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“Yeah that sucks that you are having brown spots show up. That sounds like a blood infection or something. I would go back to the ER have some blood test done. I will pray for you that it isn’t your liver or anything serious. Hopefully it is something minor. And too the person who just posted something, it takes like 3 weeks for the abs pain to go away, months for it to go away permanently. But at least you can still eat normal food. I cant eat anything greasy or steak yet.
Little back story for me, the day I got hurt was 6 months ago. I was working out doing dead lifts wrong. I felt like my stomach was on fire and that i pulled my abs apart since I didn’t suck in my gut while doing this. Also I was a big work out buff and made a rookie mistake. So that night I went to the hospital since I was having trouble breathing and have upper abdominal pain. Thought I was having a heart attack since I did so many supplements and stuff. They said it was nothing , did a CT scan of my lungs and gave me some meds. Didnt feel better so they sent me to a Gastrologist . That is when they did a endoscope and seen I had a small/med hiatal hernia, gastritis, acid reflux, and a ulcer. I never had stomach problems before or had heartburn. I use to be able to eat anything I wanted without feeling like bloating or burping up food. So they put me on meds for the acid reflux and nothing worked. Could only eat bland foods and thats when they tried my GB , they did a sonogram and a radiology test to see if my GB was working. No stones it just stopped working.
So they removed it. Went 2 weeks feeling great after my GB was taken out before my acid reflux came back and pain in my upper left hand side of my abs right under the breast bone. Also I have a shortness of breath, not bad but enough to feel like I have one, also I feel like I gotta lump in the back of my throat. And if I lay down after I ate something within a couple hours and fall asleep on the couch , i will wake up like as if I cant breath and feel like something is in my throat. I cant sleep on my back really cause it feels like a lump in my throat and so I sleep on my sides on a wedge pillow made for acid reflux people.
Had a CT scan of my (abs) and (pelvic) are and a bacteria test. Both came back normal. So my gastro doc is sending me back to my hernia doc who took my GB out. The Hernia doc is pretty confident it is my Hiatal Hernia. I am hoping it is just that. Cause the Gastro doc said he doesn’t know any other test he could, all the ones I have had already ruled out anything serious. So hopefully this is it, if not I will have to go to George Town to the specialist. Has anyone had these problems or pain ?”
I was just searching for gallbladder and alcohol intolerance and found this. I had my gallbladder removed in 2010 and I have not been much of a drinker since then and so I never connected it but I cannot hardly drink at all without a long terrible hangover, heart palpitations, insomnia, naessea, etc. now and sometimes body pain. I thought it was my fibromyalgia, but this makes more sense.
Hi moscow 2005 I was operated 1987 from gallbladder & I suffer from reflux ever since & take nexium 40 mg everyday. The day I miss I will have real bad reflux. You will have to get endoscopy every couple years to keep an eye on esophagus. I’m sorry!!!!
“14 years ago my gallbladder was removed due to gall stones blocking the bile duct. The pain was incredible before surgery, so was happy to be rid of it.
I am now experiencing some major malfunctions such as weakness, pain and neuropathy – at first in my feet, now my legs and arms. (so severe it is necessary to use a wheelchair for traveling more than 30 feet) Also have mild memory loss. After 5 days of tests at the Mayo Clinic, I was diagnosed with a severe B vitamin deficiency. MS was ruled out, fortunately.
When I returned home from the Mayo Clinic, I immediately starting taking a double dose of B vitamin complex. The pain in my legs, and their strength and have improved. Some feeling has also returned. (With numb feet, the ability to maintain your balance is impacted.)
I started researching in various areas. From a (Vol. 17,.issue 7)Nutrition & Healing newsletter, written by Dr. Jonathan V. Wright, I learned that those of us who have had our gallbladder removed, should be supplementing with bile salts whenever we eat fats, so that we can aborb water soluable vitamins from our food (that is what B vitamins are). It is too early to tell how effective they are, as I am only in my second week of taking the bile salts. I have always maintained a healthy diet with lots of fruit and vegetables, high fiber, low fat, no smoking or alcohol. Theoretically I should be a poster child for good health.
My health is so severly impacted that I am no longer able to work, since this June. It is rare for me to drive now as I feel I should be able to rely on my legs to control brake and acelerator. Typically when working, I drove 30,000 miles per year.”
“Hi All, Have been reading through these posts today, sure is a lot of them, and just want you all to know you are not crazy. This most definetly pain after gall bladder removal. Not sure why but I had my gb removed about 8 years ago. Had several GB attacks before that so thought it was a good idea to have it out. I also had a huge stone sitting in it. So out it went.
The years that followed were just as painful as when I had my gall bladder.
I had trapped stones in my bile ducts twice and needed a procedure called an ERCP done twice. That worked fine. But a few years after that I developed pancreatitis from out of the blue. Talk about pain. Wow. Worse than giving birth I needed 2 more ERCP’s done and of course in between many endo’s for GERD. Than developed Barretts Esphagus and IBS.
I personally think it is all related somehow. My stomach has always been bad, even as a teen I was constipated. I still get gut pain that radiates into my back. One of my doctors thinks it is trapped gas while the other one thinks it is acid building up. So all of you that still get pain after surgery, you are right and it could be a number of things. Good Luck all and feel better. ”“I really hope that my symptoms will sound familiar to someone and you can tell me what to do.
I had my gall bladder out in 02. A CT scan of the abdomen, endoscopy, colonoscopy, and ultrasound showed nothing wrong. A scan of the gall bladder showed it was not functioning “”up to par.”” So out with the gb.
But I continue to have pain; some days it is severe, other days not so bad. I have tried elimination diets and can find no connection between what I eat and the pain. I also see no connection with how much exercise I get, how much sleep, how much stress. Right now I am trying acupuncture and a “”hot”” diet (i.e., nothing cold or raw; drink lots of ginger tea and take hot baths). Can’t say it’s helping.
I went to a GI who thinks it’s “”nerve pain”” (my body is sending a wrong signal to my brain) and has prescribed an anti-depressant; but that makes me think bad thoughts and I feel so hopeless and dull. I know there are newer meds out there, but I’m hoping there is another solution.
I’m at the point where I’m tired most of the time and I feel short of breath sometimes. I think the pain is wearing me down!Does anyone have any words of wisdom? I’m really frustrated with this!!!”
“Hello! I have been searching, researching and more searching for someone… anyone who might be having the same issues! I was relieved to know I was not the only one with these the same problems after my gallbladder removal! I had my gallbladder removed Jan 2009 and since that time I have put on 50lbs and I feel as though I have a spare tire around the top of my stomach! I read the last post from jacmor0315 on Sept 20,2010 and was so excited of the possibility of some relief! I went straight to Wal-Mart after work and bought the Probiotic Multi Enzyme and started taking as directed. Although it has only been a couple of days, I can tell the difference in my energy level, of course I believe it was non-existent before.. lol… now I actually have more energy than I have in a year! I cannot see a difference in the weight or the spare tire yet, but I DO expect to see a change soon. Thank you so much JACMOR0315 for all of your hard work in researching this issue and for your post to advise others!!! I have since sent this post to others I have recently found out have the same issues!!
”I had my gallbladder removed around about 2 months ago. It was diseased no stones or anything though. I found this out because I was always sick to my stomach, I mean almost all the time. Anyways since my surgery I thought I would have a little relief. NO SUCH LUCK!! I am still nauseaed all the time, no appetite, etc…. Well just hoping someone can relate and give me some advice? I am at this point despirate.
I had mine removed about 2 years ago… I also had a false negative pregnancy test before hand, & after i had the surgery, I experienced pain – to find out i was 9 weeks pregnant & now my daughter’s hair & teeth growth is stunted… on top of all these things, i cant eat half the things i like without running to a bathroom within the first few bites. im only 19, had my surgery at 17 (had over 100 gallstones). before my surgery i was 125 lbs. after my pregnancy and i had lost the initial weight, i weighed in at 130 lbs. (i had little to no appetite while pregnant) & ever since i got my appetite back, ive been 150-160 lbs… i dont eat junk food, & i have no idea what to do.
i also had my gallbladder removed 5 years ago,i have constent pains in my side,and i havent had a decent bowel movement,i also have a b12 deficiency,they have me on shots for this,it doesnt help,my levels still are low,i take shots every week.i have a vitaim D deficiency as well,now i have osto arithites,i am only 40 years old.some one told me that eating fatty food will make you have lose bowel movements,i dont eat meat alot,i love cheese,but this stil does not higher up my vitiam D deficency.i can only eat certain kinds of food,i weigh 96 lbs,im tired of this whole mess,i need advice 🙂
“How did you get rid of Dirreah after gallbladder removal?
Hi there – you’ll see my story posted a lot on these boards, so I won’t go into major detail now. I found out about a drug called Colestid on this message board and how it can help control the explosive, urgent, and often times uncontrollable diarrhea (called bile salt diarrhea) from GB removal. It’s actually a drug for lowering cholesterol, but it can also cause constipation, and therefore works well for those suffering bile salt diarrhea. I take 2 pills every a.m. and my stools are formed or soft formed; the only time I’ve gotten diarrhea has been from a viral infection. I was having urgent liquid or soupy diarrhea up to 10 times a day (sometimes 4 bouts in 20 minutes time) until I started Colestid over a year ago. I think I’ve had diarrhea maybe 5 times TOTAL in the last year and a half.
A word of caution here – I’m not talking about occasional loose stools after GB removal related to greasy or fatty foods; bile salt diarrhea is much different than garden variety diarrhea. Bile salt diarrhea will occur during or shortly after meals of any kind,on a daily basis, is explosive, urgent, and does not often cause the typical cramping pain of diarrhea. It will be soupy or pure liquid, often bright yellow or tan in color. I don’t mean to be gross here, but you need to know that Colestid should not be prescribed unless you truly have bile salt diarrhea.
Do some web searches on Colestid and bile salt diarrhea to see if you think it might work for you. Some doctors will not prescribe it except for lowering cholesterol, so be sure to take in information to your doc to show why it will help for GB related diarrhea. My doctor had never heard of using Colestid for bile salt diarrhea, but believes in it now, and prescribes it for others with GB removal problems.
Good luck and keep me posted,
Katie G ”“Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction
Hang in there. I’m 46, had my gallbladder out in 1998, stones had crystllized. A few months later, pain returned and I waited too long to see the gi. It was sod which made my liver toxic from backed up toxins. Lupus came up, autoimmune hepatitis too but everyone stopped looking after the sod was fixed with ercp #1. 2 years later pain returned, ercp done immediately, but I got pancreatitis afterwards. 3rd time: same as #2, repeat er visit and hospitalization for pancreatitis. I was pain free for almost 1 year and a half. Now it’s back. Throughout all these years, sle (lupus) symptoms come and go, including positive bloodwork. I now feel that lupus might be causing the sod, liver, pancreas problems. I am waiting for rheumatologist referral but am seeing the gi dr in 4 days in the mean time. If I do have lupus it makes sense to treat the cause not the symptom. How many ercp’s can be done on me before a potentially fatal result? Gi docs dont know the answer but are concerned. Good luck, get 2nd opinions and dont let them tell you, “”it’s in your head!”” ”“After reading a couple of years of posts here I can say that the literary prowess of a post gallbladder patient
is somehow enhanced as we find new ways to explain to the rest of society how the removal of a organ weighing but a few ounces can literally change your life.Like most of you here I can blow poo with the speed of superman and fart with the strength of a hydrogen bomb but I had practice before the gallbladder went bye bye as I am a genetic member of a family with a long and varied history of gerds sufferers!
After some practice tho I have discovered that I can control the poo by eating according to where I am going to be for the next 24 hours and have got most of it under control and have also discovered that you can eat anything you please within reason like my wifes chili(guidelines one bowl not two) and then something that use to constipate me with it!
Have a friend who has had hers also out and diet is totally different from mine so to all those pre and post the reason doctor says you can eat anything you want after is that gallbladder removal is kinda like religion it is different for each of us and we each must find our own place with the porcelain gods!
So to all those who made my day by making me laugh at my own affliction may your walk on the journey to the throne be a slow controlled one with a moment of quiet serenity and the door be closed and the music playing when the blast goes off! Happy Pooping!”
I had surgery 5 weeks ago and have had many procedures to find out why my food won’t go down my asophogas. I can only eat soft-soft food because my food sticks in between my shoulder blades. I have to burp all the time. Too much gastric acid maybe. Help. Anyone else have the problem of esophogas or top of stomach swollen? Flowergirl
It’s been almost 2 years since my GB was removed. I like to have two beers each evening (max) but I ALWAYS get cramps and diarrhea the next day.
