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Ongoing Complications (1000+)
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“I had my gallbladder out also, along with a huge tumor on my Liver (the size of a soft ball!) which was thankfully not cancer. I have the rotating constipation and loosey goosey poops. I cannot eat ANY dairy or fatty things without paying the price. (All hands on deck, find an exit fast, Aooooga Aooooga!!!) Along with the loosey goosie poops!! I get the gut rumbling thing and I will belch for hours on end, so totally annoying because they are the huge ones like Homer Simpson’s beer buddy side kick at the bar. Then once that tapers off, it travels to the “”aft end of the ship””, and I will rip off the most helacious farts!!! Lovely. Just beautifl. How lady like and dainty …NOT!!! Acedophilus helps some, but I need to know what other enzimes I can take to calm this all down. It has been 18 months since my surgery, and I still have all of these symptoms. My Dr. did not even mention any of this to me, nor any dietary reccomendations post gallbladder. I am almost afraid to start dating, for fear of the Fart monster or the “”Belchaphonic Symphony”” starting on a dinner date!! Egads!!!
Somebody please HELP ME!!!”
Hi, My name is Eva Sanchez and I had my Gallbladder removed this year 2009. I don’t know if anyone have experienced this problem but I lost alot of weight before the surgery happened and now I hate looking at myself because I feel too skinny. I’ve tried eating alot but it is not helping. I want my own body back. Have anyone experienced this before?
This is an excellent article with good information because I had my gallbladder removed for working at only 10% almost 2 years ago and am still having terrible problems. My liver function tests have been elevated since before the gallbladder was removed and all I have been told is that I have a fatty liver. I am now changing doctors and need to be tested further for celiac disease the blood test came out negative but I have been told that it is not always accurate and that I should have other tests done. I am now going to a liver specialist and celiac specialist to see what they can find out. This is a terrible frustrating time and really causes a lot of worry.
This is an excellent article with good information because I had my gallbladder removed for working at only 10% almost 2 years ago and am still having terrible problems. My liver function tests have been elevated since before the gallbladder was removed and all I have been told is that I have a fatty liver. I am now changing doctors and need to be tested further for celiac disease the blood test came out negative but I have been told that it is not always accurate and that I should have other tests done. I am now going to a liver specialist and celiac specialist to see what they can find out. This is a terrible frustrating time and really causes a lot of worry.
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My daugher had her Gallbladder removed and after 3 days she began leaking bile. She had a stint placed to stop the leakage from her liver. She was told that she had strange shaped Gallbladder which had and extra valve. The doctor did not seal the valve because he did not know where it was. She was in extreme pain from her abdominal area all the way to her shoulders. She could hardly take a breath and ended spending more days in the hospital. while she was there nurses kept holding the medication for pain, thinking that they were doing her a favor by giving her less. She would spasm and then the pain increased. We had to call the head nurse and she made sure that Tina recieved the correct medication. She was in unbearable pain for 5 days. On the 6th day the pain was bearable and she is home. She is very tired because of the insult her body has indured. She met a women in the hospital who had the exact complications she had. She told us that thing did get better within a week and that she lost over 100 pounds due to all the side affects of the procedure. She said the procedure overall has produced a better outcome and quality of life than she had before. We are hoping that Tina will have the same outcome.”“Gallbladder Complications
My daugher had her Gallbladder removed and after 3 days she began leaking bile. She had a stint placed to stop the leakage from her liver. She was told that she had strange shaped Gallbladder which had and extra valve. The doctor did not seal the valve because he did not know where it was. She was in extreme pain from her abdominal area all the way to her shoulders. She could hardly take a breath and ended spending more days in the hospital. while she was there nurses kept holding the medication for pain, thinking that they were doing her a favor by giving her less. She would spasm and then the pain increased. We had to call the head nurse and she made sure that Tina recieved the correct medication. She was in unbearable pain for 5 days. On the 6th day the pain was bearable and she is home. She is very tired because of the insult her body has indured. She met a women in the hospital who had the exact complications she had. She told us that thing did get better within a week and that she lost over 100 pounds due to all the side affects of the procedure. She said the procedure overall has produced a better outcome and quality of life than she had before. We are hoping that Tina will have the same outcome.”In March 2012 I started having pain in my lower right rib area. Then bloating started a short while later. After many tests, scans, etc. I had a Hida Scan (which is the ultimate gallbladder test) which revealed that my gallbladder wasn’t working. So I found a surgeon and had it removed in October, 2012. Sad to say took a little over 6 months to diagnosis my “classic” gallbladder symptoms. Then totally unrelated to my gallbladder surgery, in December I had to have another surgery (sacral colpopexy) which was done mostly by laparoscopy and caused more scaring and lesions, etc. So it’s now July 2013 and I am still having a ton of bloating, rib and pelvic pain. I totally feel no progress since my surgery. I went to my GYN for my annual and mentioned that I was having bloating. Bloating is also a major symptom of ovarian cancer so she is sending me for an ultrasound to make sure there are no masses on my ovaries. It’s just been a roller coaster of emotions and I am praying that everything is ok. After reading the posts here, I am feeling somewhat relieved and hopeful that I am just having symptoms long after my gallbladder surgery…..like all of you. Thanks to all of you that have taken time to post your journey through pre and post gallbladder surgery.
I am thankful I found this post since I have been experiencing the same symptoms: pain and tightness on the right side of my abdomen. Sometimes nausea at night. My GI doctor promptly prescribed a CT scan. I would like to advise everyone here to avoid having CT scans without researching side effects of this procedure. The amount of radiation released into your body during a CT scan is several hundreds of times that of regular X-rays. This can lead to cancers later in life. I opted out and decided to have a blood check to make sure liver function is ok. If all ok, my pain is probably caused by scar tissue or adhesions formed after emergency gallbladder surgery. Not much to be done about that..
My mother is also having the same problems. She had gall stones removed last October. My sister passed away a few months later and my mom lost a lot of weight. My mom always had a pretty big stomach but I noticed that as she lost the weight her stomach just seemed to stay the same or get bigger even. She began to notice that she was bloated and went to the dr. The doctor said that it happens often with gall blader and it is just gas. My mom said thath she does experience alot of gas now..like when she goes to the restroom. I’d like to think maybe the dr is right but I just dont trust them. My syster was misdiagnosed and thats what led to her death..now I think I am just extra paranoid wiht myparents and their old age. I did ask my mom to call the dr and ask them to review the bloodwork to make sure CD is counted out. If anyone thinks of anything else or find that it is just common with gall bladder surgery…please reply. I don’t know what to do for her.
I know how you feel I have been diagnosed with bile refux and acid reflux. Its misery and it has given me gastritis which is very painful. Its difficult to eat an the reflux causes chest pain a lot as well. Did you pray? I believe inGod and prayer too and have been prayed for. Do you still have the problem? Ive had problems for months since the gallbladder was taken out. Lets hope we get help soon,oh I am on meds and they dont seem to work.
I think it is important that before gallbladder surgery people be tested for celiac disease. For years I went undiagnosed after my gall bladder removal and it almost put me in the hospital because my liver was becoming so damaged. I think knowing I had a gluten intolerance would have saved me a lot of heart ache and money. Instead stupid doctors almost killed me because they couldn’t relate the gallbladder removal to celiac disease, thanks to my own diagnoses and a healthy gluten free diet I finally feel the way I should have my whole life.
“My name is Judy hicks. I had my GB removed 1 year ago and I have had nothing but problems since then. I developed Acid Reflux, have had 5 scopes, ERCP’s, stents, etc. To this day I continue to have reflux and the PPI’s nor the H2 Blockers work. My diet is minimal at best and the doctors at the clinic I go to dont know what to do. They have protocol procedures and thats the way it is
I was seeing some powerful doctors when on insurance but I ran out of money. While not indigent things are rough because at this time I am still in pain and cant handle the stress of seeking employment. Had to rent out a portion of my home.
I take Carafate which is minimal in helping and Questran which I dont think does a darn thing. I am trying to find an attorney to help but so far no one is interested. Too much money to prove malpractice.”
My wife has GERD after GB surgery for a few years now. She has a very bland diet, no animal protiens. She tried by chance of taking a doctors advise over the phone to take 4 times per day Pepcid, 20 mg. Now she as reduced that to 3 times per day and has this under control. Even I have gotten use to sleeping on a bed, propted up. Before Pepcid, she tried all the other meds and many visits to the doctors and almost gave up. I use to take to Kaiser in the middle of the night. Pepcid, 20 mg 4 times a day build up her reserve and she reduced this to 3 times per day. Good luck to you. John413
For me my surgeon and GI couldnt stress enough how important fibre is after gallbladder removal, I take 2 metemucil tablets every morning and has helped soooo much, makes you regular and will help with the diarrhea, give it a try? Hope you all feel better.
Hello Fellow “Dumping” Buddies! You guys just don’t know (well…actually you probably do…) how happy I am to find others who are currently suffering from the “Dumping Syndrome” in varius degrees after they have had their gallbladder removed. I was beginning to think that I was the only one with this problem and it has had me worried. I am 27 and had never had any problems like this before I had gotten pregnant. I developed gall stones during pregnancy and I can honestly say that pain was worse than labor itself! I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy! Anyway, I had my gallbladder removed 2 weeks after our son was born and since then I have been afflicted with this “dumping syndrome”, gas, and bloating. It will be 3 years this August that I have lived with this–some days it is worse then others. Just last week I went back to the doctor who performed the surgery to ask why this was happening. I was told that 98% of the people wh have this medical procedure done experience no problems, but that there is a 2% (andI guess that is all of us here) who do experience some form of problem. Now I have not had any more pains in my tummy that were like the attacks (thank goodness!) but this loose bowel stuff has got to go. The doctor took blood and stool samples to run scans on and I am supposed to meet with him in 3 weeks. During this time he has had me cut out my dairy products completely, though he said that a minimal amount of cheese was okay. From experience I have found that if I cut out a lot of my sugar, fat, caffine, and spicy food intake it does help. I know it is hard to give up your favorite foods, but it really does help with the problems. He also put me on a high fiber diet and wanted me to take Citracil—I couldn’t take that stuff when I was pregnant and I can’t stand it now so I think that I will try the Flax Seed Oil that Veronica mentioned above. I also drink LOTS of water. I keep hoping that my body will correct itself but I don’t know if that will happen. I, too, have had a fear of colon cancer but the doctor says not at my age. I have a paranoia of cancer as it is and would like to have a colonoscopy done as well as the test where you swallow that tube, but I am a little hesitant about those tests since the proding is just not natural as it is going in a body opening that is specifically meant for exiting! And the gagging during the other test—UHH! Can anyone tell me what those tests are like? Are they painful? My post may come across as being humorous in certain places, but that is the only way I can deal with all of these problems since they are really starting to get me down now. I just want to go back to being normal…..
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