Gallbladder?

How do you know when you start to have gallbladder trouble? Lately Ive been having this dull ache in my upper right side. Somedays its worse than others but the last few days its been really bothering me. Is it my gallbladder?

Yep

Could be, I would have my doctor send you in for a scan.  It is simple enough to determine, and frankly common for people who have gone through rapid weightloss.  Mine went bad prior to my having my RNY, so I had it removed at the same time as the RNY.  I felt frequently like I was having a heartattack and it was soooo painful. 

Hope you feel better soon!
Jackie

Yes mam............I had mine removed 6 years ago.............I was so sick.........every time  I had an attack I would vomit and be in so much intense pain...........finally had it removed!!  Felt better immdiately!!

I don't know.  I lost my gallbladder about ten years ago as a result of rapid weight loss and rapid decrease in fat intake.  The first time I noticed a problem I had gone out with friends for Mexican food and had food with more fat than I normally ate.  That night I had pain between my shoulder blades and chest, like the worst heartburn you ever had, with throwing up for several hours.  It happened again maybe a month later, then more often, until finally I could eat almost anything and have heart-attack type symptoms.  Once I was actually taken by ambulance and treated like heart attac****il I got to the hospital and had tests.  So for me it wasn't a dull or continuous ache.  It was pretty sharp and accompanied by nausea/vomiting.  Hope this helps.

Had mine removed at about 11 months post op RNY - they HURT - mine got bad enough that even fat free milk would set it off - my insurance was sucky with getting it approved though and I was sick with it for about 5 months!!  Make sure and get checked out and document every attack or possible attack, what you ate prior to the attack as well - - it may help with dumb and ignorant insurance people! At least the people handling my case were LOL