What life is after gall bladder removal?

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I had my gallbladder removed a year and a half ago, I still have pains in my stomach sometimes and I have a hard time digesting my food. Sometimes it takes hours for it to digest when before it wouldn't take that long. Is there anything that I should be doing differently than what I am doing now. I am also having a hard time losing weight that I gained shortly after having my gall bladder removed. Any ideas?

WildAlaskanRose · Newbie Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 1

[quote="Guest"] [i]Dear Theresa,

At the beginning there was only bad dirahea. after 2,5years I still have the dirahea. I also had the very similar problems like you. After eating, nausea, fullness, acid refulx, burning, in my stomach etc.. No doctor can solve it so far. They all say that I have nothing wrong. But, my symptoms are getting worse.

I too had terrible complications with 24/7 stomach cramps (full intestinal) and diahrrea. At first my doctor put me on Questran, a powder that for some reason will help alleviate the symptoms; but it only got the cramps and diahrrea down to twice a day for 3 hours each, and only if I only ate twice a day. But since I had other pain issues, I ended up going into a Pain Clinic, and they put me on a low dose of Morphine for a very bad spinal column injury and stenosis. Well, every single symtom of the complications ie the stomach cramps and diahrrea and vomiting and everything related to the gall bladder removal went away!! I cant believe how well it worked, and since I will be on morphine the rest of my life (my lower back is just GONE and Im only offering this as my experience you can write me privately if you wish wildalaskanrose@yahoo.com) the problems with the complications dont even bother me anymore unless I do something stupid like eat a lot of fruit at one time.

Just a possibility for someone if they get stuck with the gall bladder removal complications. I myself found them of extreme levels of constant non-stop pain and a complete inability to handle it and life and now I can..

Vanessa in Alaska

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I had my gall bladder taken out on 5/22/07. I would have intense attacks after certain meals (especially if I ate beef), it got so bad that the pain would not go away unless I made myself throw up. The HIDA /CCK scan showed that my gall bladder was working at 12%. I wanted to wait before I had surgery to see if it would get better with diet and exercise but after I had another attack, I called an scheduled the surgery. The surgery went well, not much pain except from the air still inside me, this shoulder pain was pretty severe but came only once in a while during the first 2 weeks post-op. And using Bengay strips really helped it subside.

It's been about 3 weeks now since the surgery, I am glad I had it because I feel much healthier. However, I still have to watch what I eat because I do get discomfort sometimes...but not half as bad as it was before and it goes away if I drink some carbonated beverage like Sprite. I can't eat anything that has too much preservatives ..like Hot pockets, that made me throw up..can't have MSG which a lot of Asian restaurants use..so I am very selective. I also can't have anythin too fatty, like fastfood etc. Fruit seems to cause some pain too. In term of dairy products, I can't eat cheese but ice-cream and chocolates go down fine. I am eating more organic food now and cooking at home more which is great cause I am starting to drop some weight. I can eat beef again!

I truly believe that everyone reacts differently to the surgery, Maybe with time I will be able to eat everything that I used to eat, but I am not complaining because it has forced me to eat healthier...I was a junk food addict!

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Hi im 16 and im having my gall bladder out tomorrow and i was wondering how is the life afterwards...with diets and such am i going to end up gaing weight over time losing weight? Can someone please hep thank you

Kristal · Newbie Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 1

Prilosec works great for the acid reflux!

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I found this information really helpful i had my gall bladder removed 3 years ago and my tolerance to food has almost became unbearable. This wasnt immediate its got progressively worse and at the minute im so lethargic and keep losing weight. Naturally i know its food i cannot by any means go to a restaurant for a meal which was something we used to do as a family. I cannot eat outside my own home because i dont feel safe without the privacy of my own bathroom. Its ridiculous. I noticed recently certain meals i have are fine, cereals, pasta and wholegrain bread which i love anyway have been okay, i was actually suprised at pasta but it seems to energise me slightly so i guess i need to keep looking. I have decided to keep a diary on what i eat and the effects. Fast food is definately no more or anything fried for that matter. I must admit im angry that the after effects of this 'dont seem to exist' because we are not told of anything to be aware of, or even dietary advice i had absolutely no idea. My own experience was sudden i doubled over at home the pain scared the life out of me. After i was admitted i think 2 days later the whites of my eyes were yellow i felt extremely ill. I didnt use the bathroom for 4 days and when i did it was bright yellow. Of course i freaked out but the doctor just said i had passed a stone, and the blockage had basically caused jaundice and poisoned me. That was all i was told. My liver enzymes were around 1300 at this time and i was scared because they said it should have been only a few hundred. I also had the pain in my right shoulder after the operation he told me it was caused by smoking?? I found out myself it was due to a 'gas' if you like that was used during the operation and can leave small amounts that go away by themselves.

All this and what happens after? The doctors really need to tell us more about this iv only found out through feeling awful that i have to change my diet for the rest of my life, and find a way to be able to go out with my family again to a restaurant or even eat a sandwich without worrying if there is a bathroom.

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I am 18, average weight and had my gall bladder removed exactly a week ago. It was a painless procedure which kept me in bed for 2 days. I had no problems with the gas after in my shoulder or my stomach. Also, since the surgery I have been eating fajitas and french fries with no pains, nausea or vomiting. The worst experience from the whole thing was getting the IV haha. Good luck to anyone who is having it done, and don't worry about it.

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Hi,

My name is Jamie, and it's been a lil over a year since i have my larascopic surgery. Like most of you, I have the bloating, gas and loose bowels. It's very frustrating my allergies are all out of whack, and so is the rest of my body. I haven't lost weight but I feel so bloated I couldn't even tell you if I had or not. If I am having an allergic reaction to foods, then that could be why im staying bloated and not loosing any weight. I do feel worse than before my surgery. I hope that things will get better soon.

Jamie

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I am a 23 yo female with paraplegia from the waist down i had my gall bladder removed on June 18 2007 , finding 10 gall stones, since I have experienced nausea and vomiting every other day. How Strange Yea!! Every other day I feel fine and can get up and function like I "normally" do. My Doctor has said that I may have to deal with the vomiting for the rest of my life but I'm 23 now sureley at this rate I will have dentures in the next 5-10 years and who knows how bad my internal damage will be. ANY HELP!!!!

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hi. i am a 33 year old female and i had my gall bladder removed 3 years ago, 2 years after i found out i had gall stones. life has been pure hell since then. after 6 months of having to have a bathroom close by after i eat anything, it was suddenly replaced by unbearable pain in my stomach every time i ingested anything. i have a 5 year old child. i found out i was pregnant after 3 days after i found out i had gall stone, thus the delay in the surgery. my life since then have been filled with pain, doctors, medications i need and didn't need, lots of crying and prayers. my heart goes out to everyone that has to deal with this. for a long time, i thought i was the only one and i thought it was just my doctors who actually tried to put me on anti-depression meds. because they told me it was depression and nothing to do with physical pain. i think they called it a functional problem. well, good news to all the years of pain is that i think i've finally found a g.i. who really believes me and is ready to get to the bottom of this. first thing he wants to do is to find out it i have more stones blocking my bile ducts by performing MRI. i don't know what will happen after that but at least he's doing more than just blood tests and endoscopy after endoscopy. good luck to all of you out there and i'll post updates if there are any good or bad news after my MRI. thanks.

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