back pain after gall bladder removal

brodjl75 · Newbie Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

I had my gallbladder removed on July 31, 2007 and now I'm suffering from severe backpain where my kidneys are located. Most of the pain is on the right and I also suffer from lower abd pain and in the groin. I had an x-ray and ct scan. Nothng showed up and I know I'm not crazy. At first I thought it was a bladder infection but that test came back negative. I push myself to go to work but in the process living off of pain pills. If anyone have any other directions I should take please let me know.

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sclady · Newbie Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

I JUST EXSPERINCED SURGERY AS OF THE 20TH OF SEPT 2007 .sINCE THE SURGERY I FELT I WAS GETTING BETTER EACH ABLE TO GET OUT OF BED WITHOUT ALOT OF PAIN . NURSED ON CRACKERS AND GINGER / ALE AND SHERBERT .
DAYS PASSED I WAS ABLE TO GET AROUND ALOT BETTER BUT HAD NOTICED MAN MY LOWER BACK REALLY HURTS . BUT I HAD TROUBLE WITH THAT BEFORE TOO SO BLEW IT OFF THINKING ITS JUST FROM LAYING SO MUCH AFTER SURGERY . IVE TALKED TO MY CHIROPRACTOR AND THE SURGEON OH TAKE THIS DO THIS BUT NOTHING IS HELPING AND SOME SEEM TO THINK ITS THE GAS DURING SURGERY . SO I TOO AND LOOKING FOR RELIEF CAUSE THE BACK PAIN IS DRIVING ME NUTS . IF ANYONE FINDS RELIEF PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL DO THE SAME ..............................SCLADY
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ginaw · Newbie Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

I have the same lower right side back pain... kind of where your kidney and liver is. I had my gall bladder removed in July '07. I swear sometimes I am having a gall bladder attack again, but no gall bladder. Further more, like someone else noted, I cannot lay on my right side for very long, or at all. Once I switch to my left side, I am ok. I have been told that the your liver still produces bile, only now, it has no where to go since your gall bladder was removed. So, now you are just experiencing the pain of bile, internally. Let's face it, haven't you ever had a stomach issue where you vomit so much, all that is left is bile? Well, hey there.. that BURNS, so it just goes to say that you would have pain when your liver produces the bile to break down the fat and grease you may have consumed. Note. EGGS.. still give me a huge "attack". Best advice? Just stay away from the bad foods. Your gall bladder is gone, but that does not really mean you can go back to the bad foods. It just means your GB won't get inflamed and poison you anymore.

jeannieak · Newbie Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

HI there all! I have the darn back pain too!. I had my surgery on Monday. It is now Thursday, early morning. I have been using Theregesic for my back pain and using a body pillow behind my back, to turn me just a little to my side. What really hurts the most is trying to get up out of bed by myself. it doesnt help that I am overweight. It also hurts to cough still..Is this normal to have the pain in your stomach still, and this bad? I have heard stories of people who are up and moving around really good a day or two after the surgery..I am not one of those people.,
Thanks and take care !
~ Jeannie AK Laughing

Lisa Atwell · Newbie Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 2

It sounds as though you may have a biliary stone stuck in your common bile duct or you could have pancreatitis.
It is still possible for stones to form in your bile ducts after a gallbladder removal. The gallbladder is a storehouse for the bile that is made in the liver. If you are having pancreatitis symptoms it will be difficult to prove. Most physicians still believe that pancreatitis is caused from alcohol consumption, which can happen. I have met alot of people in the last 11-12 years with pancreatitis and a small amount have been alcohol abusers, most never know what happened. I had my gb removed 23 years ago, in 1996 I woke up sick and it never went away, I had multiple defects of the pancreas, that were birth defects. I had my pancreas removed 9-22-06 after years of being terribly ill. I would hate for anyone to have to exist the way I did. I tube fed myself in 2006 with no hope of ever eatting again, total pancreatectomy with islet cell transplantation has helped alot. I still have issues, but am better than I ever was with my diseased pancreas. When going to your Dr. ask for pancreas enzyme level check, remember that these levels don't have to be elevated for there to be a problem. Most physicians don't even know that the levels spike within 12 hours of episode, so in theory by the time you get to the Dr. the levels are on their way back down. Most with pancreatitis get diagnosed and then another physician will tell them there is nothing wrong. It shouldn't be this way, but it is. Stand your ground, don't give up. Pancreatitis isn't curable but there are treatments that can make things better.

cynthia41 · Posted: 11/02/07 - 02:37 Post subject: back pain after gallbladder removal

I just had my gallbladder removed 11/25/07, and i got to say i have had a terrible time with my back from mid point to lower right side usually. I have had chills with no fever and my stomach is still so tender. my doctor says everything is ok and i am healing at a normal rate but i wonder. I can sometimes sit for up to 45 minutes and sometimes less then 10 minutes before i have to laydown. This was supposed to be an easy operation, well it's not what i expected for sure. i hope it goes away soon cause it's driving me nuts and most of the time i can't sleep. No matter how i try to get comfy i just can't. I am 41 years old and overweight so maybe that plays a part but geez......i feel like i got beat with a 2 by 4 across my back. So i understand everyone's frustration over this. I hope it gets better soon for me and everyone else.Best of luck all. Confused

Guest · Guest

Hi, I came out of hospital on Thursday 22nd Nov, after having a lap coly suffered the pain you get from the gas, but since then have been experiencing pain in my lower right side of my back, it actually hurts when I breathe or cough is this the same thing you are describing?

Guest · Guest

Gall Bladder removed 3 weeks ago. Experiencing pain in the same area as before the emergency surgery. Called my physican, Call was never returned. Pain so bad I can not stay in bed to sleep.
It seems to be worse after I have lifted something. Nothing too heavy but it seems if I over use my arms in any one position it strikes.
I think I had an edge on this as I had the gall bladder for 73 years and had no trouble prior to surgery.

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I am a fifty year old male who had my Gaul bladder removed 2 months ago. I had the less evasive belly button surgery with a total of four incisions on my abdomen 3 were very small and required no sutures only glued to close them. The one in my belly button took on one stitch that dissolved on it own. I have very little pain from the incisions. I had gas pain after the surgery for about 8 hours due to the co2 they inflated
My abdomen with. The pain was manageable with meds. I returned to work in three days and was back at full capacity in 2 weeks. I feel better now then I have in five years. My digestive system took about a week to
Get back on track and now I eat what I want. I had stones and a diseased gallbladder and this is why I was so sick. I am glad I got this done. I had no ill effects from the nighty night medicine and the whole operation only took 45 mins. I was in the hospital a total of 4 hours. It was first surgery and I was a little scared but it wasn’t near as bad as I thought.

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