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It was comforting to hear everybodies experiences as I to have just started to recover from my Gallstone Lap Surgery. I had a drain inserted during op but still developed leakage due to blockage of drain resulting in the most excrutiating pain I have ever felt. In one day post op I developed Pancreatitis, Fever, Uncontrolable vomiting, had stent put in 1 day post op which lead to the discovery of further damage to my right lung & diaphram which really made it impossible to breath thank god for Morphine or would quite happily wished for death. I too have to return in 7 weeks to have a stent removed & am suffering anxiety incase something else goes wrong. Good luck to you all & thanks again for sharing it has helped because I don’t think people who haven’t experienced this can fully understand the frustration & pain it causes.
hello i just wanted to thank u for writing that! b4 i came to this site today i thought i was alone, the doctors here act like they have no clue and i struggle with this every single day much like u said that hunger pain in the morning is the hardest for me, but i in no way can get anything down but a sip of water to swollow pain meds and then sit wit a heating pad and pray to jesus for the pain to stop, i hope u dnt mind but i just wanted to ask does pain meds help u? i feel terrified that i will need these for the rest of my life?? and the doctors have put me threw hell about them but i dnt know any other way to make then pain stop or atleast livable..ive tried everything i can think of super hot showers forcesing myself to drink water or like some crackers which only mkes it worse? sorry to bug u with this but it seems like u know alot about it and i feel helpless.. one last questions plz do u think all this pain means there is somthing really wrong inside our bodys? thank u very much for ur time and i really hope u feel better!!!
I am delighted I found this sight as I was curious if anyone out there has experienced abnormal weight gain after gallbladder surgery – without altering your diet from befor the surgery.
My wife had her GB removed 4 weeks ago at first any fat would cause diarrhea but now she is getting constipated which she has had that for years. I was hoping the GB removal would fix it she had it removed because it caused paid for 3 years they kept saying it was acid reflux but after a few times we found it was after she ate fatty foods her GI orded a hida scan it was 35%. They said she had no stones and it was up to us to have it out or not. She couldn’t wear a bra all day it would cause pain and she had to pull on the front all the time and contort her body. When the surgen pulled the GB out she told us it was full of black bile which she said was a good thing because that black bile was a sign that the GB was causing the issue. Now she complains that her breath is bad and her teeth feel dirty eventhough she is brushing 3-4 times a day. She says her body oder is stronger now I don’t notice anything maybe her body just adjusting to not having a GB. This last week she has been doing better still has to watch out for fatty foods but thats okay less fat is better.
I wish I saw this post after I had my gallbladder removed. After six years of not knowing what to do about extra pounds and bowel movements, I now have NAFLD. My doctor said it had some kind of connection to my gallbladder removal. Now I see what the connection was. 🙁 😳
“I googled “”neck problems after gallbladder surgery”” and found this forum. I had my gallbladder removed in 1998 when I was 17 years old. It was suppose to be a normal 1 hour surgery and go home the same day. My gallbladder was inflamed and attached to my liver which too kthe surgeons 6 hours to chisel away. When I woke up from surgery the incensions were not the problem, it was the pain in my upper chest and neck. Terrible pain. To this day, 10 years later I still have the same pain. Doctors told me it was from the anastesia and gas and would go away, don’t worry about it. Let them live with this for ten years and then say don’t worry about it. Anyways, I just recently tried seeing a chiropractor to work out the pain, since I have tried pretty much everything else. He said that in this type of surgery, they pull you neck and arms up toward your shoulders and secure them down so that you can’t move them and get them in the way. So he said probably what happened was that no one thought it would be a good idea to move my position and give me some relief during the 6 hour ordeal, therfore causing nerve damage. Just curious if anyone else had anything like this and if so, have you found anything to give you any relief. I go to the gym 5 days a week, I am in great shape, but none of that changes the way my neck feels. Guess I need to try a nerve specialists, this is literally the only thing I have not been through to try and get some relief. It’s almost like you quit trying, I’ve tried so much and have just baout come to the conclusion that I am just going to have to live with it. Anyways, thanks for listening. Any knowledge would be awesome.
Alex”
“Long history short, 2008 I started with the URQ pain, I felt I was dying then, I lost 50 lbs. I was very very scared. I think i was due to the ACCUTANE drug. None Dr, kwos what happen, one recomend remove my gallblader (gallbladder), I did not want, then I changed my diet to vegan, it helped but stil some pain, sometimes I feel relief when I use the vibriting machines, it’s funny after some hours my stool smell very very bad, but after that I’m ok. for a few months, then same thing.
I wish the best to everyone of you, blessing, I feel your pain, when all poeple including your family thing you are just looking for attention. ”“I am a 39 year old female(gallbladder removed 8 years ago) who started the same type of journey in January. I had an ovarian cyst with increase RUQ pain. OBGYN sent me for CT scan, showed blocked bile duct(enlarged on one end, compacted on other). Started to have heartburn and difficulty eating (lost 45 pounds since 1st ERCP). Had 1st ERCP and had blockage removed including a micro carcinoid tumor also, pancrease was inflamed.
Continued to have pain, Dr did 2nd ERCP and I had a stent for 24 hours to drain the pancreas. I had 3 days of no pain and then my stomach flipped(same feeling as driving over a hill and you get the flip). Since then I have had pain in RUQ under 1st rib and goes around to my back. My pain is between a 3-5 all day and will increase to 8-9 with food(Still can’t eat much as pain increases).
Went back to Doctor in May and was told it was due to over active nerves/maybe I should change my job.
Had exploratory surgery a few weeks ago, OBGYN found endometriosis, Gastro doc(different doc) could not find anything. Am scheduled for Gastric emptying studying and have asked doctor for any other tests to determine what is wrong. Due to allergies, I am unable to take med’s other than ibuprofen. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated.”“April 2004 I had my gall bladder removed. Ever since I have had continuing sharp pain in my right chest with muscle twisting. I have visited surgeon twice with no answers from him, visited my PCP with no answers from him either…they both sent me to a pain clinic, which I have visited twice for injections of Kenalog and Marcaine. The effect last a week at best and pain returns.
Can this be damage to colon or to bile duct? and what can be done to eliminate pain? Any recommendations or suggestions?”I had my gallbladder removed about 5 months ago and this past week I started to have this pain right in the same area as my gallbladder used to be. It is a deep pain that radiates to my back and a bit toward my shoulder blades. I’m quite concerned by the abruptness of this pain. I’m just 26 yrs. old and I’m worried sick. Could my elevated stress be the cause? Or is it because I lifted one two many grocery bags? Curious. Please respond!
I had gallbladder removal surgery about 10 years ago. About 2 years ago, I started having heartburn and acid reflux which has gotten more frequent lately. I’m about to go to the doctor, but has anyone ecperience this? I had no problems for years after surgery. I went thru peri-menopause and menopause (I had a hard time) and I’m now in post- menopause. The heRt urn/reflux can hit me out of the blue. I have to carry tums and a I’d refux medicine with me at all times.
I I just had Hernia surgery on the 1/21/09 which turned out to be scar tissue. I have a pump leading from the wound and I still am uncomfortable. I had my gall bladder out in 82 and developed IBS. I have constant diarrhea. Back to the hernia, I had 3 cts and a sonogram all the drs except mine said yep hernia! I am so disgusted with this post op and I never after all my stomach surgeries had this type if discomfort Am I the only one!
Hello, I had my gallbladder removed too even though there were no gallstones. I had same symptoms. I have major sinus problems since removing my gallbladder that I never had before. I am really unhappy that I had surgery and some days I want it back. But, I do think that since ours weren’t functioning properly they were only helping us. Even though not as helpful as it should have been, couldn’t really be setting us back all that much because it wasn’t helping us all that much.
It’s been a year and a half since my gall bladder was removed and I still have all sorts of digestive issues. I have found that eating a low fat diet has helped tremendously! Although it hasn’t taken my symptoms away entirely (eating low fat is harder that one might think), it is much better than when I tried to eat normally. It takes awhile to get use to, and fighting the cravings for the first few months can be a pain, but it really is worth it. Frankly, just looking at greasy food makes me want to gag. When you go out to eat, ask your server if they have a nutritional guide. Beware, they will often point you toward calorie counters for people who are trying to watch their weight, but low calorie doesn’t necessarily mean low fat. I am now in the habit of telling people that it is for medical reasons, not weight loss, and they are usually much more understanding.
I had my gallbladder removed in 2002. I have frequent attacks still. I have found a correlation between me taking pain killers and the attacks. Even Advil or Tylenol trigger an attack–especially Tylenol. If I take a Hydrocodone, I almost immediately have an attack. I’ve told countless doctors about this and they can’t give me an reason why. I do sometimes have attacks when I’ve had no pain meds however. I have bad back and neck problems so I occassionally do have to take something for the pain. However, I usually wake up early morning with a stabbing pain in my back and rib area. I double over in a fetal position and it helps some. Sometimes the pain is so severe I scream and pull out my hair though. It defenitly compares to labor pains. I’m glad to finally hear someone else who’s attacks are triggered by pain meds. Let me know if you have found out anything more about this.
