cramping pain in right side after gallbladder removal

ii had my surgery a month and a half and i still sweat and have temperatures has anybody been feeling the same way please let me know.

I had surgery in May 07 and have been to the hospital with pain numerous times. They can not find anything wrong and I was not comfortable going to the surgeon. I am going to try Colesterol meds by themselves. I take it with high blood pressure combination and have not seen any changes. My pain comes in the middle of the night with me crying prior to the operation. It is simular to kidney stones as well as gall stones. At night, I get a relief after sitting in the bathroom for hours and I mean for hours because my feet fall asleep. The doctors said that the gall stones came from a large lost in weight due to the gastric by-pass. No one seems to know why this happens but a holistic doc told me that I should not have had my gall bladder removed and I explained that I was not given a choice or told that this pain would continue. I do think that we have all been tricked into something that is unknown by the docs at this time. What can and should we do? Is this a bile dysfunction or mistake?

Hi all,
I just had my gall bladder removed laparoscopically last Saturday, March 30th, 2008. Since then, I have been slowly recovering and doing okay, except for this intense pain in my side that seems to be getting worse. I cannot even laugh, take a deep breath, yawn, or sneeze without feeling as if I am going to faint from the intensity of the pain, which I have described to my husband as a "side stitch" like you'd get from running long distances. The bad part is, the pain doesn't subside at all. In fact, I have to avoid eating certain foods with too much grease, lying on my side for too long, or even sitting in certain positions in order to avoid aggravating the pain. This is probably the worst pain I've ever had, and I was hoping someone could help direct me in finding either the right medication or treatment to ask for from my doctor (s). I feel totally depressed and angry that the surgery seems to now be contributing to a whole new set of problems. Any suggestions would be so helpful. Thanks all, I hope you're all better soon. -Mari

I had my gallbladder removed March 17, 2008.
This side pain you are talking about, I think I expirienced it, but I thought it was left over gas that they put in you during the surgery. I could not inhale deep or anything either. It was painful and weird. But that went away. Now.....I have extreme diarhea...usually after the first 2 bites, I can hardly eat a meal, then when I do it hurts for sooooooo long after...usually into the next day. My stomach looks huge and it's hard. I have extreme gas. I feel like theres a rock in my stomach. i am miserable. My back on the right side hurts, but I keep being told it'll all go away and get better..........Then I read stuff like this website!!!! I have gotten depressed from this. I cannot cook or clean. I feel "sick" on the inside also. I had a umbilcal hernia that was fixed the same time as my gallbladder...and that still hurts!!! This is so bad. The dr's act they have never heard of these symptoms before. WHY NOT?? I feel like Im dying inside, like I have cancer or something. I have bad indigestion too. I have lost about 10lbs, which is good, but still. After reading all these posts...im going to go call the doc and demand to be referred AGAIN...this time Im going to A University Hospital...maybe they will be able to figure something out. I cannot live like this. How will I be able to eat? I am on no pain meds. Or any meds for that matter. I have had a million tests too....ultrasound, CAT scan, colonoscopy, EDU, HIDA scan, Hepatitis blood tests, what else is there to do??? i was excited to have my gallbladder out cause i thought they had found the problem...but here I am...still in pain. (this all started in feb..i had a severe attack..thought i was dying then too!! chills, vomiting, intense pain) Oh ya....and mine also hurts when it's that time of the month even more. Maybe its the cramps and everything all mixed in. I dont know anymore. All I know is it sucks. And before surgery everyone said "oh , i had mine out and its fine"...so I went ahead with it. Now I feel Im stuck this way forever!! GREAT :-(

I had my gallbladder removed March 17, 2008.
This side pain you are talking about, I think I expirienced it, but I thought it was left over gas that they put in you during the surgery. I could not inhale deep or anything either. It was painful and weird. But that went away. Now.....I have extreme diarhea...usually after the first 2 bites, I can hardly eat a meal, then when I do it hurts for sooooooo long after...usually into the next day. My stomach looks huge and it's hard. I have extreme gas. I feel like theres a rock in my stomach. i am miserable. My back on the right side hurts, but I keep being told it'll all go away and get better..........Then I read stuff like this website!!!! I have gotten depressed from this. I cannot cook or clean. I feel "sick" on the inside also. I had a umbilcal hernia that was fixed the same time as my gallbladder...and that still hurts!!! This is so bad. The dr's act they have never heard of these symptoms before. WHY NOT?? I feel like Im dying inside, like I have cancer or something. I have bad indigestion too. I have lost about 10lbs, which is good, but still. After reading all these posts...im going to go call the doc and demand to be referred AGAIN...this time Im going to A University Hospital...maybe they will be able to figure something out. I cannot live like this. How will I be able to eat? I am on no pain meds. Or any meds for that matter. I have had a million tests too....ultrasound, CAT scan, colonoscopy, EDU, HIDA scan, Hepatitis blood tests, what else is there to do??? i was excited to have my gallbladder out cause i thought they had found the problem...but here I am...still in pain. (this all started in feb..i had a severe attack..thought i was dying then too!! chills, vomiting, intense pain) Oh ya....and mine also hurts when it's that time of the month even more. Maybe its the cramps and everything all mixed in. I dont know anymore. All I know is it sucks. And before surgery everyone said "oh , i had mine out and its fine"...so I went ahead with it. Now I feel Im stuck this way forever!! GREAT :-(

WOW!!! am I glad I came here. I had my gallbladder removed two and a half years ago and still have severe pain on right side and for the first year I was in a size 5-7 , Now I am in size 13 and still feel my body gaining weight. My doctors said that this is just me and that the surgery has nothing to do with the pain or my weight gain. I think I will first of all find another doc and if need be show him/her this site. Thank you all for helping me to know I am not alone in this.

Had my gallbladder removed 3/29/08, still having pain in my RUQ, radiating to left shoulder. Painful to lay on left side, or to lay down at all. Still sleeping elevated. I have the sweating and the chills. Found out I have been running a low grade fever off and on for at least the last week that I know of. My family says my skin is an off color... coworkers say I look healthy (I am usually pale as a ghost... now I look kind of tan) Is that weird? My surgeon is dismissing it completely. I am at my wit's end. I am on no meds. When will this end? Anybody have any suggestions??

I have also had this right sided pain after my gallbladder was removed and it has been a year. Mine is a sharp pain and I cannot do a lot of activity because it agrivates it. I have had three trigger point injections in that area and has not help. The pain has also went into my back right side. I have seen PT, Massage therpist all for this. No answer.

I had mine taken out friday, so it's been five days and i'm still experiencing pain. I still walk hunched over and get sharp painful blows to my side side and back. i looked for a web site that would tell me what was usual after having the gallbladder removed. After reading all these posts, i kinda wish they could put it back in!!! I had a low function of 22%. They surgeon said "it'll only get worse from here, if you leave it in". I figured if i don't need it and it's not working right anyways, then let's get it. My problems were very strange... my brain would go into starvation mode and at the same time my stomach would have extreme nausea. MY body would go into complete panic for food and shake. After a few times of cleaning out cabinents and raiding the fridge, i figured i only need three bites of some food and off i go to throw up. After i do so, the nausea stops, the starvation and shakes leave also and i can eat a FULL meal directly after. so when i told the doctor this he ordered the HIDA and ultra sound. ultra sound normal but HIDA 22%. so there it went and im hurting.... if anyone else had the same experience i did or still does Please EMAIL me at _[removed]_.

I had my gallbladder removed in Aug 07. I went into the docs with a kidney infection and went into a full blown gallstone attack on the doc office table. I have my gallbladder removed a week later. Two weeks after surgery I started getting a really bad pain in my right side, kinda felt like I had gone swimming after eating, sometimes so bad it would take my breath away. I called the doc that did my surgery and he told me if I was in that much pain go to the ER....a lot of help that was. It stopped after about 2 weeks and haven't had it that bad since, I get an occasional twinge but not anything I can't handle. I still experience extreme fatigue and have to run to the bathroom after everything I eat. If I knew what I know now I would of plugged my noise and drank a cup of olive oil rather then getting it removed.

Hmmm I also had my gallbladder removed in June 2007, so I am going onto a year. My pain comes and goes and when it comes all I need to do is rest which is hard to do with an 18 month old and a 3 year old. I am fortunate to say that I do NOT have diarrhea after eating or any weight gain/loss. Just the same annoying pain that I had BEFORE the surgery. I called the surgeon's office and they told me to take tylenol but that it was not necessary to see the doctor??? I was told by someone that 5% of ppl who have their gallbladder removed get "phantom pains", apparantly its like someone who had their arm removed and think its still there. I am not sure that the person knows what they are talking about, cause they dont know the pain I nor WE are all in!!!

You know I have read a lot of your posts. Am I the only one who had my gallbladder removed and have had no pain since? I obviously had a very different experience than most of you. Mine was extremely inflamed and almost ended up in Pancreatitus but I feel great now. I introduced things back into my diet slowly. There are still some things that cause me to have diarreah but not instantaneously as it was immediately after my surgery. It may be an hour or two later an doesn't last like it used to. I wish you all well!

I, like most of you have had my gall bladder removed 10 months ago.
I don't have any food intake problems as many of you state, but I have had severe and continuious right buring pain which goes to my back since the surgery. I have had a CT Scan, MRI, have seen two neurologist, and had several other lab test etc. My internist stated; " there's a lot we don't
understand about nerve damage/pain". I find it very hard to believe that such severe pain is without a cause, that can't be defined. I am writing this post because it's my hope that someone else out there in internet land has had the same problem , and has found the cause, and successful treatment for such.


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I found this site on a whim, hoping I can add my story and someone will have an answer. I had my GB out on 12/28 (6 months to the day that I started having problems). I still get indigestion, no big deal there, I do get the immediate bouts of diarrhea, gotta love those but my problems started yesterday. I started having the same intense pain I had before my surgery, I thought I was ok, it had been 6 months and I wasn't having any problems but yesterday I began feeling nauseous, severe pain in my right sight radiating across my chest just below my breast line. I tried the normal things, I ate some bread, drank some milk. Of course my Blood Pressure went balistic because I was in the midst of a panic attack. I have always used heat to help decrease the pain which believe it or not does work. So, I used the heat and it subsided. I woke up this morning with indigestion, which I attributed to not eating at all yesterday. Drank some milk, ate some bread and went back to sleep, immediately upon waking it started all over again, the pain is not as bad as yesterday but I've become very frustrated. After reading this site I'm wondering if my Dr will have any ideas. I feel pretty lucky that she is fairly young and seems to be up on the most recent information. Anyone else out there find any answers/solutions. e-mail me at _[removed]_ - Be Well :-(

Hi everyone, well I am in the UK and my gall bladder was removed just a year ago. I also experience the same pain as before it was removed, together with excess acid, bouts of diahorrea and constipation, its a nightmare and to make things worse I have gained a lot of weight. My GP is baffled. As all of you I expected the op to have sorted the problem but its even more frustrating now. I am going to try and see my consultant and get some answers but after reading all your entries I have little hope of finding an answer. good luck to you all.