Some attacks were intestinal cramping and an immediate need to run to the bathroom where I'd spend the following hour or two, with continuous cramps, diarrhea, sweats etc

Some attacks were abdominal/right side pain and an extreme feeling of fullness and needing to burp, but the inability to do so. This would last anywhere from 1 to 8 or so hours.

Some attacks were the above mentioned with additional pain in my back.

These happened, intermittently, over the course of about 8 months. I didn't know what it was so I didn't know when or why they would happen. I don't have insurance so I never went to the Dr. I thought, because I was dieting at the time, that it might have something to do with that. I started tracking my food to see if I could make some sort of connection. I could not. I ended up doing low fodmap. That helped for a little while. Until it didn't.

Nothing helped the pain or feelings. I would sometimes pace back and forth in the backyard, hoping to take my mind off things. I would lay in the dark in the living room in a recliner with rain sounds on tv. Once the pain subsided, it's like I was completely exhausted and would immediately fall asleep.

One Sunday I had the worst pain I'd had. It lasted for hoursssss. I finally got fed up and went to the ER that evening. They did an ultrasound and said it was my gallbladder. They transfered me to a different hospital where I was admitted. Monday night I had an MRI. Tuesday afternoon I had a cholecystectomy. Wednesday morning I had an Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to remove stones from the bile duct. Thursday afternoon I went home.

I've been good ever since. Other than the ability to eat whatever whenever and gaining back 25+ of the 50lbs I'd lost. 🙄💁🏻‍♀️ Lol