Question: Hi, my girlfriend had her gall bladder out about 5 months ago and ever since then she's been nauseous everyday. She just went to a GI and they did a CT scan but they have not given her the results yet. Tonight she was complaining of nausea again and then she felt a sharp pain on the left side of her abdomen. She also said she could feel a quarter sized ball. She's actually in the restroom vomiting as we speak. What should we do?

Thank you for your response. The gall bladder was removed Laparoscopically, with 4 incisions due to it being enlarged. The surgery was actually back in May. She did have another laparoscopic procedure for endometriosis in December to "clean up" scar tissue etc. Before her gall bladder was removed, she stayed a week in the hospital for observation where they did an upper endoscopy and found a hiatial hernia and long red marks on her stomach lining. Hoping for results of ct scan tomorrow.

As far as medications, she has been on topirimate (topimax) (50mg/day) for migraines and sumatriptan with naproxen as needed when she gets migraines. Birth Control continuously for suppression of the endometriosis. Ambien as needed (rarely taken, usually weekends if at all). They have tried her on omeprazole at first, but took her off when it didn't seem to respond to anything. She takes dramamine fairly regular as it tends to be the only thing that helps with the nausea. And she takes ultram for the endometriosis pain as needed. The GI doctor she is seeing is concerned that the endometriosis could have spread to stomach or bowels, which is why he ran the ct, but we are skeptical since her ob/gyn just did the procedure in December. She has not seen much relief today.

I just responded but think I may have hit cancel instead of submit. I apologize if you get two messages. We called today for the results of the ct scan and we were told that they were in but we did not receive a copy. They did tell us over the phone that the ct scan cam back negative for Crohn's (which we were unaware they were testing) but that it showed she had a distorted stomach. After a little research we saw that indigestion could be a cause, but were concerned because before her test she did not have anything to eat since 8pm the night before and her test was not until 2:30 the next day. Could that still be indigestion with such a large lapse in time of no food? What other causes result in a distorted stomach? Additionally, they told her that she needed to come in right away to speak with the doctor, so she is schedule to see him tomorrow - are there certain questions she should be asking or tests she should be requesting? Further, she has been nauseous now for 4 days, throwing up constantly, almost every morning and night (food not a factor). She also has been having issues with bowel movements, constipated at times or painful at other times. The last time she was at the GI doctor, he told her that if the ct came back negative (which I am assuming it did, minus the distorted stomach) that they were going to move on to a stomach emptying test - do you agree with this next step? What would this be looking for? We really appreciate all of your feedback so far. I apologize it was distended stomach, not distorted.
Thank you kindly.