Gall Bladder Removal - Long Term Health Issues

i finally had my gall bladder taken out about  a week ago now  after suffering the pain for 2 years  due 2 my doctors not listening 2 me when i told them from  the start that it was gall stones the reply i got was im not fat enought 2 get gall stones  that its normally fat ppl that get them wich i found quit rude   as my  my mates are skinny like ma and they have also had the same problem and had there gb removed  so it dosent matter what size u are if ur skinny or not   its the best thing i ever did no more pain the only trouble is im the same sometimes i havent got the ensergy 2 do things i normaly do not sure if its 2 do with having my gall bladder removed or not though x

So glad I found this site and all your posts!  I had my gallbladder removed at age 21 and am now 36.  I have always struggled with my weight but I don't completely relate that to my surgery.  After all this time, and having been on MANY different diets - some great, some not so great but all helped me lose weight if I followed them, I decided to research and build a diet plan for myself that also takes into consideration my lack of a gallbladder.  So far, not much on the internet as far as a complete diet plan for me so i wondered if anyone on here has already done this research and set up a plan that i can review. 

hi - can you please share your "probiotic drink"? i am researching and trying to come up with a good diet plan for myself (gallbladder removed at age 21 and am now 36 and finally realizing some of my health problems could be due to this)

Its so sad isn't it. Reading your post mimics my own feeling, I keep thinking I just wish I had my Gallbladder back... I am tired of feeling like utter c**p. I have very slow digestion, and random runs to the bathroom. I am always tired so so tired. Ive also noticed that my nice white strong nails i used to have are now brittle and will hardly grow. I am only 28 and have been super thin all my life, and never ate to crappy. I cant say my diet was great, but i have seen worst. I can't understand why the Doctor wouldnt have told me this was going to affect me for the rest of my life... yes the attacks felt like hell... but everyday feeling this way??? Something has to give!

I had my gall bladder re-moved at 9 years old and I have the same problems did u find out anything?

Hello,

 

I am like many of the rest of you. Had a gall bladder out when I was 21. It just stopped working then I ended up extremely ill with Pancreatitus. For years after I had the same symptoms of most everyone else and not being able to go out to eat without thinking of the washroom. I was prescribed Cholestyramine. I used to take a couple a day and now I am down to one a day. If you are not on it and have these issues please ask your doctor about it. It is incredible. Just wanted to share, in case you aren't aware of it.

I just want to say that the forum is for anybody, so if people complain it is normal. Why should not they? There is always somebody who has worse condition than the other but if people share they info it helps them to understand that they are not alone. Even if somebody otherwise healthy has a migraine, it sucks. So any problem sucks, so please just let's be tolerant and if you do not like to hear what poeple say that just write your part about yourself and skip the lecturing of others.

 

Hello,

 

I have never used this before but I think its nice to share ot with other people that is going through the same... My Husband is only 26 and has an stone on his gallblader. Eveything started over a year ago with a very very hard pain that last for a few days! after going to the hospital like 5 times... they show a little stone on an Xray.

He plays football for a living, so his diet and Fitness are always top.( 7% body fat ) Maybe now and then he can afford to enjoy a nice meal or have a few wines...but nothing more than that, so we still do nto understand why this happend to him????

The doctor recommended to have very low fat Diet ( specially the saturated fats, these are the worse!) and hopefully wait for it to dissapear .... We did so and to be honest he did not have a pain like in a Year! Just after Christmas, in june the pain came while we were in Spain, so we had to rush to the Hospital again. Here they show the Stone, but a little bit bigger that a year ago.

In spain they told us that Only if the pain become very very often you should remove it, otherwise its better carry on with a low fat diet

They said as well that normally they try to remove the stone, unless this is so big that they have to remove the whole gallblader

My worry now is:

For the last week he had these pains again but was able to control them, thanks to some medicine they gave us in SPain for the pain ( Nolotil Liquid)

The last couple of days the pain has gone, but I dont know if it would be better go through surgery and have the stone remove before it gets so big that doctor has to remove the entire gallblader???

did someone have the stones removed and the problem was solved??

Anyone here had the same issue, even having a very very healthy life?

It would be great to hear from someone that can be related to this

 

Thanks!!!

 

DelaFu

 

 

I had mine removed at 23 years old. It was completely full of stones and was removed 2 weeks later.... I have felt sick since a child and even after it was removed....I never got better.
Turns out, people who get stones or gall bladder problems so early in life is usually a result of a certain condition. I just started tests to figure out what it is but we are pretty sure...
If you still have not gotten better, you may want to talk to your doctor about taking a Hydrogen Breathe test and see if you test positive.
Celiac Disease is the main cause for this in younger people and most likely what I have...
Hope this helps anyone who is going through the same problems.

Yasmin or yaz birth control is under investigation for killing gall bladders in young women. If they were on it that could be why. No gall stones just death to the gall bladder from the progesterone that is used

I had my gall bladder taken out 3 years ago and its been a godsend. I've since lost weight and don't have any pain. The only thing I have noticed is that I struggle to digest red meat. The answer, therefore, is obviously to cut down! I do perhaps have increased bowels movements - sometimes urgent ones, but it's certainly not affecting my quality of life. I try to eat healthily, exercise regularly and limit my alcohol intake. My energy levels did dip a while back, but that's to be expected when you work long hours and you get older! I.just take a multivitamin and mineral tablet and that's helped sort that. I'm a bit shocked to read some of the comments on here. We need to all take a holistic approach in order to achieve and maintain optimum health. That, and some responsibility. If I feel bloated and sluggish, its usually because I've overdone it!

At age 48, I had my gall bladder out last July after two attacks, one year apart from one another. I never felt any pain from my gallbladder, just that searing pain across the roof of my stomach and through to my back. Pain I couldn't wish away or roll over from. The Emergency Room docs found gallstones on the second trip, attributing "Muscular/Skeletal Problems" to the first attack. I went ahead with the surgery several weeks later after hearing about the gallbladder being a "Redundant Organ Incidental To the Liver" nonsense. I never started feeling better. I lost 20 pounds fretting before and after the surgery, and didn't feel much like eating anyway. I'd go from starving to nauseous in two seconds. I kept a positive attitude and started exercising a bit, going for walks and such, trying to help the healing process along, figuring it'd be over soon. Hah! Then the panic attacks started which I'd never had before. They suck. Along with that came hypoglycemic attacks which we've all experienced before, but mine made my muscles hurt for days. Like I had the flu. Plus, they'd happen sometimes an hour after eating. I don't go ANYWHERE now without an apple or two in my pocket. I gained all the weight I'd lost back PLUS 20 pounds for good measure while eating MUCH BETTER and LESS than I had before the surgery. Even before the surgery, I was addressing my diet, eating more fruit and vegs and cutting out the junk. A little too little too late I suppose for my gallbladder. My energy level has nose dived, the stomach bloating is horrific. Like somethings inside pushing out. I've been overweight before but this feels different than that. My stomach and intestines make noise like there's a "Godzilla" movie playing in my colon. Where I didn't have gallbladder pain before, I sure have it now. Last year at this time, I was blissfully unaware of my liver, its location and it's functions. I could teach a class now. Acid reflux. Fog. High blood pressure. Heart racing up then back down. Cramping in my stomach and intestines. Diarrhea. Some days are fair, other days like the last two or three are like I'm being burned alive on the inside. I've taken Probiotics (still am), mint, Prilosec which is a joke and even on really bad stretches have dug into my Oxycodone prescription to help with my "Post Surgery Pain", which now that I think about it is what I'm still having, just to have a day off from the pain. My CT scan results came back normal today, so I don't have anything life threatening. I have something that's life compromising. Trouble is, I'm becoming aware that these symptoms mimic symptoms that could be the result of a deadly illness and as I'm pushing 50, I'm starting to wonder to what lengths I'll have to go to to ensure I don't have anything life threatening in the future without seeming like a complete paranoiac. A CAT scan every year instead of a routine physical? My GP still doesn't know what's going on. I don't want to go out to eat or do much of anything right now. I'm slowly learning through these kinds of forums that there's no set formula for diets, meds, exercises and the like that will serve as a cure all for all of these symptoms. While I used to have a "Good Week" once in a while, lulling me into a false sense of "finally that's behind me", I now have a good day or two every couple of weeks and am thankful for those, realizing it won't last and just get what I can done NOW while I'm not on the john or on the couch sleeping it off the best I can. Frankly, I felt better when I smoked and ate poorly tha I do now. Ironic. I'm going to try several of the ideas posted here and steer toward a Holistic approach for symptom control and keep the GP on the peripheral, not dismiss him entirely. I believe I'm going to be living with this for a very long time. I'd better make friends with it and learn how to deal with it any way I can.

I agree with you 100%! I had my gall bladder removed in 1992, and the Doctor's never said a thing about side effects. I had diarrea for 13 years afterwards and it still comes and goes. It affected my ability to think and many times i feel very dizzy and it feels like a dry drunk. I to feel extremely tired sometimes exhausted! I believed having my g/b removed was my biggest mistake i ever made! Dr's want the money and doen't give a sh*t! All they care about is buying that new car! I had diarrea prior to haing my g/b removed and new very little about nutrition. A change in my diet would have corrected my problem. We have to remember that doctor's know very little about nutrition, this is a given! They don't want to know about it either! It keeps them in a flux of ignorance and makes them lots of money. I am still suffering alot! Ever time i eat, i get sick and instantly get alergy reactions. I am always in a stupper or foggy. I know this for a fact, because when i get up in the morning i am usually alright and feel just like i use to before i got the removal. Sometimes i wait as long as i can to eat to dampend the reaction to the food i eat. I now have a fatty liver, could this be another consequence? My sister in-law had her g/b removed and she now has a fatty liver also. It is estimated that about a million people per year get there G/b removed! The medical establishment continues to make the $$$$, and aren't interested in wellbeing.

I seems that they have done it to us again! For years i have suffered. Right after the surgery i visited the doctor for the second time and told him how different i felt and just wasn't the same person. He told me not to return! G/B's are there for a reason, dispite what doctors say! It should not be removed unless totally necessary! A change in diet will usually correct the diarrea prior to removing it. Stay away from milk and milk products, that will help alot! I am old now and suffered a great deal, since the medical establishment gave me the finger. They are untrustworthy, remember about the labotomies they use to perform! Removing a portion of the brain willl make you less crazy! Sure it will!

I had my gallbladder out several years ago. I have been dealing with low energy, slow metabolism and more recently some memory loss. I thought the energy and metabolism issues were related to my being overweight. For the past year I have been having sever pain in my lower back which I thought was due to my weak stomach muscles (also had 3 c-sections). I was recently introduced to a Holistic Nutritionist who diagnosed all my issues as related to my gall bladder. She told me that the times when I felt the worst (at night) was when my gall bladder was supposed to be working. She also let me know that although I don't have a gall bladder, my body doesn't know it because the nerve endings are still there. So the absence of my gall bladder is why I was in so much pain and unable to sleep and not able to lose wt. because when you are not resting you can't lose wt and this is also a symptom of a toxic liver. I started seeing her 7 weeks ago. I am sleeping better and my pain level is about a 1 out of 10 ALL THE TIME. I have also lost wt. (yes I made some eating changes and drinking lots of water). But all the things she has me doing are natural, no chemicals no pharmaceuticals! Her belief is that everything you need for your body can be found in the kitchen! My skin looks better and the eczema is under control. I am a new woman! I recommend a Holistic Nutritionist to anyone who is having any health issues. Try it BEFORE surgery, your body will thank you.

Weight Watchers works really well! Lost 65 lbs in 10 months! Which is causing my formation of gallstones actually, the weight loss.