Hello, thegeeksmom,
I am really puzzeled by your description of passing gallstones .This is not
true gallstones showing up in the stool. Some sort of chemical reaction
between olive oil and lemon juice, forms oily balls colored green by bile
and comes out in the stool and floats . Real gallstones sink in the water.
This
liver cleansing and
gallbladder cleansing is a quackery.
What you probably had was an acute dilatation of the stomach due to
excess gas from the butter and cookie dough. Ginger facilitates some
digestive process and hence the berps. When the stomach is quite
distended, that causes pressure on the
nerve endings and that is the
reason for
shoulder pain (Pressure on the diaphragm ) and the
back pain.
I am sure, when once the stomach empties and you expel all the gas,
you should feel better.
I suggest that you get an upper GI x-rays and also a sonogram of the
gallbladder to see if you have real gallstones.
Try to stay away from fatty and greasy foods.
I wish you well.