cramping pain in right side after gallbladder removal

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For those of you with pain following your GB surgery if it's in the back, you may want to check for pancreatitis/sphincter of oddi. I'm dying because of this now after my surgery in 06/07.

SueBai32 · Newbie Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 2

[quote="kimkay"]I had my gallbladder removed 4 weeks ago and I have had nothing but nausea and vomiting ever morning. I also have the pain on the right side. my doctor keeps telling me it takes time to heal. I have lost 10 pounds and I cant eat very much. I feel like I am falling apart. anyone else feel this way?[/quote]

Yes I feel the same way.. I had mine took out 2 and a half weeks ago and I have the same pain vomiting and I lost 4 lbs. Ican not eat much if anything at all. I sure would like to know why, don't you? Hope you get better.

SueBai32 · Newbie Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 2

Can anyone tell me if the pain under my ribs will go away? It happens after I eat and I had mine took out 2 weeks ago.. It scares me because I thought it was gone.

jamez70 · Newbie Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 3

argh! I posted that on 4/27 and totally forgot about it!
Lets update everyone here!
4/30: had first ERCP - unsuccessful
4/31: in ER in pain
6/21: a life changing experience. Had ERCP again. Woke up with moderate pancreatitis. Spent 3 days in the hospital. On;y found sludge in bile ducts.
9/2: started Pain management. Gave me injections in my scars from my gallbladder surgery. Overwhelming pain 2 days later.. ouch that sucked. Went to ER and they gave me benadryl even though my urine was dark (no labs). What a waste of time.
11/2: Saw primary doctor. Cried during visit. I was attempting to taper percocet and pain came back so bad I had to return to 4x/day. I was very disappointed. Pain management here are jerks but gave me extra medication for 'breakthrough' pain.
11/18: Pain management switched me to ms-contin and percocet for breakthrough. I hate this stuff. I told him "I don't care if you kill me, get me out of pain. You can put needles in me, cut me open, whatever. This pain is ruining my life" because I was previously reluctant after the reaction I had from the stomach injections.
Same day, Went to GI, he told me pain was in my head and I need antidepressants! I told him to f*ck off.
I went to UW madison and they suggested chronic pancreatitis. And hey, my insurance won't cover that place. What a wonderful medical system we have in the US!
I'm sick of pain medication but I am now very dependent on it and its hard to get off of it, especially if you are in pain all the time.
They are going to do an exploratory surgery on me soon to see if they can figure out anything.
Pain management is doing intercoastal nerve block On Dec 14 to see if that will help.

ChgoJess81 · Newbie Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 1

I had my gallbladder out about 3 weeks ago and I also experience these so called "phantom" pains where the gallbladder used to be. But I have been having other problems as well. Wondering if anyone has have upper epigastric pressure/pain with a feeling like it is hard to breathe? I also have been getting lower and upper left pain. Could this be pancreas related? My surgeon who did my surgery said, he checked my pancreas and liver when he was taking out my gallbladder and everything was good. Last year I had an endoscopy done and they found a slight hiatal hernia and little irritation. It eventually went away but now after the surgery, I have been getting the same pains. What can I do? I have to see a regular physician to get a referral to a gastroenterologist, is this the next best thing to do? I am so scared. I also have a history of Panic Disorder and am now on Zoloft and Xanax. What can be the cause of these left abdomen pains? Please tell me I am not alone on this one. One point, I even experienced a burning feeling that traveled from both hands, through the arms and in the chest....is this from Panic Attacks or digestive problems? Someone help me please? The pressure makes it hard for me to breathe and it scares me. I have had 2 EKG's, a hydascan, a barium drinking test(not sure what that was). Should I have other tests done?

rudyblues63 · Newbie Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 6

Hi everyone! I share the same right side pain, so you are not alone!! I had my gallbladder out in 93, almost 15 years ago and I have killer pain that at some times is unbearable! But at this point I am getting used to it and try to tolerate it. As far as a cure, there really isn't that I have found yet or that the docs have given as a cure. Most of their diagnosis is the ever popular IBS when all else fails and the tests come out negative! To everyone who survived their gallbladder surgery and have no pain, kudos to you but the rest of us unfortunately are suffering with this sometimes phantom pain that our docs say is in our heads or we manifest the pain. I've all but given up on doctors and will not go to another to be told it's unclear where or what your pain is from but if you pay me to run all these tests on you we can come up with some type of diagnosis or like before the ever popular IBS!!!!!!!! Just wanted to let you know that no you are definitely not alone in your symptoms and your pain!! Good luck to everyone in this! Take care!!

shy950 · Newbie Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 4

I have had my gall bladder removed a little over 4 yrs ago, I have been hurting sense then. I never knew what or why. I finally know why mine does hurt, they just found out. My intestines are trying to close where they did the surgery, they are going in to put a stint into the intestines to open it again where the food can pass and digest normally again. Please have them to do all the tests to see if you have this. I believe one of the tests is an ERCP. If this condition is let go for a period of time it can be dangerous.
shy950

rudyblues63 · Newbie Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 6

Wow, thanks for the info shye and all the others! In reading these and others posts, I have found that we seem to find or look for answers in these forums amongst ourselves who suffer pretty much in the same way because our doctors have seemed to exhaust most of the findings and diagnosis and basically tell us ok it's this or it's IBS or one doc told me, yes you seem to have the pain but when all of the tests come out negative for everything I was told I had the pain he just couldn't figure out why, was given 2 shots of demerol and was sent home in worse shape than when I went in. I just don't know what to do anymore or who to go to. I have no insurance, who can afford it these days so I just live with this sometimes terribly distressing pain and other symptoms and hope that I will have a day without it!! Most times recently it is an everyday occurence. Ok I have a personal question but if any of the sufferers are women, do you notice if you still have your cycles that your pain and symptoms seem to escalate or are worse during this time or during ovulation? I have noticed this and I was just wondering if others suffered from this same affliction? If I break down and go back to the doc I will have the test you suggested to see if mine is the same problem. Good luck to everyone and I hope we all find the answers we are looking for!! Take care!

shy950 · Newbie Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 4

RudyBlues,
I hope this helped you and I hope it helps others also. I am not sure but also I do have a condition called familia adenoma polyposis also known as FAP for short. It is hundreds or thousands of pylups in the large colon and small intestines and stomache. Well they can go anywhere really. It is severely hereditary in the genes. If anyone has pylups please have the doctor to go past the deuodenumn and make sure they go past there. That is the danger place they do not normally go there with a normal colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy. I have to have both of these every 6 months for the rest of my life. I am facing a Whipple surgery soon at the age of 44 because of a pylup on the dueodenum and pacreatic duct. A Whipple surgery is where they take part of you're stomache, pancreas, small intestines, large intestines, gall bladder. ( but my gall bladder and large colon are removed ), I will have a bag on my side for the rest of my life. I know what this surgery is, I seen my mother go through it first hand. I had colon cancer also inkind of the familia adenoma polyposis. So please get checked for that also RudyBlues. Please do not play around with this, it is worrying me alot when I read yours. I read yours and it gave me chills for I know the pain I felt the pain, I feel the pain. To all those reading this get checked on't let it go this far.
shy950

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what I don't understand is why they don't tell you all this before the op.
Mine 14 DEc 2007
In unbearable pain, side, ribs, high abdomen, sickness, bloating running to bathroom......
The pain in my side is worse sometimes than before the op and worse when I'm driving.

Up to now I've seen these medications suggested and I'm going to ask my Doc tomorrow to prescribe something for me.
ACIPHEX. COLESTID. QUESTRAN.

I don't get why the doctors are so reluctant to tell us about these pains etc..post op and also why they are not forthcoming with relief for the post op problems ?

I don't have a clue what I am supposed to be eating..nothing helps..every meal hurts however small or low in fat..tried fruit, tried vege.
allergic to gluten so lots can't eat anyway....just drinking loads of water ...if I had realised how miserable all this was I would have put off the op and put up with the pain and tried other means of getting rid of the stones........

Abdo feels like 9 months pregnant most of the time....

Are there no doctors out there with a solution please.

cramping pain in right side after gallbladder removal

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