Dear Southern Belle, Thanks again for responding to my last post. Most of my worst ailments did happen practically overnight. I am starting to think that one of the stones that formed last winter was like putting the final brick in the wall. Could that final brick or stone have caused the bile to abruptly stop flowing? My bloating and distended abdomen did come on all of a sudden. I have had bad sinus for years and have read that lack of bile in my system could be responsible for my dry inflammed sinus. Since the apparent stop of bile flow, I have been constantly squirting saline into my nose, it is now chronic just like my complaining. Does anyone have any input on this? Thanks!