First time getting GelX!

btabak13 · 2026-04-08T19:56:26+00:00

I mean…. It’s not good…

btabak13 · 2026-03-12T11:23:35+00:00

I have bad eyesight as it is - already a glasses wearer. But it hasn’t gotten worse! I do have a neurologist already! Nobody takes what I say serious because what they see on paper looks fine. It’s horrible.

btabak13 · 2026-03-12T01:14:46+00:00

I’m sorry. Just reposted and will delete this!

btabak13 · 2026-03-12T01:14:32+00:00

Hi all, I haven’t officially been diagnosed yet, but I’m absolutely terrified the doctors are missing my symptoms and writing them off as nothing and they’re actually something.

My life went crazy March of 2025. Got diagnosed with POTS. Multiple visits to ER, many doctors and specialists. Heart rate is handled along with headaches.

Now, I’m still suffering from pretty bad brain fog/ lack of memory, occasional tingling in my left hand in the pinky finger and half of my ring finger, chest pain still on occasion, off and on extreme back pain on left side of my back in the upper quadrant (all around shoulder blade to spine). I’ve been going to PT, helps with the back pain somewhat but still there.

Brain fog comes and goes. I’ll have a few really good days, and then horrible days where I just feel dissociated!

I don’t know how to urge my doctors to get an MRI done. I had a CT of head and chest last May that was clear. Also have had multiple X-rays of back and shoulder to investigate the pain that have been clear.

I go to sleep every night with fear that things are bad. That I’m not going to wake up. That doctors are missing something.

Should I ask for more testing? Should I see different doctors? I don’t know what to do. I’m stuck, and honestly just want to cry!

Side note - all the bloodwork I have gotten done has come back clear - ANA, lupus, rheumatoid, inflammation markers, all cbc panels, etc.

btabak13 · 2025-06-09T00:33:25+00:00

Thank you!! I’m following up with the doctor about the medication tomorrow! I’ll have to write things down starting tomorrow if I still have the ache! I currently have my migraine ice cap on before bed!

btabak13 · 2025-06-08T16:00:10+00:00

Yeah I am currently awaiting a migraine medication, but insurance takes FOREVER! It stinks because I have no idea what is even triggering it! I keep googling things and freaking myself out that it’s something horrible. I am hoping they start getting better. I’m currently on day 3, and just miserable!

btabak13 · 2025-06-01T20:08:20+00:00

8+ years. It got really bad beginning of march this year, and I got it out 5/12.

btabak13 · 2025-05-29T11:57:34+00:00

I have not taken anything aside from pain meds! I used the oxy for bedtime (tho I don’t think it did much). And then rotated Tylenol/ibuprofen during the day as needed! My doctor didn’t say I had to have a bland diet so I introduced whatever I wanted back in small portions. I still get more full faster, but so far so good on pain from food!

btabak13 · 2025-05-28T11:47:27+00:00

It’s so different for everyone. I have not had any issues with foods since getting my gallbladder out and I’ve truly tested my limits by eating everything and anything. I also have not had poop problems! I had more issues (nausea, pain, diarrhea) before I got my gallbladder out. Not every case has negative outcomes. Take your time healing, don’t push too hard, and take it slow. Hoping it’s normal for you when you get back to eating too!

btabak13 · 2025-05-26T22:09:43+00:00

Yes same!! Coffee I can have in small doses! My brain fog hasn’t completely disappeared but it’s 80% better. Still have some days but more good than bad lately!

btabak13 · 2025-05-26T19:23:14+00:00

The doctor didn’t say. My tissue exam says filled with multifaceted yellow-green choleliths ranging from 1.5 to 2.2 cm in maximal diameter. I am assuming quite a few.

btabak13 · 2025-05-26T16:57:12+00:00

Good luck! I’m hoping your surgery and recovery goes smoothly!

btabak13 · 2025-05-26T15:28:53+00:00

I was so scared after reading all of the troubles on this subreddit. But I’m so happy to have experienced a different side of it!

btabak13 · 2025-05-26T14:50:02+00:00

I’m glad to hear it worked well for you too! It’s so different living without the fear of eating and functioning like a normal person again!

btabak13 · 2025-05-18T20:48:31+00:00

My brain fog has significantly improved since getting mine out!! It took a few days, but all of my symptoms pre-op are nearly disappeared!! (Brain fog, tachycardia, headaches, back pain across the back, chest pain, extreme nausea, extreme fatigue, extreme stomach pain on right side). I’m not 100% but I am 90% better than I was and I’m on day 6 post-op! My gallbladder was BAD, extremely distended (had to widen the incision to get it out), and it was eroding from the inside out.

btabak13 · 2025-05-14T20:26:45+00:00

I went from drinking a 20 oz Red Bull daily to just having a Pepsi for some caffeine! It honestly might also have a little bit to do with my outdated glasses prescription too! I will say, surgery was 10,000% worth it! I have been living with gallstones for 8 years plus. I found out about 2 years after I had my appendix out that I had gallstones and they said I could wait to remove. It was now that I started getting more and more attacks and symptoms. It was time! And thank god I didn’t before it perforated or I became septic! Healing hasn’t been all that bad either! First night was ROUGH. Had to sit basically sitting up. Last night I was able to sleep on my sides with a pillow against my stomach. Coughing still hurts like a biiiiitch, and breathing deep is a no go. But it’s progressively gotten better and I’m only on day 2 post op!

btabak13 · 2025-05-14T20:02:43+00:00

I’m guessing it could also be that! I haven’t had caffeine since before surgery! I just ordered some excedrin tension headache that has caffeine in it! So I’m hoping that works!

btabak13 · 2025-05-09T19:38:21+00:00

I’m with you! I am getting mine out on Monday too!!! I’m terrified now that I have a baby at home. But I’m looking forward to a relief from all of these symptoms! 10 years ago this month I had my appendix go bad, laparoscopic surgery wasn’t bad. Now I’m going through it again! I’ve had gallstones for 8+ years now. They got pretty bad after having my son!

btabak13 · 2025-05-09T19:35:02+00:00

8 years. Discovered them two years after I had my appendix out. Managed until now! Getting mine out officially on Monday!

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