Having a gall bladder issue suddenly after being keto for some time then eating high carb foods for some reason and returning to keto isn't exactly uncommon.
All the more reason to not cheat. But, it's not the fat that has caused it. It was the carbs. Going back to LCHF should cause the stone to pass.
There's a very detailed podcast on Ketotalk about it somewhere.

Yup, sure sounds like gallbladder to me. Talk to your doctor, sooner, rather than later.

It's possible to pass gallstones but if you get persistent agonizing pain go the hospital because gallstones can very easily get stuck in your bile duct. This leads to horrible pain and pancreatitis.

It never hurts to get checked by a doctor. A guy I work with actually had his gallbladder rupture because he put off surgery. What would've been an easy outpatient laparoscopic procedure ended up being a huge surgery, infection, and a big hospital stay! Not trying to scare you but his story makes me feel overly cautious!

Absolutely, this sounds exactly like your gallbladder, but honestly, unless it is incredibly diseased, I personally would not have it out under any costs. Another friend in my friends list has posted about this lately too. I have just about every terrible consequence you can have with having had it out, and this mess I would not wish on my worst enemy.

Personally, I would have it checked out to rule out disease/genetic issue/dangerous condition. You may find out that you have many stones that need to be broken up with laser treatment. But if it is not diseased, I would jump through every single hoop ever to not have it out. I don't want to scare you, but if you had my side effects, the bathroom timing requirements alone would probably mean you could no longer teach. (I generally have 30 seconds up to maybe 3 minutes before my bowels auto dump sometimes. Not all the time, but sometimes, and holding it isn't an option, because the bowel will expel what it views as a problem situation quite...violently. And most teachers I know do not even have the option to leave a classroom to pee, so this would create an untenable situation.)

Now this does not happen to everyone. @Sunny_Bunny_ in particular doesn't have that issue if I remember correctly, but I do not believe that she ever achieved such a high weight as to be considered morbidly obese or severely morbidly obese as I am/was. I believe personally that for me, getting that heavy (I was 319 highest medically recorded weight, and I'm just under 5'4") and continuing to eat more and worse foods than I should have been doing depleted a good portion of my digestive system's long term resources having to deal with all of the excess I was providing it.

I have "hit a wall" with my ketogenic diet 3 times since starting almost 2 years ago, but adding in those digestive enzymes with every meal has helped me traverse through, and I haven't had any major issues since doing so. Sending you good thoughts that whatever you've got is treatable, or that if you have to have the surgery, that you might be able to not have the horrid side effects or can supplement immediately to prevent the worst of them... @MKknits.

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It's possible to pass gallstones but if you get persistent agonizing pain go the hospital because gallstones can very easily get stuck in your bile duct. This leads to horrible pain and pancreatitis.

This is the biggest concern with gallstones. Everyone has them, but if you "pass" a larger one and it gets stuck in your bile duct, you're talking emergency surgery. Have your doctor check your gall bladder just to be safe.

I had mine out a little over a year ago, and have had no issues with digestion or elimination, just occasional heartburn if I eat too much spicy food.

Get checked if it lasts. I had severe (as bad as childbirth pain) in my upper right quadrant periodically. I had gone to the ER several times over 20 yrs and was most often given a GI cocktail and sedatives. If my pain eventually subsided, "I was cured". One year, it was so bad that I was worked up for everything...every provider was convinced it was gall bladder, but MRI/testing said no.

It finally got so bad that I told my doc I was ready for exploratory surgery. Being a medical provider myself and having a wonderful repoire with the surgeon, he agreed. Turned out, I had acute appendencitis and had been having attacks over the years. The appendix was necrotic from previous attacks and apparently, even tho my appendix was in a normal position in the lower right quadrant, all my pain was for whatever reason referred to the upper right quadrant. I was so frustrated that it took 20 yrs to figure this out.

If your pain/discomfort is persistent, be persistent about getting an answer as to why.

MKMnits, Glad you are going to have the dr. take a look. Healing thought headed your way.

My husband has a high pain tolerance and I have to nag him sometimes to get stuff looked at, after all I am his caregiver when ill and he is a terrible patient, doesn't complain about pain usually, just everything else and has to be waited on hand and foot.