Question: In March, I was having heartburn issues and the doc. prescribed me Omeprazole. That didn't seem to do much over the following few months, so I stopped taking it.

Back in October, I had bad stomach pain (in the center) and felt nauseous. I had Omeprazole, from the previous treatment and started taking it again. It was the most painful week of my life. I went back to my doctor and they gave me panteprazole. Over the course of a month, they did an endoscopy which only showed some gastritis and duodentis. They ran a bunch of tests, B12, Folic acid, Ultrasound of the abdomen, CDC, all normal. We then did a HIDA Scan and it showed my EF was 17%. And said I needed surgery. The pain over that month "moved" from being in the center of my abdomen to the right side under my ribs.

I decided to stop taking the PPI and immediately felt significantly better, but still not right. (Basically from missing work to being able to travel to Puerto Rico). Over the last two months I sometimes have mild right side pain, some bloating and a lump in my throat. My stomach feels "off" most of the time. Before the last week of PPI therapy, I had never in my life experienced right side pain. It seems like the PPI caused the gallbladder issues (Which I have found a few medical studies that show this.).

Any ideas on what is going on? Could this improve and fix itself? Is there something I could do to "help it". Or is it that my gallbladder needs to come out? I've been taking probiotics to try and reset the gut flora. I got way better when I got off the PPI. I've never had right side pain. I am 35, male, 5' 9", 130 lbs. (i.e. thin) and very active, going rock climbing a few times a week until all this happened. I don't fit any of the risk factors for gallbladder disease.

Thanks!

I got my blood glucose tested as well as H.pylori. The BGL was 80 and I was negative for H.pylori. They did a full CBC on me and everything was normal. Thyroid was normal as well. Ultrasound, normal, no wall thickening, etc.

It got so bad on the PPI and I felt so much better off of it, is there an alternative? Also, before the PPI, I never had these symptoms. Seems like the two are connected.