OMG! I have such terrible memories of that test. First, my doc went out for a smoke right beforehand and he stunk. Then, right before he put me out he said he might need to do surgery that day (depending on what they found) and I got all crazy because I couldn't miss anymore work. I think I remember screaming but it might've just been a vivid dream or reaction to all the stress. Luckily, I don't remember any pain.

Not sure why it took 3 years. Probably because the attacks were isolated and sometimes many months in between. Post-surgery, the doc explained that the pain was caused when a stone would block the common bile duct. Oh, and I moved across the country in the middle of all this. And had PHP in NY and Kaiser in CA......