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I had my gallbladder out in 2004 and have had stomach trouble since then. I just wanted to share that when I had mine out I was 27 and skinny and my doctor said when he sees young girls come in he’s pretty sure its a side effect of birth control pills. For some women taking birth control pills=gall stones. Craziness! I was never told to eat differently, but have been having severe pelvic pain and diarrhea and fatigue for years so I’ve recently gone off gluten (the bloating has improved) and I will go low fat starting today, oh I hope it helps! I’m so sick of this. I look 6 months pregnant if I eat a whole meal, I just have to snack and barely eat just to look normal.
Hello, I am new to the forum thing here and have never been diagnosed w/ GERD but have been having heartburn more of late. This morn I awoke w/ a headache. Once I drank my coffee and it went away some, I started have a pain on the right side of my chest where I had to lay down. After I layed down for awhile, it kinda went away but still have it some. Now I kinda feel a lil sick to my stomach. Any help would be great! Kota PS I had my gallbladder out three years ago ant it wasn’t until after that that I started to have more heartburn.
Hello, I am new to the forum thing here and have never been diagnosed w/ GERD but have been having heartburn more of late. This morn I awoke w/ a headache. Once I drank my coffee and it went away some, I started have a pain on the right side of my chest where I had to lay down. After I layed down for awhile, it kinda went away but still have it some. Now I kinda feel a lil sick to my stomach. Any help would be great! Kota PS I had my gallbladder out three years ago ant it wasn’t until after that that I started to have more heartburn.
“I had my gallbladder removed in July 1997 (lap chole). Ever since then I have had horrible stomach problems. Right now I am suffering a bout of bad upper right abdominal pain that extends to my back and shoulder blade. I’ve had this pain off and on since two months after the lap chole. I have had two upper endoscopies, one colonoscopy, two barium swallows, two CT scans, several ultrasounds and countless visits to GI docs. I recently was diagnosed with celiac disease – which explains the pain/bloating/diarrhea on the left side. But no one can tell me what the recurrent bouts of pain are on the upper right. I suspect it is Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction – GI docs never mentioned this. They always look at me like I’m crazy or making it up. For years was told I have IBS (this is the celiac). My upper rt. abd pain does not seem to relate to a fatty meal (don’t eat fat or gluten). In fact this last bout started during the fast last week before my EGD/colonoscopy – when I hadn’t eaten ANYTHING for 24 hours.
I always freak out and worry that it’s my liver or pancreas (I’ve had slightly elevated bilirubin levels) but after ready numerous accounts of others with upper right pain post lap chole, I think this is a common outcome that should be addressed by the surgeon or GI doc pre-surgery. No blame to docs but would be nice to know what to expect post surgery. At least I wouldn’t have spent 11 years worrying!Going to start on prilosec next week. Having another ultrasound next week. Will discuss SOD with GI doc”
“Although I feel like ending my misrable life, my hope will die last.
I miss my normal life, my kids, my husband, my work, my frieds, my food
The chronic pain I’ve been having everyday for 22 months now came on one day into my entire upper body. Back then, I couldn’t even tell where exactly it was coming from, it felt in the entire upper body. Something flared up and stays there ever after although it’s more defined now.
I am 40 years old female, never smoked, drink no alcohol, no coffee (since the problem came).
My symptoms are:
1. The Pain with very annoying pulsating sensation is mostly in the pit of my stomach and right across in my middle back (in the middle just under the shoulder blades). Sometimes it can be felt more in the left side of my back.
2. It feels like there is some organ inside had enlarged and creating a pressure on my diaphragm from underneath, hence causing pressure feeling in the pit of my stomach and in my throat, difficulty breathing.
3. Bending forward and taking deep breaths because more pressure and pain.
4. Pain and pulsation gets worse after I eat or drink no matter what even little portions.
5. I belch a lot specially soon after I eat.
6. Running low grade fever every day, especially after food.
7. While sleeping at night, the pain subsides. The pain builds up throughout the day starting soon after breakfast. By the end of a day I am in bed in a lot of pain and fever. I’ve got a fear of eating by now because I know every time I eat I’ll end up in more pain.What’s been done:
1. Ultrasound – normal
2. CT scan – normal
3. MRI of abdomen – normal, apart from a cyst in one of my kidneys which doctor said not to worry about.
4. 2 MRIs of my spine – no major issues found
5. 3 gastroscopies – first one found nothing, second – found gastritis which was cleared up by the time of the third one.
6. My gastroenterologist said that he checked my pancreas (I guess thru blood test) and it was normal, although I never saw those results.7. All blood tests were normal.
8. Yoga, acupuncture, 3 physios, 2 chiropractors, hydrotherapy – no improvement.
9. Tried 3 antidepressants – no relieve
10. Currently on Norspan 5ml patches (10ml cause too much side effects) – gives a little pain relief, but doesn’t fix the problem.
11. I don’t know if I would have diarrhea but due to being on norspan I’m mostly constipated. Sorry about the details, but my stool smells abnormal, not like before.
12. Listen to this!!! The only thing that was found abnormal was my gallbladder. HIDA scan showed GB function at 19%, no gallstones. I thought – FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM! I didn’t even think twice about the surgery, I wanted it so much with hope. GB’s been removed 10 days ago. Three days after surgery – the PAIN CAME BACK MORE INTENCE THEN EVER!!! WHY??!!! Interesting fact: while I stayed in hospital, they had me on a drip in my arm to keep me hydrated. While on the drip and during the next three days I didn’t have the PAIN, I only felt the pain from the cuts which was different. I started getting exited until on the fourth day the PAIN started to come back. I’m wondering if it was the liquid they put through the drip or anesthetics that kept my PAIN down? Not sure, but something made the difference for 3 days. So, my GB is gone for nothing!!!Can somebody tell me if my PAIN sounds like chronic PANCREATITIS? I read somewhere that if this drip in the arm makes difference for pain, it could be PANCREATITIS. Does anybody know anything about this relation? What other tests would help to diagnose PANCREATITIS? It’s not that I want it to be, but better be something.
I haven’t been found any gallstones in my GB, liver of bile ducts. Is it possible for those to be missed? I also want to do a liver flush although very scared of it. I can’t afford to make it worse. I am desperate; I hope it won’t make it worse than it is already. I probably have nothing to lose…
Do you think it’s too early after the surgery (10 days since) to do a liver flush? On the other hand why wait – I’m not getting any better and my body’s already tired and exhausted by the illness. Did anybody have success with liver flush for their PANCREATITIS?I don’t see any hope, even if it’s PANCREATITIS, I read it’s not fixable, I would have to live with it for the rest of my life which is no more longer. Is there any help/hope for PANCREATITIS if that’s what I have? PLEASE GIVE ME HOPE!!!!! I NEED TRULY SACCESS STORIES!!! ANYBODY KNOWS GOOD SPECIALIST IN MELBOURNE???!!!WHAT ELSE CAN IT BE???!!!
Can anybody share their success stories to give me some faith?
I WANT TO LIVE BUT NOT LIKE THS!!! GIVE ME SOME HOPE AND HELP PLEASE!!!”
I just read your post from 2010. I sat here and cried. I have been “fighting” the same thing for almost 3 years now. Gallbladder out, blood tests come back “normal”, the gastro treats my “heartburn” (which I don’t have) … and I am the crazy one according to them. My family tries to staying supportive (God Bless my mother) and my partner has his moments. I am tired of the doctors caling ME crazy because THEY can’t find anything. I have never had anything like this …. maybe we should start a coup of the medical profession and make them understand we are not crazy … WE HURT!!!!
“I had my gallbladder out in 1999 at the age of 36. I had been having severe symptoms for a several years prior to that. I had the gallbladder attacks a few times a year (severe chest,back pain around rib cage) . The symptoms that I had daily were constant nausea (Like having morning sickness every day all day) I would wake up in the mornings dry heaving.
There were no gallstones, my gallbladder just wasn’t working right. For a looong time my doctor thought I was just depressed. I knew better. Especially when my brother found out his gallbladder was the problem to his symptoms .As soon as I told him my symptoms, he said GALLBLADDER.
I took that info to my doctor, who was still skeptical. She ordered the pipida (sp?) test and it showed a decrease in output. But she still wasn’t convinced.
After a couple more months I finally asked for a referral to a surgeon. He removed my gallbladder and said that is was so full of scar tissue that it should have been removed years ago. Unfortuantly I gained 20 lbs in 2 months because I could finally eat. No more nausea , or dry heaving. I felt wonderful.
Prior to the surgery, I never had heartburn/gerd. Just the constant naseau/dry heaving.
I have heartburn/gerd NOW since the surgery. It started about 2 years ago.
Dispite treatment of nexium, prilosic, protonix etc.. it’s not improving.
I’m looking for anything that will help”one year ago i went to the hospital because i was in so much pain. They did all of these tests and coun’t find anything wrong. then they put a dye in me and found out that my glabladder hasn’t been working. So they took out my glabladder and i went home one day later. Well the next day i woke up at home and i was in so much pain. My stomach was swollen and i couldn’t breath i was screamig for help. well911 was called and i went to adifferent hospital. The doctor there wouldn’t even listen to me, took one x-ray told me that i was constipated and sent me home. Well that whole night i was screaming and crying. no one knew what to do. well i finally was in so much pain that my body put me to sleep. I woke up 1 hour later itwas 9:00 am. i grabed my mom and told her that if she didn’t get me help i was going to die. So she called the doctor wh did my surgery and they said to go to there office. My mom and her friendhad to almost carry me out t the car. well i get to the doctors office and he said to get me to the hospital now. I get to the hosiptal and the other surgeon saw me and the next thing i remember is waking up in the recovery room all confused. Then i noticed that my sister was there and shelives hours away and family members from everywhere saw me that whole day. No one would tell me what was going on. Well the following day. A doctor came in and told me i was lucky to be alive. It turns out that instead of having 2 tubes from my galbladder to my titestines i had three and only one out of one million people have that. well when they took out my glabladder they didn’t know that. So when they sent me home all of the liqiud from a glabladder was leaking all over my body in inflammed my lives, intestines and my lungs were alomstfilled completly with it. They said if iwas home on more hour i would have been dead. I was in the hospital for 8 weeks, i had 6 surgeries. i was out of work for 6 months. i just don’t get how doctors can mess up like that. Now my hands have scares from all of the needles. I get pains all te time in my stomach and right side. i go to the bathroom like 15 times a day and it is very painful. my immune system has been so bad, i get sick all of the time. I just don’t know what i can do. I get the worst stomach pains, i was just in the hospitalfor stomach pains. I get any sickness around. but what really bothers me is sometimes i get so weak that it is hard for me to walk around. Ijust get so tired. I do drink alcohol is that bad. Please someone right me back!
“I had my gallbladder removed when I was 17. Iam am now 32. Ever since the removal, I still have the same pains. It starts From the middle of the rib cage to the right side, right shoulder, back. I sweat during my attack like crazy. Peoples say I am pale as can be, clammy, Much like a labor pain, It hits hard for a bit. I even try the breathing to help the pain. I have found myself ever since my gallbladder was removed in the ER so many times. They have no explanation for it. I have kept food diaries. Nothing really agrivates it except eggs and bacon and that is not all the time. I could have nothing in my stomach and get an attack. I have tryed vomiting, enemas, hot showers, different positions. These attacks wipe me out and I will sleep like a baby after one for hours. When I awake I feel as someone punched me in the area and it is even tender to the touch.
I have had ultrasounds, cat scans., mri’s, blood tests, and finally a colonoscopy last month. He could only go 1/3 of the way in cause I had so much scar tissue in my intestines. He says I will have to come back in and be put asleep for another one, soon. What is that all about? I had the lapriscopic surgey. Scarring in the intestines?
As for the pain, I have been put on everything from little anti spasms that I place under my tongue to Valuim, anti nauseas to antibiotics. Belladonna to antiacids. Nothing works…
I hate the fact of not know what causes it, how to prevent it, how to stop it, just how to live with it. ”“I appreciate everyone sharing their sometimes private and painful gall bladder stories. I am 41 and had mine out August of 1999, so it has been 16 months. I have had urgency and diarhea problems, but not really severe. I take colon cleanse fiber capsules every day, and eat a lot of small meals. That seems to help. However, 6 months AFTER my surgery, I started having pain in the gallbladder site like a GB attack. I have had another GB ultrasound, and there are no abnormalities in the area, the metal clips are in there, and no stones were left behind in the duct. I also have been diagnosed with GERD, which I have never had before, no doubt a result of GB removal. The acid has been so bad that it would awaken me from sleep if I hadn’t taken my Zantac at night. My throat at the adams apple area started hurting so bad like I had been kicked there. It was just the acid. I sleep with my chest/head up on an angle now, and take Prilosec or Zantac.
I suppose the must frustrating thing for me and for so many of you here, is that the doctor never mentioned any of these things, or what to expect or maybe look for afterward. I thought there was something seriously wrong with me because of the pain in my GB area, and I had no idea that my sore throat was acid!! My mother (65) had her GB out this year. My sister (45) had hers out at 40. They both continue on a diet of Zantac and Prilosec.
“I had my gallbladder removed almost a year ago. I’ve seen comments posted about this in the forum, but no real answer or explanation as to why it happens. Luckily, I suffered no pain after the surgery; I recovered well and I am VERY HAPPY that I do not suffer through those horrible attacks anymore (the last one made me think I was going to die and I ended up in the ER with the surgery scheduled shortly after). Anyway, I have noticed that ever since the surgery I have a MAJOR problem during and after eating. I have to RUN to the bathroom. I, too, am familiar with a lot of public restrooms almost anywhere I go. Unfortunately, sometimes I choose NOT to go somewhere or NOT to eat something because I’m so afraid of what will happen later. Is there a real medical ezplanation for this? I asked my PCP and all he told me was to ask the doc who performed the surgery. I was given a lot of information before the surgery, but during my TWO follow up visits, nothing about this was mentioned. I didn’t notice it until a few weeks later. I’m ashamed to talk to anyone about it. Is there anything that can be done? I hate to think that this is how I have to live for the rest of my life.
This may be of some value….I too had my gallbadder removed about 5 years ago and is still having loose stools as well as pain simular to the gallbadder pain… Just resently I have be dianosed with a Hiatal Hernia with Inflammed Esophagusin
I had my Gallbladder taken out it october 2009 and ever since I’ve had a sharp stabbing pain in my upper abdomen between my rib cages and it as well radiates to my back. I’ve been to 1000 doctors and they all have no answers or try to blame it on IBS or Acid reflex!!!! I’ve gone to the ER with this pain and they always rush me back to a room and come up with nothing! If someone knows whats going on and why this is happening to people please share!!!
Hi I had my gallbladder removed in 2006 and I can tell you it doen”t get better one doctor said now that your gallbladder is gone you have nothing to regulate the bile that goes to your stomach after eating so hince the stomach cramps he told me to buy benefiber and take daily (didn’t help either). So if you hear of something that works please post it. Thank Carolyn
“I write this years later hoping to save someone the concern and worry I faced at the time.
A few times in the years following the removal of my gallbladder I had attacks, gallstone attacks (there can be no forgetting those!) and the doctors wanted to cut the Sphincter of Oddi, which they concluded finally after several ER visits–and denial by them that there could still be gallstones–but I refused. I’m glad I did, as it was the second last attack I ever had.
Conclusion, I had small gallstones, and small stones(my surgeon told me after), a few must have already been in the bile duct when the Laparoscopic surgery took place. Seems perfectly obvious now and so logical, just surprised the medical profession was so keen to look for other reasons or to find a more harsh solution than was necessary. It’s been 3 years since my last attack, which was a roll around on the floor woozie with some discomfort the rest of the evening.
I now eat normally and sometimes worse. A little too greasy sometimes. But what used to really set me off was avocado, which is quite fatty(though healthy) and a food with one of the highest amounts of magnesium. Magnesium relaxes the muscles(the bile duct is a muscle-Epsom salts are largely comprised of magnesium, hence such a bath relaxes people thoroughly and can even gives them ‘the runs’). And then the bile in the liver is triggered by the avocado’s fat content, there’s then a rush of bile from the liver, down the supple relaxed bile duct, pushing on any last stones, creating an attack. Just magnesium could cause an attack or just fat, the two together… definite attack for me.
Probably 5 of my attacks before and after had been started by avocado, and I love guacamole. So, yeah, patience anyone with those attacks. I wouldn’t advocate surgery on the bile duct unless you’ve explored all your options and waited it out. Eventually all the stones, pebbles, sand, will pass. I now eat my old kryptonite, guacamole and avocados, daily. So, yeah, this will pass, or did in my case.
I would advocate a natural cure as opposed to getting the gallbladder removed, or at least trying it. I was too chicken but sometimes wish I had. Your digestive system will never be perfect again but no big problems.
And to avoid ever getting gallstones, too late for that now– too much dairy and fat, bad fat, gallstones being comprised of cholesterol or calcium. And that’s my take on it. Hope it helps somebody. Good luck.”
