iam 6 weeks post lap chole - initially symptoms free although achy from surgery took good couple of weeks to resume noraml daily tasks. Last ciuple of weeks have late evening nausea ( not vomitting occured) and dull ache under right rib cage and slight dizziness after doing housework/gardening
gp referred back to surgeon for advice ?? anyone else had similar and did you need further treatment for duct stone or is all the just normal post surgery scar tissue pain. I can eat almost anything but am wary ince overdo things and get old pains back - which I had stupidly ignored as being general aches and pains due to age and menapuse!!
Yes Ive been nauseous for 7 months now, I wake up every day and dont feel like eating. I also have been getting headaches. Ive had several tests done and all the tests come out fine. I eat mostly all bland foods, some foods turn me right off.
I had my gall bladder removed on the 6/11/12 so i am still recovering,i am finding the i feel nausea after eating food and find i cannont eat as much.
I am just 6 days post op gallbladder surgery. The doctor did not put me on any diet restrictions, but I am eating healthy, light and several small meals. After all the pain had gone away I now have lots of nausea and some acid reflux. The nausea is the worst and I feel like I have to throw up all the time but no vomiting has occured. I do sometimes wish I would to relieve the nausea. Does anyone know any good remedies to ease the nausea or know how long this will last?
Hi, I am a maile, mid-50s. I had my GB removed 8 weeks ago (in mid-Oct 2012). My ordeal started in July, when I began to feel very tired most days, finding it hard to get up in the morning. I found that eating food like roast chicken with the skin on made me somewhat queasy and nauseous. This was new to me, because I usually ate chicken a couple of times a week for years with no queasiness. Didn't think too much of it. Then about two weeks after this started I was feeling rather tired and fuzzy so I stayed home from work. I had a chicken sandwich for lunch and then fell asleep on my couch. About an hour later I woke up with what felt like strong heartburn, but just below my ribs on the right side, not the usual place for heartburn. I got up and walked around a bit but this heartburn began to get worse and turned into strong cramps and pain. I tried lying down again, but it just made it worse. The only position that would give me relief was sitting down hunched over. I started feeling very nauseous and flushed, and sweaty. It was then that I told myself this is not normal and called 911. Went to the ER and they quickly decided that I probably have a problem with my GB. While in the ER I started having uncontrollable shaking for about half an hour. But after that stopped, the pain subsided. They then did lots of tests over the next week in the hospital, from chest X-ray, blood test, ultrasound, ERCP, to MRI (MRCP). The blood test showed very high liver numbers as well as a bacterial infection in the blood. Neither the ultrasound nor the MRCP showed any stones, but did show dilation of the bile duct. They actually couldn't see the bile duct in the ERCP as the sphincter was tucked away around a bend. So they sent me home saying that I probably had a blockage which cleared.
After that, I felt so-so but after two weeks I started feeling nauseous. Not too bad though, and I still could eat most stuff. I did have a full checkup with my family doctor and all blood work seemed fine. He had me followup with a GI, however. I saw the GI about 2 months after getting out of the hospital. He said that the nauseous and stomach pains I was having were due to "nervous stomach" caused by anxiety about having a recurrence. He said just try to ignore it and it should go away. I left his office feeling somewhat better and took a long walk. When I got home, however, I started getting severe pains in the sides of my ribs, just under the armpits. Then my upper back started cramping up, then the familiar pains in my upper right abdomen. Again, I couldn't lay down and had to sit hunched over. I figured I was having a repeat attack (just hours after seeing the GI!). So I took a cab to the ER. (note: you get much quicker attention in the ER if you take an ambulance than just walking in). It took about 5 hours before they looked at me. By that time, the pains had subsided, but I was have chills and shaking. After a few more hours the doctor comes in and says that the bloodwork shows very high liver numbers again, and that I probably have had another GB attack. They do all the tests again. But this time the ultrasound does show gallstones (sand or sludge actually). I think the reason they didn't see it the first time was because I came in during the weekend then, and the ultrasound person then didn't seem too swift. The US tech was accompanied this time by a doctor and they examined things in realtime and even told me what they were seeing. This time they were able to get to the bile duct with the ERCP and did a sphincterotomy.
The docs decided then that the GB had to come out since I was having repeat attacks which included bacterial liver infections, which were no joke. So they put me on the emergency surgery list and out came the GB two days later (via laparascopic surgery). The surgery went fine, and they let me go after a day (to make sure the IV antibiotics for the infection were finished). The surgeon said that the GB was "enlarged and sandy".
Its now 8+ weeks after the surgery and my incisions have healed nicely, but I can't say the same about my digestion. I cannot eat anything with more than a bit of fat content without my intestines cramping up (I can even feel them on the surface moving about, like the scene from Alien). I don't have any problem with diarrhea, but I am constantly nauseous, no matter what I eat. But if I eat low-fat I don't get cramping, just nausea. This ill feeling all the time makes it hard for me to work, as I just want to lay down. My sleeping is fine - I don't seem to get nausea at night, just during the day. Its worse a couple of hours after I eat. I also have acid reflux. Gaviscon and pepto bismol help with that and pepto also helps with the nausea. I saw the GI about a month after the surgery and mention these issues, but he said its to be expected and just stick to a low fat diet and come back in 6 months. My family doctor prescribed some PPI (pantoloc) which seems to help the reflux somewhat, but the nausea persists. I also get the occasional pains in the sides of my ribs (where I had the pains during my second attack), but I am pretty sure these are muscle cramps due to my being woefully out of shape (I am a skinny guy and went from 170 down to 150, and the loss was mostly muscle).
Anyways, I am looking forward to a day where I feel somewhat normal again and in the meantime just living day-to-day trying to deal with the nausea and stomach upsets. I appreciate all the info on this site as to what food and medicine is good for alleviating some of these symptoms.
I am happy for you, that you are doing so great. But, it's not hysteria when you are the one who is having constant nausea. Try to be compassionate to those of us who are suffering when this surgery was supposed to make us better.