GERD then non functioning gall bladder and now gallstones -Appreciate your response.

Hi,
I'm 37 year old male with normal BMI, For the past 10 years i'm struggling with digestions issues. Initially it started with acid reflux, then lot of bloating and burping on left side of the rib. Initial endoscopy diagnoses came as gastritis and then had ppi which kept under control, then whenever i eat heavy meals/fatty/oily foods, i started to get problems again and one point i felt pain on my right side, did hida scan in 2011 which came my gallbladder was 0% not working at all. I did not opt for surgery , but was going with a low fat diet , still i was facing on and off bloating,burping and extreme dizziness. But recently i got extreme bloating /burping where i took ultrasound showed i have multiple gallstones and also i did endoscopy again which showed barrets esophagus with non dysplesia. .But looking on all the forums ,i'm totally scared if i will run in to any major problems compared to now. I met surgeon twice where they said dizziness is not related to my gb and after gb removal too i will have digestion issues as i have barrets esophagus.Its been 10 years of struggle which i really want to breakthrough where currently i face issue with my family,work due to these issues. I see only option left is to remove my gallbladder. I wonder atleast any of the burping/bloating and dizziness symptoms will go and lead a happy life atleat for next 10 to 20 years. Appreciate your response who has gone through.

The severity was less intially and slowly now progressed to a point where every other meal is causing me bloating and lot of burping even with low fat food. I cant really figure out the burping is coming due to gallbladder or Barrets esophagus with non desplysia/Gastritis as I don't have sharp pain, but pain on both left and dull pain on right. So really confused if even my gallbladder will solve the problem or not. Also past 3 weeks I feel some discomfort in my throat. Appreciate if any one had similar problems and removing gallbladder fixed it or not.

I did not have stones, mine was not functioning right. You would be wise to have yours taken out. Leaving it in with the facts you have stated will potentially lead to some bad problems. I would not take the risk of doing nothing.

thanks for sharing the experience. Hope my severe stomach bloating and burping goes away after gb removal.

No, I didn't have the bloating and belching symptoms.