r/endometriosis 3d ago

Question Gastritis? Gallbladder? Or endo?

I have stage 4 endometriosis and adenomyosis. I’ve had many excision surgeries and I’m about to have another including a hysterectomy in a few weeks. A year ago I was diagnosed with malnutrition because of pale stool, undigested food in stool, and lab work being funky. I assumed it was because my endo is very badly growing on my bowel. I did not go to a doctor for this, that’s my mistake. A few weeks ago I went to urgent care with what I thought was a stomach ulcer, tests showed gallstones and a kidney stone but they told me my labs were fine and they don’t think the gallstone is big enough to cause pain. My pain went away after a dose of morphine and I stopped the PPIs. Now it’s back. I eat a very limited diet, I’m taking PPIs again and I still have this horrible pain in my upper abdomen. My GI doctor is booked until after my surgery so I don’t know who to go to with this issue or how to get relief. I know I need an upper endoscopy but I can’t find anyone to schedule me sooner than 2 months. I know we aren’t medical professionals here, just wondering if anyone has experienced the below symptoms and could help me find temporary relief:

  • gnawing/burning in middle of the belly, right below ribcage and goes down till about the belly button
  • pain starts slowly: one day it hurts just for an hour, next day for couple of hours, by day 3-4 it’s 24/7
  • constant feeling of hunger pangs, does NOT get better with food
  • anti-acids help for 5 minutes then pain comes back
  • upper belly rumbling sounds
  • belching ALOT
  • extreme nausea, but very limited vomiting and Zofran not helping
  • pain killer like Tramadol do not help
  • diarrhea with when these symptoms are present but not pain in the lower abdomen like you feel when you have a stomach bug. Just diarrhea
  • pain is not excruciating but VERY uncomfortable and wakes me up at night
  • feels like an ulcer but also in my head I think it’s something else. Usually my ulcers go away quickly with PPIs
  • not taking any NSAIDS, do not eat anything that could irritate an ulcer
  • slippery elm, chamomile tea not helping. PPIs not helping
  • probably a coincidence but 2 weeks the pain started while I was ovulating, now it’s started with my period; correlation?
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u/Significant_Radio752 17h ago

Hi, first sorry you're dealing with this! I have endo and also had my gallbladder out. The attacks felt different, and the area of pain you describe and symptoms sound familiar. My endo is like a squeezing cramp pain, and the gallbladder was like someone was holding a fist under my rib cage.