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“The sphincter is too tight, leading to painful, excess pressure in the ducts. This is a common disorder in young women with typical symptoms of biliary colic.
Often their gallbladders are removed, sometimes even if no stones are found, and the diagnosis is only made later when further investigations reveal the high pressure in the sphincter.
Another explanation for recurrent pain after a cholecystectomy is that more stones are present. Although stones usually form in the gallbladder, they can also form in the bile ducts, producing to the same symptoms. It may also be that a very tiny stone was left in the bile ducts at the time of surgery, and this stone has been slowly enlarging since. In rare cases, the duct leading into the gallbladder (the cystic duct) is not clamped and cut close to its base during the surgery. This can lead to an enlargement of the remaining part of the duct, which can also lead to more stone formation.”“I have been reading all of your thoughts after GB removal. I am in the same condition as all of you and also am Diabetic. I am at my wits end with the pain and reflux. I have lost 70 Lbs before surg. which was in nov. 2006. I am having breathing problems, throat problems, pain everywhere neck, shoulder, arms, legs. I can not seem to eat anything without problems. I am having problems being dizzy an lightheaded. I am always tired and have no ambition at all. This is just the start.
I am sooo sorry to here that you are all having similar health problems. I never know how I will feel when I wake up. This is just wrong. My Dr. Says that about 20% of people after having there GB removed have these problems. He has me on Nexium and it is not helping at all. I was on Prevacid and that did not work.
My diet is a bummer. I eat a lot of white rice, homemade bread without fat, French bread, some veg. and very little protien. Toast is one thing I can eat without butter. pasta without fat but it is such a problem.I feel I am slowly losing the battle. I am so weak and tired. Most of the time after I eat I have D within 5-20 min. and can continue for days. Nothing seems to help.
One thing I need to say is that without GOD in my life I would not have made it.
I will be praying for this group. I know we will find an answer with GOD’s help.
I have a lot more to say but I need to goto town.
Be blessed,
Diskman (Terry)”i am so happy to read about all of your stories. i got my gallbladder removed about 4 months ago and i have diarrhea all the time. i thought my body would get used to it, but now i realize it will probably not and there are medicines for it. i, however, did not gain weight from the removal, but rather lost a lot because i am afraid to eat too much. i am still very young, only 18, and i am just very confused as to how i am supposed to live a healthy live and have a healthy diet when my body is acting so crazy. but now i am going to call my doctor and get medicine for this diarrhea. thanks for all of your postings, it truly helped.
about three months ago when i was about to go to bed i felt my heart racing and pain under my ribs on the left side. i guess i started to panic cuz my heart started to beat faster and i truely thought thats it i will leave behind to small children 3 and 6.
My boyfriend is 22 years old, he had his GB removed last year Feb, ever since he has battled with a pain on his left side of his stomach. He also has been in hospital 3 times after the op with kidney stones- (they keep coming back- especially in his left kidney) It is sore when he eats, when he exercises and if he drinks alcohol. He has changed his diet to help with the digestiion of food. But the pain is getting worse and worse. He has gone for X-Rays, scopes, & CT scans. He is referred from one specilaist to another (Urologists & Gastro), and no one knows what is wrong with him. Please he cant carry on like this- please will someone help or give advice.
hi. i am a 33 year old female and i had my gall bladder removed 3 years ago, 2 years after i found out i had gall stones. life has been pure hell since then. after 6 months of having to have a bathroom close by after i eat anything, it was suddenly replaced by unbearable pain in my stomach every time i ingested anything. i have a 5 year old child. i found out i was pregnant after 3 days after i found out i had gall stone, thus the delay in the surgery. my life since then have been filled with pain, doctors, medications i need and didn’t need, lots of crying and prayers. my heart goes out to everyone that has to deal with this. for a long time, i thought i was the only one and i thought it was just my doctors who actually tried to put me on anti-depression meds. because they told me it was depression and nothing to do with physical pain. i think they called it a functional problem. well, good news to all the years of pain is that i think i’ve finally found a g.i. who really believes me and is ready to get to the bottom of this. first thing he wants to do is to find out it i have more stones blocking my bile ducts by performing MRI. i don’t know what will happen after that but at least he’s doing more than just blood tests and endoscopy after endoscopy. good luck to all of you out there and i’ll post updates if there are any good or bad news after my MRI. thanks.
also, probiotics have been very helpful to me for maintaining regularity and immune system support
I had my Galbladder removed in January and my doctor advised me to eat regular hospital meals for the initial meals after my surgery. The first evening I could not really eat anything other than broth, (which I had to request) and some bread. This caused severe pain which they treated with morphine. The next day the Doctor released me and said I had no diet restrictions and I managed to consume half of a small sandwich. I was home for less than 5 hours and I had to be taken to the emergency room because I had so much pain it caused shortness of breath. Two emergency room Doctors advised that the surgeon should have had me on a strict liquid diet for at least the first 48 hours after surgery. They gave me two shots within 4 hours of each other that they said was 4 times as strong as morhpine. The surgeon was not available or on call so they said to see him asap the next morning. He prescribed Darvecit instead of the 2 Vicodin every 4 hours as they had no effect. He also said the tests showed I may have had a urinary tract infection and gave me antibiotics. The pain has decreased dramatically since my surgery a little over a month ago. I am still feeling very bloated and suffer from frequent diarrhea, and indigestion. I watch what I eat and it seems to help somewhat but this is a rather frustrating way of life that my Doctor made no mention of. Also, one of the posts mentioned an incision below the belly button. I have one about an inch above that is about 3 times the size of the the other 3. Does anyone have similar incisions or complications? Any remedies for being so bloated etc?
“So sorry about all you are going through. I had my gb removed 10/8. I must say I haven’t been the same since. I did’t have any trapped stones and hopefully still don’t, but my Dr. feels I have IBS and Reflux, not necessarily from the Sx but possibly contributed to my GB attacks and symptoms. I do experience discomforts such as gas, belching, D and C off and on, stomach or ab pain. I am presently very nauseaus constantly, maybe from the meds I was on. Yes, very depressed. This is not quality of life. So I took antidepressants that made me very sick to my stomach and gave meget as anxiety attacks. Still having them. life has changed for me. Now I need to learn how to cope with this life the best way I can. This forum has a big part in that. Hope you can get as much help as you can from being here.
Hang in there with the rest of us!
Carolyn
”I had my gallbladder removed 11 years ago and have had no problems until the last few months, other than the oh so common diarrhea problem. However now I am having the worse time (it comes and goes) with indigestion. What I am experiencing is the lump, feels like its in the middle of my chest and sometimes my throat as it goes down…sometimes it radiates to my back as the pain did before I got my gallbladder ripped out….other times it doesnt. When it acts up It hurts to even swallow saliva ..it feels like I am trying to pass a huge jawbreaker or something and it hurts to no end right in the middle of my chest!!! Sometimes I have to spit out my own saliva because I dont want to swallow!!! I dont know what to think??? I am inclined to think it is bile related too but who knows!!! I usually eat very healthy overall, never really paid too much attention to following a low fat diet because it has never been a problem….apparently it sneaks up on you and I have overdone it somewhere!
“Hi, I had my gb removed in 2008. I never needed help with going to the bathroom and after removal definitely worse. Went to stomach specialist after my Dr prescribed cholestyramine just to make sure there were no problems. The specialist took 24 vials of blood and ran every test in the world. Everything was good but did say will probably use cholestyramine for rest of my life. He was not surprised. Also find acid is worse for me than fat to cause an attack. Feels like a gall bladder attack. Also found if I am empty or too dehydrated I will get an “”attack”” and I found dairy (milk or yogurt) helps until I get something to eat. Water may help for 15-20 minutes but a glass of milk can hold it off for a good hour. I just figured out the milk thing last week. Sigh.
Glad to hear the lack of energy is part of this as well as the inability to lose weight. I was getting really worried because my dr seems to think it is just diet and lack of exercise. My thyroid went hypo the same year so was not sure if that was it. Had my thyroid meds increased and that helped for a while but I noticed the tiredness is getting worse. Diets dont seem to help at all. Tried Weight Watchers but they really encourage fruits and vegetables and that causes its own problems. I was taking cholestyramine 2 times a day but am able to take it one time a day now. Found out for my it is better to take just before going to bed so it lasts through the night (used to wake up to the pain and would take a while for it to calm down).
Not sure if this helps anyone but good luck to us all.”
I’m a month out of surgery. I generally feel better but my abdomen does still have a bit of tenderness, especially after lifting. I only just now am able to wear button up pants. I’ve talked to other people about this and they say everyone is different and recovery can take a very long time. Has anyone thought of sphincter of odi syndrom? I hear that that can cause really bad pain after surgery.
I had my gallblader removed approx. 19 years ago now and shortly afterwards, I also was diagnosed with GERD. I’ve also had an endoscopy done and was told to continue taking the medication. I have noticed that not taking the meds for approximately two days–I start vomiting, having stomach pains, etc. I’m considering now having the surgery so I won’t have to continue to paying for meds that sometimes work and sometimes don’t. I never experienced any GERD complaints until after I had the gallbladder surgery also. From my experience so far–this is something to deal with for the rest of your life. I hope this helps!!
I had my surgery about 6 years ago, and still have some of the pain from time to time. It took me about a year before I had much less and the first 3-4 months, I still experienced the cramping and severe pain. Give yourself time to heal and stay away from greasy foods seems to help, particularly in the first months
“It’s good to know I’m not alone, before having my gallbladder removed in Aug of 2008 alcohol really didn’t effect me, unless I consumed a large quantity of it, now one small drink and I’m drunk, get the blackout feeling, and feel like death warmed over for a few days after ONE DRINK.
I’m only 35 & have since decided that it’s just easier to not drink at all. Along w/no longer being able to tolerate alcohol, I also discovered I do not digest red meat like I used to. I have since given up red meat too.”
