[AnnieBL]

Rosance - I can only speak from my own recently acquired experience. Certainly my stomach was gassy and to an extent has remained so ever since. I understand that gallbladder pain can be quite deceptive in that it is often 'reflected' into other parts of the body such as the back, chest and shoulder, and does tend to upset the stomach. Thus I thought at first that I had indigestion, but it got steadily worse, accompanied by back ache, then I realized that it was originating further to the right. When I found a firm tender lump under my ribs on the right hand side, I thought it was time for the ER (which was unfortunately busy). I suspect that if one has quiescent gallstones (which apparently don't necessarily show up on X-rays) then one is always at a slight risk that something (most likely nothing to do with estrogen) may trigger an attack - but that applies to so many things in life. The advice a friend of mine had from her doctor when he told her that she had quiescent gallstones was that if she ever did have an attack, don't waste time coming to him but go straight to the ER where she would probably end up anyway.