I am 23 and had my gall bladder out 8 months ago. It took doctors over a year and a half to discover that my pain was caused by gall stones. Immediately after my surgery, I felt better than I had in 2 years. I also lost 20 pounds that I'd been working to lose for ages. Since then, I have some trouble with diarrhea and acid reflux when I eat anything fatty or greasy, but my doctor did warn me of that. Your gall bladder's function is to store bile for you body to use as needed. Without the gall bladder, your body is still producing the same amount of bile but has no place to keep it. Now it's just dumped into your GI system and then out (especially when you eat fatty and greasy foods). But I can say without a moment of hesitation, I would rather go through acid reflux and diarrhea for the next 60 years of my life than spend one minute more in that excrutiating pain.
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I guess i will be the first before and after posted in this board. I was diagnosed this week and figured that i should do some research on this, which is how i found all of you. First, a back story.
I am a 33 year old white male, overweight, and live in the US. I have been having occasional stomach problems here and there over the past 6 months, just never gave it much thought, as i am hitting that age where things in my body start making noise and acting different. I woke up in the middle of the night a couple weeks or so ago with acid in my mouth. Talked to my doc, and he gave me prevacid. Typical treat the symptom, but i understand. It was the first time i had complained of something and he thought i just had a spicy meal (which i did).
On Sunday, i had what someone else here posted here as "the single most painful experience of my life". Man, it hurt. I got to the ER, and the lady said to rate my pain "on a scale of 1 to 10". I told her I have had bones sticking out of me before and that was a cake walk compared to this. Its true, of all the things, i never would have guessed a gall bladder could hurt that bad. Anyway, they had it diagnosed in under an hour using a CT scan and normal pee/blood tests.
Which i guess is an indicator i have a good ER staff. But it makes me wonder how good are the docs people here are generally using? As an observer, if your doc ain't cutting it, go somewhere else. And while i am sure, that most do, i get the feeling some people don't see the need for second opinions.
Anyway, i talked to the surgeon that the hospital referenced and he wants to take the bladder itself out. This was tough for me to get my mind around. Regardless of the philosophy that "it should work fine without it", would they do this to a kidney? Probably not, i would think they would try to save the kidney first. So, i talked to my internist, and he referred me to another surgeon. I have an appointment in the morning, but if he tells me the same thing as the ER doc, the first surgeon, and my doc i am going to go through with the bladder removal.
I am glad i came out to read these stories. To be honest, they scared the c**p out of me. To some degree, it is good to hear other people go through the same, have experience, etc. It is also disconcerting that there are people with these problems lingering for so long undiagnosed, then once treated, given little or no instructions by doctors who don't appear to know any better.
Wish me luck.
I am a 33 year old white male, overweight, and live in the US. I have been having occasional stomach problems here and there over the past 6 months, just never gave it much thought, as i am hitting that age where things in my body start making noise and acting different. I woke up in the middle of the night a couple weeks or so ago with acid in my mouth. Talked to my doc, and he gave me prevacid. Typical treat the symptom, but i understand. It was the first time i had complained of something and he thought i just had a spicy meal (which i did).
On Sunday, i had what someone else here posted here as "the single most painful experience of my life". Man, it hurt. I got to the ER, and the lady said to rate my pain "on a scale of 1 to 10". I told her I have had bones sticking out of me before and that was a cake walk compared to this. Its true, of all the things, i never would have guessed a gall bladder could hurt that bad. Anyway, they had it diagnosed in under an hour using a CT scan and normal pee/blood tests.
Which i guess is an indicator i have a good ER staff. But it makes me wonder how good are the docs people here are generally using? As an observer, if your doc ain't cutting it, go somewhere else. And while i am sure, that most do, i get the feeling some people don't see the need for second opinions.
Anyway, i talked to the surgeon that the hospital referenced and he wants to take the bladder itself out. This was tough for me to get my mind around. Regardless of the philosophy that "it should work fine without it", would they do this to a kidney? Probably not, i would think they would try to save the kidney first. So, i talked to my internist, and he referred me to another surgeon. I have an appointment in the morning, but if he tells me the same thing as the ER doc, the first surgeon, and my doc i am going to go through with the bladder removal.
I am glad i came out to read these stories. To be honest, they scared the c**p out of me. To some degree, it is good to hear other people go through the same, have experience, etc. It is also disconcerting that there are people with these problems lingering for so long undiagnosed, then once treated, given little or no instructions by doctors who don't appear to know any better.
Wish me luck.
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I had my gallbladder removed this past Thursday. They were finally able to find the cause of my stomach problems that has plagued me for the last 20 years when they did an MRI and found my gallbladder to be inflamed during an attack. The Dr. told me that sometimes it was difficult to find unless a patient was in the process of an attack.
Anyway, I have had diarrhea since my surgery but so far (knock on wood) nothing more. I find it odd that the next day after my surgery they sent a tray for breakfast that consisted of bacon, scrambled eggs and toast with butter. For lunch they sent me fried catfish and hushpuppies and a baked potato. I had yet to read anything on the subject because my surgery was an emergency so I ate what they sent and really had no ill effects from it. The diarrhea is not painful with the cramping. Thank goodness! I assume they fried their food in a safflower oil or it could have been worse? I don't have a clue.
My mother had hers removed and she suffered terribly with chronic diarrhea and would never stray far from a restroom.
Since I have read more and know better I'm eating a low-fat, high fiber diet and being oh so careful. I don't want to go through the constant vomiting and the horrid pain. I too thought I was having a heart attack! It was the worst pain I have ever had. Child birth was a walk in the park compared to the gallbladder attacks I've had over the years. I'm just amazed I've had it for so long and no one ever found it. I had a hysterectomy in October and nothing showed up on that MRI. I'm 40 years old and have dealt with the bouts of diarrhea and vomiting since I was 20. At that time they just told me it was PMS! LOL! 8-| Whatever!
I hope and pray that I am relieved of this problem and that now I can get on with my life. Albeit, watching what I eat but not so paranoid that I can't enjoy eating anything.
The only pain I have experienced so far is that horrid gas! I was in agony right after surgery! Man, I never want to feel that again. I didn't even feel that when I had my hysterectomy so I was totally unprepared for that. They gave me several shots of Demerol and at last I was able to get a little relief. I sipped on a Sprite and burped quiet a bit and it helped.
If anything, I've learned that everyone is different and has a different tolerance to pain, food, ETC. I hope and pray that those who are having a miserable time find some relief somewhere. I can't imagine living in pain and with chronic diarrhea for the rest of my life! Those of you who have and are, are heroes in my book and God bless you! My heart goes out to you all.
Anyway, I have had diarrhea since my surgery but so far (knock on wood) nothing more. I find it odd that the next day after my surgery they sent a tray for breakfast that consisted of bacon, scrambled eggs and toast with butter. For lunch they sent me fried catfish and hushpuppies and a baked potato. I had yet to read anything on the subject because my surgery was an emergency so I ate what they sent and really had no ill effects from it. The diarrhea is not painful with the cramping. Thank goodness! I assume they fried their food in a safflower oil or it could have been worse? I don't have a clue.
My mother had hers removed and she suffered terribly with chronic diarrhea and would never stray far from a restroom.
Since I have read more and know better I'm eating a low-fat, high fiber diet and being oh so careful. I don't want to go through the constant vomiting and the horrid pain. I too thought I was having a heart attack! It was the worst pain I have ever had. Child birth was a walk in the park compared to the gallbladder attacks I've had over the years. I'm just amazed I've had it for so long and no one ever found it. I had a hysterectomy in October and nothing showed up on that MRI. I'm 40 years old and have dealt with the bouts of diarrhea and vomiting since I was 20. At that time they just told me it was PMS! LOL! 8-| Whatever!
I hope and pray that I am relieved of this problem and that now I can get on with my life. Albeit, watching what I eat but not so paranoid that I can't enjoy eating anything.
The only pain I have experienced so far is that horrid gas! I was in agony right after surgery! Man, I never want to feel that again. I didn't even feel that when I had my hysterectomy so I was totally unprepared for that. They gave me several shots of Demerol and at last I was able to get a little relief. I sipped on a Sprite and burped quiet a bit and it helped.
If anything, I've learned that everyone is different and has a different tolerance to pain, food, ETC. I hope and pray that those who are having a miserable time find some relief somewhere. I can't imagine living in pain and with chronic diarrhea for the rest of my life! Those of you who have and are, are heroes in my book and God bless you! My heart goes out to you all.
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So i was unable to make it to my scheduled surgery without another "attack". It was more terrifying the second time knowing how bad it could be after the first attack, and to be honest, this one was just way worse. Flat out.
I went into the ER at night again and was admitted, the surgery to take place the next afternoon. The good side of being admitted and having to deal with pain management is the deloitid (sp). They hit me with that stuff every 2 hours. It made the night passable, and was the only thing taking the edge off.
Unfortunately, i hadn't been able to eat, and they kept me without food/water until midnight, when i could no longer have food/water til after the surgery due to the anesthesia. I was so thirsty it was crazy. Dry as a bone. Which i think at this point has led to my only physical "problem" at this point. They had to intebate (sp) me, which involves jamming a big tube down my throat when i was unconscious. The surgeon also says my weight took part in this also, but my throat is torn up pretty badly from when they extracted the tube, Basically, it stuck on my dried skin, and tore free a lot of the skin in my throat, and on my uvula in particular. For those of you who are un-indoctrinated to uvulas, they are generally pain free cause they are out of the way (they are the punching bags in the back of your throat). Mine at the moment is as large as the first digit on my thumb. It actually lays on my tongue now and at times can completely block my breathing. It gets in the way of everything. Breathing, swallowing, and whatnot. My fiance is losing her mind because i snore so loudly she can here me two floors away in our house (which is not as much as an aspersion on the quality of our fine Ryan built home as it is the volume of my snoring). They are treating that with a variety of drugs which leaves me in a pickled/cocktail state.
As far as the state of my digestion is, it appears to be completely inconsistent. For real, one day fried chicken fingers will stay in me for 3 hours, the next day, spaghetti will stay in me for all of 25 minutes. I am starting a diary of my consumption/retention experiences and trying to isolate my "triggers". Once i get that down, life should be much easier and less exciting.
At this point, i understand the trepidation of surgery. But to be honest, those attacks are way too painful, debilitating, and terrifying to me and my family to warrant not taking the risk of a life change. It wasn't anyone's fault, it just happens. I have to deal with the consequences as best as i can.
I will check in down the road with more updates as i come across them. I wish you all good luck and strongly suggest you taking the time to speak to your doctors and fully understand the issue. Both the underlying philosophies and the reasoning used to make better informed decisions. If you don't hear what you like, talk to another doctor.
Ciao.
I went into the ER at night again and was admitted, the surgery to take place the next afternoon. The good side of being admitted and having to deal with pain management is the deloitid (sp). They hit me with that stuff every 2 hours. It made the night passable, and was the only thing taking the edge off.
Unfortunately, i hadn't been able to eat, and they kept me without food/water until midnight, when i could no longer have food/water til after the surgery due to the anesthesia. I was so thirsty it was crazy. Dry as a bone. Which i think at this point has led to my only physical "problem" at this point. They had to intebate (sp) me, which involves jamming a big tube down my throat when i was unconscious. The surgeon also says my weight took part in this also, but my throat is torn up pretty badly from when they extracted the tube, Basically, it stuck on my dried skin, and tore free a lot of the skin in my throat, and on my uvula in particular. For those of you who are un-indoctrinated to uvulas, they are generally pain free cause they are out of the way (they are the punching bags in the back of your throat). Mine at the moment is as large as the first digit on my thumb. It actually lays on my tongue now and at times can completely block my breathing. It gets in the way of everything. Breathing, swallowing, and whatnot. My fiance is losing her mind because i snore so loudly she can here me two floors away in our house (which is not as much as an aspersion on the quality of our fine Ryan built home as it is the volume of my snoring). They are treating that with a variety of drugs which leaves me in a pickled/cocktail state.
As far as the state of my digestion is, it appears to be completely inconsistent. For real, one day fried chicken fingers will stay in me for 3 hours, the next day, spaghetti will stay in me for all of 25 minutes. I am starting a diary of my consumption/retention experiences and trying to isolate my "triggers". Once i get that down, life should be much easier and less exciting.
At this point, i understand the trepidation of surgery. But to be honest, those attacks are way too painful, debilitating, and terrifying to me and my family to warrant not taking the risk of a life change. It wasn't anyone's fault, it just happens. I have to deal with the consequences as best as i can.
I will check in down the road with more updates as i come across them. I wish you all good luck and strongly suggest you taking the time to speak to your doctors and fully understand the issue. Both the underlying philosophies and the reasoning used to make better informed decisions. If you don't hear what you like, talk to another doctor.
Ciao.
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I had a gall bladder surgery about 9 months ago. And yes there will be bloating .... i thought that it was weird that i was always bloaty even when not on my period. Im glad to have removed the gall bladder because i had quite a few stones .... not only that but mine had gotten inflamed and was ready to cause some serious damage. im 20 and recovered quite quickly. i have to warn you that sometimes you'll fell discomfort in the area where gall bladder and pains used to be. but i found that magnesium vitamins help. GOOD LUCK
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im 18 i had my gall bladder removed in june the day before my graduation.....ok surgery fine i was at the hospital 5 hours then they sent me home the moment i woke up went back in server pain(right after graduation) and they did scans everything was cool but now august im still so tired i cant deal with being tired i work full time and i go to college and im so nautious and i get servere pain i can deal with the pain has anyone else had the exhaustion?
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I had my gal bladder taken out over 2 years ago and my stomache does flip flops. I have also heard that you can still have a gal bladder attack after it's taken out.
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i had my gall bladder removed on the 4th of august, and its now the 8th, the only sympotoms ive had is diarreoh after i eat, does this eventually go? or is there something i can take to prevent it?
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Hi i had my gallbladder removed om 31st july 08..
after the op was fine.. could eat whatever i wanted for the first week.. i ate everything!
then all of a sudden 7 days after the op i was back in with severe pain. was given morphine and still in pain. the pain was the same as a (what i thought) was a gallbladder attack.
how could i still be in gallbladder pain after having it removed?
so they gave me a scan to check for any stone left in the bile ducts during the op. scan came back all clear.
blood test came back all clear.
told me it was pain due to a harmless blood clot passing through the bile ducts after the operation.
carried on as normal again.. felt fine.. eating normal & some high fat foods.
week later again.. same severe pain.. back in hospital.. wont do anything with me because the blood and scan results show nothing wrong.
back to the doctor today.. felt she never really knew what was wrong herself so she just claimed i had Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) ??
i really am confused now. anyone else had problems similar?
after the op was fine.. could eat whatever i wanted for the first week.. i ate everything!
then all of a sudden 7 days after the op i was back in with severe pain. was given morphine and still in pain. the pain was the same as a (what i thought) was a gallbladder attack.
how could i still be in gallbladder pain after having it removed?
so they gave me a scan to check for any stone left in the bile ducts during the op. scan came back all clear.
blood test came back all clear.
told me it was pain due to a harmless blood clot passing through the bile ducts after the operation.
carried on as normal again.. felt fine.. eating normal & some high fat foods.
week later again.. same severe pain.. back in hospital.. wont do anything with me because the blood and scan results show nothing wrong.
back to the doctor today.. felt she never really knew what was wrong herself so she just claimed i had Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) ??
i really am confused now. anyone else had problems similar?
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Hello all!
I am a 31 year old female who had my gallbladder removed in 2005. I have experienced a life of constant diarrehhia after eating meals, I mean within minutes of the last bite. This seemed to be my only problem until here recently. I am currently losing weight, having pain on my right side and pelvic region, frequent urination and lightheaded and tired all the time. Does anyone know if this could be a side effect to the gallbladder being removed? My doctor is treating this as if I am having phantom symptoms I guess. By the way, I also had to have my appendix removed due to it being burst at the same time as my gallbladder removal. I have lost 22 pounds in 3 weeks and I wasn't overweight to begin with. Any suggestions?
I am a 31 year old female who had my gallbladder removed in 2005. I have experienced a life of constant diarrehhia after eating meals, I mean within minutes of the last bite. This seemed to be my only problem until here recently. I am currently losing weight, having pain on my right side and pelvic region, frequent urination and lightheaded and tired all the time. Does anyone know if this could be a side effect to the gallbladder being removed? My doctor is treating this as if I am having phantom symptoms I guess. By the way, I also had to have my appendix removed due to it being burst at the same time as my gallbladder removal. I have lost 22 pounds in 3 weeks and I wasn't overweight to begin with. Any suggestions?
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good evening to day agian i was back into the hopsital whit sever stamoach pians. I ha my gallbladder too out in 1-2003 and every since i have been in and out of the hospiltal. I have had many test done with no results. The pains comes all of a sudden or i can wake up in the middle of the morning with a hungry pain that quickly changes over to the pain. I have tried a lot of different things but nothing seem to help and the more that i return to the hospital they assume that we are there for the the medication, and that is not fair. everon eeho comes in to the ER wants narcotics. But they feel to realize that we want the pain to stop what ever it takes
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Unfortunately, i had my gall bladder out when i was just 17.
i am now 23 and still feeling the effects- I have not had such good luck.
I am constantly nauseated, extremely exhausted, i have hot and cold flushes constantly, i have heartburn, regular reflux and each morning begins with me emptying my stomach of all the extra acid that built up over night- this continues through the day.
Only the Plus side i have lost 40kg and kept it off.
I have found that if i keep away from processed, creamy, spicy and fatty foods (basically anything that tastes nice!) i manage to keep my extra acid levels to a minimum- although i ALWAYS feel nauseated and tired.
I am a Swimming coach + instructor, so i exercise regularly- when my stomach isn't too upset that is!
The only thing that i have found that helps is taking an anti-acid table just before i got to bed.
I have seen COUNTLESS doctors in regards to this matter, none of which have been able to help me.
I hope your husband has better luck than i have had!
i am now 23 and still feeling the effects- I have not had such good luck.
I am constantly nauseated, extremely exhausted, i have hot and cold flushes constantly, i have heartburn, regular reflux and each morning begins with me emptying my stomach of all the extra acid that built up over night- this continues through the day.
Only the Plus side i have lost 40kg and kept it off.
I have found that if i keep away from processed, creamy, spicy and fatty foods (basically anything that tastes nice!) i manage to keep my extra acid levels to a minimum- although i ALWAYS feel nauseated and tired.
I am a Swimming coach + instructor, so i exercise regularly- when my stomach isn't too upset that is!
The only thing that i have found that helps is taking an anti-acid table just before i got to bed.
I have seen COUNTLESS doctors in regards to this matter, none of which have been able to help me.
I hope your husband has better luck than i have had!
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Looks like I have joined the many who have had the Gall Bladder taken out. I had mine out on August 22nd, now a week later I'm doing fair. I have noticed something however. My body odor seems to have increased to the point that I stink to myself. This really sucks. I hope it doesn't continue. Also seem to keep having these strange tastes coming up in my throat like never before. My Stomach was also bloated for at least 3 days, which I believe was retention of water from the IV, etc. Also didn't poop for 3 days, which made me scared. Has anyone else experienced the body odor like I am?
Thanks
Griz
Thanks
Griz
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Love the health care professionals who say no problem. Take their gallbladders out, let them see what it is like. It gets frustrating being lied to by so many people.
Many times I have wanted mine back. It has been about seven years for me and if there is one thing I could change in my life, it would be the decision to have my gall bladder removed.
My intestines have been a mess most of this time. I have experienced health issues I never could have imagined including constant diarrhea, weight gain, shortness of breath, acid reflux, constant nausea and asthma etc.
For the most part I eat to live and find little joy out of eating anything other than pizza. I love the foods that bind. Anything that is tree hugger healthy is a no no for me.
Puritis - down right embarrassing and highly uncomfortable. Of all things hemorrhoids and then I took this stuff called Colisted. Took care of the diarrhea but paralyzed my intestine thus the hemorrhoids. Also gained 30 pounds using this garbage.
I believe Docs know exactly what happens, but it is an easy, relatively low risk and well paying procedure. Does not take a lot of OR time and you know mortgage payments, Mercedes leases and tuition bills are all increasing.
I have lost an incredible amount of respect for the medical profession as a result of my experience. I go to the Doc far less often than I ever did before. Very few I trust. You have to realize all Docs started off as barbers back-in-the-day.
Anyone considering this surgery I would strongly suggest exhausting all alternative forms of treatment prior to literally going under the knife. Do what you can to keep it. It really is there for a reason as many of us have found out.
Many times I have wanted mine back. It has been about seven years for me and if there is one thing I could change in my life, it would be the decision to have my gall bladder removed.
My intestines have been a mess most of this time. I have experienced health issues I never could have imagined including constant diarrhea, weight gain, shortness of breath, acid reflux, constant nausea and asthma etc.
For the most part I eat to live and find little joy out of eating anything other than pizza. I love the foods that bind. Anything that is tree hugger healthy is a no no for me.
Puritis - down right embarrassing and highly uncomfortable. Of all things hemorrhoids and then I took this stuff called Colisted. Took care of the diarrhea but paralyzed my intestine thus the hemorrhoids. Also gained 30 pounds using this garbage.
I believe Docs know exactly what happens, but it is an easy, relatively low risk and well paying procedure. Does not take a lot of OR time and you know mortgage payments, Mercedes leases and tuition bills are all increasing.
I have lost an incredible amount of respect for the medical profession as a result of my experience. I go to the Doc far less often than I ever did before. Very few I trust. You have to realize all Docs started off as barbers back-in-the-day.
Anyone considering this surgery I would strongly suggest exhausting all alternative forms of treatment prior to literally going under the knife. Do what you can to keep it. It really is there for a reason as many of us have found out.
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Hi im a 40 year old female in uk. On the 12/8/08 i had my gall bladder removed after having really bad pains and worse then child birth. They threw me out of hospital after a ct scan as only found gravel that was the saturday. By the Monday the pain got so bad i put myself back into the hospital. The doctor did the ct scan himself, then operated 1 hour after.
I wont lie i was in alot of pain afterwards but i think this was down to the fact i was giving alot of wrong tablets and played with each other. Now apart from one infected scar i am ok. I was able to up and walk 2 hours after operation. Its now 10/9/08 although i am still on the sick as cant go back till 6 weeks after a post op i am great. I some times get a boalting feeling but then i must look at my diet. Your hubby will be great if he needs the operation then he has to have it no point being in pain. Take care i wish you the best
I wont lie i was in alot of pain afterwards but i think this was down to the fact i was giving alot of wrong tablets and played with each other. Now apart from one infected scar i am ok. I was able to up and walk 2 hours after operation. Its now 10/9/08 although i am still on the sick as cant go back till 6 weeks after a post op i am great. I some times get a boalting feeling but then i must look at my diet. Your hubby will be great if he needs the operation then he has to have it no point being in pain. Take care i wish you the best
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