Hi there Billybow and welcome to the boards-

I've read that sometimes the stones are not visible on an X-Ray. You can read more about that here.
There are some really (way more than I am) insightful people here.
I am definitely not a doctor, but I have been doing a great deal of research on nutrition, cleansing, and fasting.

Since you have already been to the doctor, and they haven't been able to help you- it certainly won't hurt you to try a LIVER FLUSH. Shoot, it wouldn't hurt you try it even if they HAD been able to help you.

Check out Harvey Diamond's book- FIT FOR LIFE: A NEW BEGINNING... I learned a great deal about fasting- and giving the body a chance to heal itself. The lymph system, if healthy, after all, can be the most advanced form of medicine.

I would consider doing The Master Cleanse (there's plenty of info on that) as well- just to give your organs a rest- and let them work on cleaning up and cleaning out your insides without giving them any more work to do- (like digestion---Lots of work)

I don't think it will hurt you to fast- or flush...
Please don't take my word for it-
I'm sure others will chime in-
I just wanted to answer you and give you some support.

Hope this helps-
;-)
good luck

If your Gallstones aren't calcified, they may not show up in tests. The most common gallstone is the solid, waxy cholesterol stone. It is formed when cholesterol made in the liver precipitates into a solid, they can block biliary ducts and cause bile to back up and become stagnate. They can also fill the gallbladder and prevent adequate amounts of concentrated bile to be stored in the gallbladder and squirt out when a high fat meal is eaten. The images section on this site has some gruesome pictures of removed gallbladders full of green stones.
I would suggest you do a Liver Flush as soon as you can. Buy a gallon or two of apple juice (or juice your own if you have a juicer already)and drink all you can hold for 3-5 days. Then do the Hulda Clark liver flush. Follow the directions for the flush to the letter the first time (although you can and probably should use either grapefruit or apple juice for the Epsom Salt drinks). If Gallstones are your problem you can get relief quickly. You will probably need to do a series of flushes to become stone free, but they are worth it. Good Luck.

Well....if it was me having the pains that you are describing I would do a liver flush.....as soon as you can. I know lots of people are saying to use this apple juice and other herbs....and so on. When I had a gall bladder attack I flushed my liver the next day. I used extra virgin olive oil and fresh squeezed lemon juice. I did no preparation other than not eating and that was because I was scared of bringing on another full blown attack. I drank two cups of oil and a bunch of lemon juice, maybe three lemons. I used a straw to drink the oil and chased it with sips of lemon juice. This recipe did not come from Curezone and is not recommended for beginners in liver flushing. I had not found Curezone yet when I did this. Most of the people here use the Hulda Clark Liver Flush recipe. All that you really need to do this one is Epsom Salts , the oil and pink or red grapefruit. Any kind of grapefruit will work if you cannot find the pink or red ones. You do not need the ornithine to do it. Clark says this helps sleep. You do not need the Black-Walnut tincture either. I have never used this with a liver flush. I have never ozonated the oil. I got out hundred of stones so far. I hope you do the same. It sounds like your doctor is waiting for you to come in with a full blown gall bladder attack so they can tell you that you need immediate gall bladder surgery. They told me this, they told me I would die if I did not have my gall bladder taken out, and they wanted to do it right then. I walked out of the ER came home and did liver flushes. That was a year ago last September. I am happily posting at Curezone now, hoping I can help other people.

Welcome to Curezone.

Blueduck

//www.curezone.org/clark/liver.asp

There's a quick test you can do to see if the pain is gallbladder pain.

Get some Epsom Salts (you'll need them for the flush anyway) and mix up a drink per the instructions on the bag/box. About a level tablespoon to 12 oz of water I think is a safe dosage for a large man, I think.

If the pain eases, then you know it's liver/gallbladder related.

you can also try taking Gold Coin Grass from www.sensiblehealth.com. It's much more expensive, but it will actually dissolve the stones and ahs been known to take away g/b pain with just a few tablespoons.

It certainly wouldn't hurt to do a liver flush, provided you do the pre and post-flush work of course, and it would definitely answer your question about what's going on. I had frequent and awful shoulder pain, usually after getting acid stomach. This all went away after my first liver flush! It's nice to be pain-free. :)

Gallbladder stones is one of the #1 mis or undiagnosed health problem that Americans have. When the stones are clumped together tightly with chaffe in between the ultra-sound just can't pick them up.