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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Wed Feb 18, 2015, 10:54 AM Feb 2015

month, maybe more to jump through all the hoops. Does anyone have any advice for handling the pain until then?

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Warm showers helped to ease my pain. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #1

I would suggest that you avoid foods that cause the attacks. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2015 #2

Truth pscot Feb 2015 #3

Yep, I was able to avoid laundry_queen Feb 2015 #17

if it gets really bad, hit the er. mopinko Feb 2015 #4

Seems like a long time to 'jump through all the hoops.' elleng Feb 2015 #5

Step 1 - Family doctor makes diagnosis, schedules ultrasound hedgehog Feb 2015 #7

Still sounds long to me. elleng Feb 2015 #8

Once you get jaundiced and/or a fever of 101.4, things speed up hedgehog Feb 2015 #9

AHA! elleng Feb 2015 #10

Thank all of you for your advice and good wishes. hedgehog Feb 2015 #11

I had gall stones since I was 17 angstlessk Feb 2015 #12

Go to the emergency room and fear you are having an appendicitis angstlessk Feb 2015 #13

Just a follow-up - my doctor got me in for a sonogram right away - hedgehog Mar 2015 #18

I went to the ER TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #20

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