back or kidney pain after gall bladder removal?

virtualbeing · Newbie Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 2

i am just past 3 weeks after gall bladder removal. What's up with this "mystery back pain"? i thought I was pretty much all fine and about 80% or better. But last few days my upper or maybe middle back on the right side is sore.

i saw 2 doctors Thursday and they think it is just back muscle spasms. NOT A KIDNEY problem. I don't seem to have any urination problems or anything. no fever, no sickness etc. Maybe it is simply my back, but doesn't seem like anormal back pain.

meanwhile the surgey areas are a little sore and they were all cool the last week or so. Seems weird to me that the pain is sort of cycling back. I thought i was pretty much over it. I only used pain pills the first 3 days or so and felt improvement up until about 5 days or so ago.

Does it seem like the pain can fluctuate back in? I thought i was over pain.

the back seems the worst. it feels like about an inch or so just below my ribs on my right back area. Is this simalar to what you guys feel and the location?

it's not horrible- not like the gall bladder was SOOOOOO bad. But this is painful. God i hope it's not my kidney. Docs...say nope. but man it hurts..could it be the liver itself?

thanks for any info

rhocke · Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 2007 Posts: 1

Just got my gall bladder removed (lap-coly). I am also experiencing soreness in my upper back slightly on the left side of my shoulder blade. Not sure why. Went to doctor today to get Chest X-Ray. Still waiting for results. Any Ideas?

Guest · Guest

Hi there,
I was 26 when I had my gallbladder removed. (during pregnancy none the less).
What you are experiencing is called "phantom gall bladder" pain. When surgeons remove the gallbladder, they leave behind the duct that carries bile from the gallbladder to your stomach. If you had your gallbladder removed due to stones, sometimes a stone gets left behind, and blocks that duct, which causes the "phantom gall bladder" effect. This causes the duct to dump the bile into your stomach.
I find that generally when that pain begins, drinking a glass of milk and eating a piece of bread can help to stop the pain. Pain medications don't seem to help much, at least for me.
You CAN return to your surgeon and ask to have the duct removed, but it means another surgery.

Guest · Guest

I am 29 now and had my gallbladder removed at the age of 20 for what my doctor said was the worst case of gallstones he had ever seen in someone my age. A year or so after the surgery I started having tenderness, pain, swelling and lumps in both sides where my kidneys are. They have not in 8 yrs figured it out. I also have digestive problems that they told me would go away within a year...beware of this surgery. It os not as simple and easy to get over as they like you to believe. Now they say I may have Cushings Syndrome..all I knwo is I was fine before and now my body is falling apart...

steadyhealth4me · Newbie Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

I had my surgery 2006; I told my doctor and he said it was not him;
2008 my right back side still now hurts. I haven't had it checked out
yet; I can't sleep; Sometimes I feel sickly. Mucosal issues; IgA
deficient now; negative for lactos intalerence; Some times I so
weak; I have be having syncope, dizzy spells, since 1990ish;
Today was the worse; I usually eat to feel better but it took
a lot longer to recover from this one. 7-9-07 I went to ER via
EMS with high blood pressure; I can't go out side in the heat
any more. On 11-7-07 I got ready sick diarrhea and exsplosive
vomiting; 11-13-07 I found a shammy looking cloth in the gallon
jug OJ. I still have it but have no idea who would do something
like that. I told my onocologist, internal med and gastro doctors
who said very little. What can I do?
I don't have a who done it. Crying or Very sad

Guest · Guest

I had my surgery 2006; I told my doctor and he said it was not him;
2008 my right back side still now hurts. I haven't had it checked out
yet; I can't sleep; Sometimes I feel sickly. Mucosal issues; IgA
deficient now; negative for lactos intalerence; Some times I so
weak; I have be having syncope, dizzy spells, since 1990ish;
Today was the worse; I usually eat to feel better but it took
a lot longer to recover from this one. 7-9-07 I went to ER via
EMS with high blood pressure; I can't go out side in the heat
any more. On 11-7-07 I got ready sick diarrhea and exsplosive
vomiting; 11-13-07 I found a shammy looking cloth in the gallon
jug OJ. I still have it but have no idea who would do something
like that. I told my onocologist, internal med and gastro doctors
who said very little. What can I do?
I don't have a who done it.:

back or kidney pain after gall bladder removal?

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