I heard it's bad pain on the right side. I've had a dull pain on the upper right side for the last 2 days and am hoping this isn't the beginning of losing my gall bladder. Is the pain lower low, or higher side for those who have had the misfortune of losing their gall bladder? I'll ask for a perscription for a sonogram today to see if I'm in the "sludge" stage.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help and God Bless.

Cigi

I had two tests ... a sonogram and a HIDA scan. Not sure if you have to have both. The HIDA scan actually determines what the function of the gallbladder is (as opposed to just taking still pictures).

Many people think that to have gallbladder problems you have stones. That is not always true.

I had gallbladder disease. My gallbladder burst. Dont let it get to that point.

This is a VERY subjective, personal opinion you are about to read, but in my highly limited experience, rocephin was not necessary. I had two or three undiagnosed co-infections that rocephin couldn't touch, and my Lyme responded better to abx combinations anyway.

Omnicef and ceftin can both be substituted for rocephin, provided you take them with the right combo.

Omnicef, ketek, and flagyl helped me, as did minocycline. Once I had done omnicef/ketek/flagyl for four months, and had treated the babesia, I switched to levaquin/doxy/artemisinin, and am doing great.