Ongoing Complications (1000+)

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I had my galbladder removed when I was 27, 30 years ago. I have had issues over the years with some weight gain, under control now, and digestive problems. My galbladder was removed because it was enlarged and full of those cinder stones that never show up in an x-ray. I was full of infection and stayed in the hospital for 9 days on IV’s and a drainage tube, antibiotics. I still need to watch out for fatty foods causing severe problems with my bowels and it seems fresh fruits and vegetable skins are impossible to digest and cause constipation every time I eat them. Peanut butter is horrible on my system! I usually cook everything I eat and sometimes wonder if I am getting the right amount of nutrition because I can’t eat fresh foods enough. I take a small amount of supplements and hope I will keep my health as I am aging. I also wonder how this could effect my liver and other organs. I’ve just started a wonderful relationship with a fantastic man, I am a widow, and want to be with him as long as I can, and healthy!

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I have had heart burn and acid reflux for years. I was eventually diagnosed with GERD. About a year later after being diagnosed with it I had to have my GB removed and my heart burn and acid reflux has gotten 10 times worse since then. They both tend to be worse at night. I am currently taking Prilosec 40 mg and zantac 300mg night. I take one 20mg prilosec twice a day. They seem to help me quite a bit but if I forget to take them I will definitely pay the price later that day or at night when I am trying to sleep.

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i’m 22 years old and i’ve had gallbladder removal 5 weeks ago. today i’m feeling very nauseated and i feel very bloated is this normal i have also missed a period which i’m assuming is due to operation as i am on contraceptive pill. my boyfriend gives up as i was so sick before i got my gallbladder removed and now the sickness is just creeping back in some days i feel i could eat a horse and others i can’t contemplate food at all??? any one else feel like this???

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had the gall bladder operation about 1.5 weeks ago feeling same pain , light headed dizzy etc . did they give you anything….still taking the pain killers and feel cold all the time . Would like to be able to here from someone else it goes away

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I am a female 40 years old and I had my gall bladder removed on 1/18/07. Since the surgery, I find myself in the restroom a lot. As a matter of fact, I have never visited the restroom so much in my life. I feel sick to my stomach and bloated most of the time as well. I am hoping this will pass with time. It is not something I look forward to dealing with the rest of my life.

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“I had the procedure done, one week after my gall bladder was removed.
My regular GI, knew sphincter valve was spasming. But she felt once the gall bladder was removed it was stop spasming. Plus they tried to get me to relax and destress. I have hardly any stress in my life, but I hardly think stress and a spasming sphincter is not related at all. Anyway, I was sent to Froedtert in Milwaukee and a specialist did the cutting. The nasiousness and pain is gone. There are still some foods that upset my stomache, but I think that is more related to the removal of the gall bladder, deep friend foods, caffeine, chocolate. I’m glad I had mine done.”

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I had my gallbladder removed a little over a month ago. Within 2 weeks of my surgery I woke in the middle of the night with a severe pain in my upper abdomen just below my sternum. I have to say the pain was as severe as the final stages of child labor! Since that time I have had one more attack a couple of days ago. The attacks come and go over about a 1 hour span, lasting 10 to 20 minutes each time. I have had blood work, endoscopic procedure and at the beginning of this next week will have a CT scan done. My gallbladder symptoms have seemed to have subsided for the most part. I have been following a low fat diet. I am waiting minute by minute hoping whatever attack I have had does not return. I have also have experienced weight loss and random nausea. Anyone with a similiar experience?

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Hey, I was reading some of these messages and have a few words of advice. I had my gallbladder removed when i was 15 due to gallstones and now am 24. After my surgery I had no problems except for occasional cramps after large greasy meals. Fast forward years later and it is a lot harder to keep control over. My problems started around my third year of college and got worse over time. Alcohol never seemed to affect me negatively after surgery (and I drank plenty being a college student away from home) but some may want to look at what they are eating before drinking and what you are drinking. You have to remember that everything you eat is not wholesome and being consumed by all the bile in your tummy so if you are eating a value meal or easily digestable things before you drink this is probably why you are getting so sick. Also, I tend to do better with brown liquiors instead of clear. As far as cramping and things like that I have found with diet and exercise it really does help. I use to be like everyone else and eat lunch never breakfast and then eat something quick and convenient for dinner this landed me in the bathroom most days multiple times a day. Since then I looked at my diet and started realizing that it wasn’t I could not eat fast food or chinese food or mexican food or spicy food or salads it was that I had to eat better at least some of the time. Now my diet consisits of eating 5 fruits and veggies a day all before dinner as breakfast and lunch basically I snack all day. I can make a smoothie for breakfast and knockout two fruits before lunch. I only do this monday thru friday and then on the weekend I eat what I want. For dinner I can eat what I want but just through eating raw fruits and veggies it keeps my bathroom trips and horrible cramping and bloating to a minimum. And of course everyone knows here that the worst pain comes after you do not eat for hours on end then decide to eat a huge greasy meal.

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“I Had my gall bladder and appendix removed a little less than a year ago. Since then, its been getting worse and worse. Diarrhea, cramps, inability to stay out of the bathroom! and I think the worst is if i havent eaten in a while and then go to eat a regular sized meal I get a gall bladder attack! There is No gall bladder to attack me, so how is this happening?? I’ve also noticed the yellow coloration and the constant need to go is getting more and more pronounced. Its to the point now that I do not want to go out to eat anywhere, I wont eat if I’m at someone elses house, and fast food is pretty much out of the question because of the fat content in it! The foods I now have a problem with, which never bothered me before…
Dairy
Eggs
Bananas
Fast food/ greasy food
anything deep fried

All of these foods either cause a gall bladder attack now or cause emergency trips to the bathroom before the meal is even complete.
I’m Not losing weight and really, with as fast as i process things now I should be slimming down! What can I do to fix this? The point of my surgery was no more pain, well its worse now than before the surgery.”

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the gallbladder does not produce the bile bile is made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder ( bladder like urine bladder )so once the bladder is gone there is a constant flow of bile into the intestine

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I am having the same – without the severe pain. I had my GB out on July 31 of this year – I just feel sick almost all the time; stomach constantly bloated and its so hard to eat when my stomach is so sick. I also was diagnosed with GERD – reflux – which is actually coming and going in severity. It’s now August – don’t know if you’re still reading these posts but I would be eternally grateful if you could let us know if you’re doing any better now. I need some inspiration that this is going to get better at some point.

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“I had gallbladder surgery a month and a half ago. I think the most frustrating thing is that the doctors don’t believe you when you tell them how you are feeling because “”you shouldn’t be feeling that way””! You are not nuts! I feel bloated and have general pain almost every day. The few days I have felt well are such a shock. I have forgotten what it is like to feel well and have energy to do things!!

I can’t offer anything but I understand how you are feeling and you need to know that there are many of us out here that are feeling the same way. I have had the panic attacks, too. They all seem related but the dr.s don’t think so?! If they would just LISTEN to their patients more…

I will keep checking back on this site to see how you are doing… Are you having as much trouble getting ready for Christmas as I am??? Going shopping, cleaning house, etc. is all overwhelming…

You are in my thoughts,
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I have been suffering over 10 years after having my Gallbladder removed and this website is a revelation (my last episode was yesterday and I thought I was dying)! I have been offered the operation which I am now definitely going to have. Does anyone else suffer from vomiting aswell as horrendous pain? My ‘incidents’ seemed to have escalated to include this delight!!

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I had my gallbladder removed in 2001 and I still have diarrhea and yellow bile. (sorry, I know it’s gross). Soon after I eat a meal, I get stomach cramps and have to get to the bathroom. After all these years, I still will not go out to eat any where. Any one else have this problem. Thanks for your input… Liz C.

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I had my gb removed about 6 years ago. For those who are experiencing extreme weight loss and food going straight through, I would talk to your dr about Dumping Syndrome. I was diagnosed with this after losing about 40 lbs in a month after my surgery. The dr gave me medication (it’s been too long but i believe the medication was called cholestyramine) This med helped stop the immediate diarrhea and vomiting after meals. Unfortunately, once I stopped losing excessive weight, I started gaining excessive weight and have not found a solution for that.