Migration of surgical staples or clips

Hi Guys,

This is a weird one, even for me.

I had my gallbladder out through laparoscopic surgery in 2013. It was well done and apart from what I thought were residual phantom pains over the years, I had not complained.

But I've been having more and more pain where my gallbladder used to be over the last 2-3yrs. It was written off as indigestion or gastritis or even, at one point I thought that it could be my liver. Nausea has been increasing in the mornings (no I am not pregnant!) and the last few days I have had severe burping (I do not ever burp), liquidy output and more sharp pain.

We did 2 or 3 ultrasounds over the last years that showed nothing.

Today I got a sharp, very localized pain that felt like a nail or staple sticking into me, inside-out...very sharp and it felt like it was scratching/ripping the tissue. I can almost 'feel' it under the skin but not exactly...it is a bit too deep.

Every time I bend or move I feel the staple (I am guessing that it is a staple or clip) scratching/ripping through something.

I got my G.P to script me an upper abdominal x-ray. I am too scared to go to ER (like she suggested) due to Covid so I have an appt for Weds in a small private clinic.

I am praying that my old French surgeon is still operating because he is the only one who knows my biology, inside out having assisted on my Kpouch revision here.

I spoke with another K poucher in England who has had the same thing happen...apparently it is much less rare than I imagined.

Has anyone else had migrating staples? What did they do?

Sharon