Needs some answers

Hi, I'm hoping to find someone who has had similar experiences to put my mind at ease. I'm a 37yo female, generally healthy with the exception of thyroid and anxiety issues. I was "diagnosed" as having IBS when I was a teenager bc everything I ate went right through me and I struggled with that for years but suddenly stopped having problems after I had my kids….maybe bc I started eating better. Anyway…diagnosed with gastritis and GERD 7 years ago. It comes and goes, I'm not on anything for it full time. So 2 weeks ago I started having weird pain around my right ribs, sometimes into my back and a little into my left rib. I thought I strained something while painting in my house. It was almost like pinching pain. Nothing horrible. I've had loose stools over the last month or so…they just come and go, but its always in the morning after I drink coffee. I eat a pretty low fat diet so I can't say I have any problems after "fatty meals" The fattiest stuff I eat is cheese really. So my Dr. thinks I am looking at a gallbladder problem, and ordered an ultrasound which showed nothing. When she was pushing on my abdomen I had a very sharp, almost electric pain shoot through my back near my shoulder blade. The last week I've lost a few lbs and have been having yellow-brown stools, which I am having a hard time clearly understanding if they're related to gallbladder or not. I've cut out coffee and most alcohol so things have not been so…um…regular but this yellow thing is new. So my anxiety and GERD are kicked into high gear. I'm terrified that I actually have something much worse like pancreatic cancer, and I'm terrified of the HIDA scan. symptoms are so strange…mild pain, no nausea or vomiting, no jaundice etc... Can anyone ease my mind? Anyone been through this?

I'm glad it's not just me. I haven't had a ct scan yet. Dr seems convinced its gallbladder. I guess if the hida scan doesn't show anything that would be the next step. I don't even want to think about what other possibilities there are. So what explanation does your GI give you for your symptoms? It seems like they'd want to explore that further.