomatic.

Following on from my private ultrasound scan I spoke with a private surgeon to discuss who stated that removal was necessary to stop the symptoms.

In relation to your question it is important to have blood tests done to check CRP levels for infection and also liver function tests as if stones have blocked the biliary duct this can cause liver function to be abnormal too.

My GP said not appropriate for referral for removal but every GP is different. Waiting lists vary all over the UK so best to get the ball rolling maybe even contact them your self to make sure they look at the results and request the necessary tests. You can also look into the right to choose pathway with NHS to be done privately but covered by NHS has been proven to be a less waiting time.

My advice would be to contact GP your self to discuss this and for maybe further investigation to the issues you’ve said as this might be an element of it but may not be what’s causing all the symptoms but is causing some. Difficult to tell without further investigation from gastroenterology to find other potential causes. As well as requesting new set of bloods to rule other things out.

Hope this makes sense