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Bile reflux (not to be confused with acid reflux) sometimes gets worse after gall bladder removal. I would imagine smaller, more frequent meals might help. You should mention this problem to your doctor. In serious cases, the common bile duct can be surgically moved so that it empties further down the small intestine. That will prevent the bile from coming back up into the stomach.
I had my gallbladder removed when I was 18. I am now 26. I could always drink alcohol without any problems but now I can barely hold down 1 drink. Anything more and I will vomit for hours and get a terrible headache. It is not worth it for me so I don’t drink anymore. I think it’s time to legalize marijuana.
4 weeks post -op lap chole. Still having daily stomach and abdomen pain, tense feeling, and fatigue through my core. Every night, my abdomen feels so tense and I cannot relax it. 43 yrs, 112 lbs 5’3″ Everyone said it would be a breeze. BTW, I am a operating room RN and it has not been a breeze at all. No other conditions going on either. I wonder if I was over-inflated during sutgery or something. I only feel good the first few hours of the day and then the tense tight sensation starts. I don’t know how much longer I can think I’m just still healing. Misery- at least the GB was not a daily event. It is awful and I’ve even had some ask if I have a “low pain tolerance” which I don’t. This feeling is mostly in my stomach and nearly a chonic thing now. Thanks for any advice. I work in ortho so we do no general surgeries, just bones. No help there. No diarrhea at all. Help
4 weeks post -op lap chole. Still having daily stomach and abdomen pain, tense feeling, and fatigue through my core. Every night, my abdomen feels so tense and I cannot relax it. 43 yrs, 112 lbs 5’3″ Everyone said it would be a breeze. BTW, I am a operating room RN and it has not been a breeze at all. No other conditions going on either. I wonder if I was over-inflated during sutgery or something. I only feel good the first few hours of the day and then the tense tight sensation starts. I don’t know how much longer I can think I’m just still healing. Misery- at least the GB was not a daily event. It is awful and I’ve even had some ask if I have a “low pain tolerance” which I don’t. This feeling is mostly in my stomach and nearly a chonic thing now. Thanks for any advice. I work in ortho so we do no general surgeries, just bones. No help there. No diarrhea at all. Help
I had the same problem after the removal of my gallbladder. Twenty minutes after I ate, I would run to the bathroom. This primarily happened after the FIRST meal of the day. I now take Questran (commonly used to lower cholesterol) every morning. I have to wait approximately two hours after taking the Questran before I can eat my meal without fear of experiencing the need to get to a bathroom FAST. I’m not quite sure what causes this problem. If you have any questions, you can write to me at my EMail address – ***@****.
I am in the process of having gallbladder surgery and it will be done in the last week of July. A friend of mine who had gallbladder surgery as well, had told me about her problems. As a matter of fact, she and I used to work together and go eat lunch and I witnessed this first hand. I thought maybe it was just her but my mother had the same problem too. Thanks for all the advice. Now I know what questions to ask my doctor.
“I had my gallbladder removed on 3/29/2007. My surgery came with complications. I started leaking bile after my surgery so they had to do a second procedure to stop the leak. I was in the hospital for 5 days. I’m feeling fine right now. The only pain I’m having is the weird back pain. I’ve been taking motrin and tylenol. The pain doesn’t prohibit me from functioning normally throughout the day but I was just wondering what’s the cause of it. My surgeon said he didn’t know what it could be and not to worry since the pain isn’t severe.
Glad I found this site. I thought I was crazy too…”
I know how you all feel. I’m 19 and it is just disturbing to me all the side effects I have gone through. The only real difference is my weight has been dropping almost scarily. I feel embarassed and in a lot of pain, like my intestines seize up with any sudden movement, the need for a bowel movement, or any strain at all of my abdomen. I don’t know what to do…
I had my gallbladder removed 6 years ago, when I was 16. It took the doctors a long time to figure out what was wrong with me but after the surgery I have had no more pain like I was having. I have gained a lot of weight since the surgery, which is unfortunate. I have found that when I eat fatty, greasy or fried foods that I get very sick afterwords. I have bile-salt diarrhea as a result of my cholestectomy after pretty much every meal I eat that is not low in fat. I have gotten used to the diet change, as I really never ate much in the way of food like that before anyway. Its a lifestyle change, but it is nothing compared to the pain I used to have. Taking fiber supplements will help if you are having troubles with diarrhea although they really do not stop those times when you may splurg and have a meal of fried food and need to be in the bathroom about 20 mins after you eat or else. Like I said. 6 years down the road and I still have problems with the diarrhea but it is managable. I know when I should and should not eat the yummy fried food our society has come to enjoy, and I know when I can and when I cannot go out after I eat. You learn to read the signals your body gives you.
“Hello all, this is my 1st post here. I was amazed at how many people have the same pains as I do. I had my gall bladder out in 1990 and started having pains in my stomach about six months after the gall bladder removal. At first I thought I had to go to the bathroom and let loose and that sometimes helped. Then I discovered if I had not eaten for awhile I would get this pain in my stomach. After years of this I started to eat something doughy like bread or Tastycakes (butterscoch krimpets) and the pain would go away. The problem was when I was not home I did not have access to any of this. I found that eating peanut butter crackers helped take away the pain. I stock up on these crackers by the box. I have them at home, in my car, at my desk at work and in my wife’s purse. Where ever I go my Lance crackers are with me.
Finally after years I went to the doctor for answers. I have had all kinds of tests done and not one doctor found anything. The last test I had done was about five years ago and I swallowed a pill that had a camera in it. After eight hours of that they still found nothing.
So far I just live with it and keep having crackers. I can get these pains at anytime, whether I eat or not. Sometimes after I drink soda I get the pain and sometimes not. If I do not eat for an extended time I am sure to get the pain. Even though I ate that is not an assurance it will not happen.
I had a colonoscopy today and I was not allowed to eat yesterday. Saturday was the last I ate and sure enough after almost 24 hours of not eating the pain started. You guessed it, here comes the crackers. I had to eat 3 packs with four crackers each.
I am 57 years old and I wonder what will happen when I get older and no one knows what is going on with me.
So that is my story. I am looking for answers.”I had my gallbladder removed three weeks ago. Two days after gallbladder removal diarrhea started and it is yellow. Is this common after the procedure? Should I aspect other post op problems?
I would be interested in what you have done to help the burning pain after gallbladder removal. I had mine removed in Jan 09 and have suffered ever since with burning pain, lump in throat, pain in my sternum. Nothing helps. Thanks! Liz
“Hi everyone! Firstly, great site and advice. My wife had her gall bladder out some years ago, and was never told that she would need to change her diet. (thanks heaps, medical experts/professionals!) She is still struggling with the poop. One thing that has helped her, is changing to low-fat milk, but we haven’t been able to get rid of the problem. She has taken out fats and oils, etc, which has made an improvement, but the problem remains, although sometimes its worsens for no apparent reason. Any suggestions???
Also, I noted someone talking about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in relation to gall bladder issues. It is often under-active thyroids that cause CFS, but is seldom diagnosed as thyroid problems, as my wife found out – the hard way. You really gotta wonder at the medical profession, don’t you?
Good luck to you all.
– See more at: http://www.poopreport.com/Techniques/food_for_toilet.html?page=1#sthash.42DdRMRr.dpuf”
“Back in September I ended up in the ER with severe pain and it turned out my gallbladder had become very infected. They took out my gallbladder the next day. Two weeks after removal of my gallbladder I ended up back in the ER and it turned out I had small blood clots in my lungs. (SCARY!) Now I’m on coumadin for the next few months. Yuck! (I’m way too young to have stuff like this happening!)
Now that I am better from surgery, it’s definitely been determined that I suffer from bad GERD and it sucks. I’m back on prilosec 40 mg a day, but it seems to be losing it’s effectiveness AGAIN. I’m not sure if there is a better drug out there. I definitely know another surgery is not something I can even contemplate at this point in time after what happened last time. (o: It seems like most foods still cause chest pressure and shortness of breath for me and it sucks. If anybody has advice on foods that have been good for you and meds that have really worked, please let me know.
The positive of the last few months is that I’ve lost 50 lbs and am officially back to my college weight! hahaha! (o:”
“I had my GB removed on feb 09. They said that it was urgent so I did it. I too have problems with my BM and can not for the life of me lose weight. I am tired all the time, have strong back pain, hormones are out of control, and the opening of my stomach hurts when I eat. Why the heck didn’t the doctors warn me about the possible side effects?? I have been back and forth to these doctors and no one has correlated my symptoms to my GB removal. >;) I was better off having my GB and just watching what I ate. At least, I did not have a nasty gut that weighs me down physically and emotionally :'( Thanks to all of these posts, I know that I am not alone and that it is not my fault.
Thank you!”
