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I am SOOO glad I found this site I am 39 years old had my gallbladder out in 2002 and have had loose stools/diarrhea every since Immodium AD is my best friend and I alone have made them VERY rich. I had some enchiladas tonight that I made and OH SHYT did I have 2 poop and I’m just like everyone else here I spend more time in the toilet then anywhere else,it had rid me of even working I NEVER knew that it could be my gallbladder being removed that could cause the cramping and diarrhea(loose stools) I guess I should have known when they did a abdominal/pelvic scan and found nothing or when they did a colonoscopy and found nothing but I thought maybe I felt like shyt all the time because I am 5’1 and 214 pounds yea I’m a fatty(trying to lose but never do) so I basically resorted to feeling sorry for myself but now I’m gonna take people advice on here and cut out ALL soda’s, glucose,and fatty foods and see if I can get a normal poop out of it I would LOVE to be constipated for once(seriously) It has been 14 years since I have been feeling “Ill” but I have never changed my diet the DR that took my gallbladder said I could eat anything I wanted HM? I wish he would of told me the truth that would of been cool. I can say I was an avid Pepsi drinker for 20 years before my surgery as well as after and I mean REGULAR PEPSI and man did I poop ALOT I felt HORRIBLE but I stopped drinking that shyt 8 months ago and I now feel 50% better so maybe if I keep it up and eat GOOD foods I will feel and poop normal and I can go to work and STOP feeling “sorry” for myself. Oh yea the DR’s also checked me for HIV,Hepatitis,Diabetes(I’m borderline)Celiac,Chrohns,UC,and I didn’t have those but I could NEVER EVER figure out why would I feel like crap and 10 minutes after I ate I would have to poop(always loose stools) Thank you to you ALL for being avid poopers like me you have made me feel 100% better about myself and my journey starts here I will change my diet,lose weight and FEEL BETTER!!!! Take Care 🙂 – See more at: http://www.poopreport.com/Techniques/food_for_toilet.html?page=2#sthash.gcGWorFd.dpuf
Gallbadder pain after surgery. WOW I had my gallbladder removed one week ago.The pain in my mid back right side is crazy it won’t go away. They”doctors” put me on something for infection but, working on three days in from taking that still having pain> I begain to think after reading peoples post, the doctors are missing something as far as long term side affects what else could it be
“I had my Gall Bladder removed (laproscopic) in June – after vomiting for three months every time I ate anything. After the surgery, the vomiting stopped, but I’ve been unable to eat much of anything – except fruit. I take vitamins – as I’ve been advised by a doctor who did extensive bloodwork to determine what I was deficient in. I also exercise (water aerobics) 3 times a week. Below are other factors that may be contributory to my appetite/eating problem:
I’m going through peri-menopause and am taking progesterone and I have a .25mg Estrogen patch. These medicines are helping to lessen (but not eliminating) the hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms.
I also have chronic pain (since 1994 car accident). I take 40mg of Methadone daily and 1mg of Xanax. I’ve been on the pain medicine for the last 3 years. I don’t see that I’m getting benefit from the medications – especially the Methadone – so I’m ready to stop taking it. I believe I am ready to just deal with the pain. I will see the doctor that prescribes it within a month and he will help me to get off of it. I’m not worried about that at all. I’ve made up my mind that I want to stop it.
My main concern is about my eating – or lack of eating. Food doesn’t taste like it should taste and I’m mostly living on fruit smoothies, which contain fruit, yogurt, flax seed coconut oil and milk. I also am able to eat a couple of additional fruit servings each day – such as a peach or grapes or a plum. When we eat dinner at about 7PM I find it almost impossible to swallow more than two or three small bites of food. My family is eating it so I know it’s good. I just can’t seem to eat it.
Is this normal? Should I seek medical attention about this? I’ve lost about 30 pounds (which is okay). I’m 5’5″” and currently weigh 140lbs. So I’m not too thin. I could even afford to lose more weight. I’m just very concerned because I don’t enjoy eating anymore. Food doesn’t taste good to me at all.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or opinions.”
Sad but reassuring that others have gained weight, I had given up smoking pre surgery and expanded two dress sizes but after surgery I feel like I am in a blubber suit even though I eat carefully it is horrible going to the loo stinks and the smell of gaz is just so awful I dread being with people in the morning if anyone had told me I would NOT have had it out whatever the pain any one any ideas other than putting myself out of this misery
“When I had my gallbladder removed a few years ago, I was off work for 3 weeks. It is also against the law for your work to harrass you while you are off on medical leave. I wouldn’t go back until you feel well enough.
I know a few people who had gallbladder attacks even after having the gallbladder removed. One was told there was a stone that had gotten lodged somewhere and the other ended up with some type of infection. H-Pylori (or something like that). The only problem I have afterwards was I ended up with an eroded esophagus and am now on medication, but in all honesty, I had no symptoms (guess I was lucky). They found that during another test.
Take care and get the rest you need.”
I am almost 5 months out and have dropped to under 100 lbs and feel horrible everyday in pain cant eat sick you name it all bad I have it. I am going to the stomach doctor on the 10th of May and was wondering how you are feeling and do you have any thing figured out yet that has help. This is killing me I cant even work because I have lost alot more then just my gallbladder and am hopeing for help!!!
“I have been going thru this for 3 years now. There are a some things I have found, thru trial and error, that cause alot of pain: Eating fresh fruits or vegetables on an empty stomach, Over eating, Eating gassy foods, such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower. For example: I cannot eat bananas, Bananas will make me sick for 5-6 hours and nothing helps the pain. So this is what my gastroenterologist has told me to do.
Eat several small meals in a day
Avoid eating fresh fruits and vegetables on an empty stomach. I do eat them, but a very small amount, just to take my cravings away.
I have found canned peaches and some cooked vegetables do not bother me, but eating only a very small amount. Yogurt is a very good to put back good bacteria in the intestinal tract.
And last, but not least, my gastroenterologist gave me a pain patch. It is a sticky patch that you can cut to any size and I put it near my incision and it takes the pain away.
I have had to learn the hard way over the last 3 years, I hope that what I have learned will help your mother-in-law and anyone who is going thru this.
Take care, Lisa
”hello. well i just wanted to say that i had my gallbladder removed october 2004 . i don’t have pain actually i fell releived , they end up removing mine because i had gallstones on my gallbladder wich came from me eating alot of greasy food, but the only problem is , if i continue to eat to much greasy food the gallstones will end up on my kidney your gall bladder is what breaks the fat from food . so in order to keep my bowels moving your suppose to eat anything that has fiber in it .right now i’m having intestines problems and that ‘s because of the surgey that i went through with my gallbladder, so i ended up constipated for so long that my intestines became infalmmed, but i done had an ulcer, infection in my stomach from cyst on my ovaries to my gall bladder being removed, so my advice for the pain that you’ll have is pray and always get a second opinion , and i will pray for you’ll.
“I was so glad to find this website. I had my gall bladder taken out last year at age 38 and I was 7 months pregnant. It has been about 9 moths and I ended up having a stillbirth at 8 months. They are not sure why, not sure if from surgery.
But my stomach is always torn up. I like to drink vodka and oj and my stomach hurts a lot the next day. But now it just hurts all the time. I have little red pieces of something in my stool, do any of you have that?
I have to sleep on my stomach with my fist pushing on my lower stomach to relieve the pain. And my hangovers are longer but I have always had that problem so I can’t tell if its worst all though they suck sometimes. Sometimes not to bad with the vodka (potato).
any feed back would be appreciated.”“I have a question because I was confused on this. When I got my gallbladder taken out, there was a brief time where I could eat whatever I wanted. And now when I eat I get sick… And I get sick when i dont eat. Diahreah(sp) and stomach pains and just BLEH! As im writing this I even feel sick. And I had an egg… Is there any of you that could eat for a little bit at a time, and now cannot hardly eat at all?
BreAnna”
“I had my gallbladder out a week ago and am experiencing this… the pain, the doctors telling me I’m fine, etc. It took them four days to realize I was leaking bile (until then they told me everything from “”You’re just sore”” to “”You’re just constipated””). Fortunately my leak is small and might heal on its own, as I’m feeling a little better these days.
I am very lucky that my pain, while severe, seemed to be somewhat short-lived (I hope I hope I hope). Four days of it was awful – my heart goes out to all of you living with this on a daily basis. I’m so sorry.
Unless it’s an absolute emergency, I’m avoiding doctors, hospitals, surgeries, and the modern medical community at all costs from here on out. It’s all about money.
The only thing that helped me when I was in that much pain was to bake some cannabis muffins. It’s the Earth’s natural painkiller and (especially when ingested as opposed to smoked) really relaxes the muscles which helps with some of the spasming. Yeah it’s illegal – but damn. When doctors won’t help you, you gotta turn to Mother Earth. It’s also much, much, MUCH safer than the “”medicine”” docs prescribe – eat too much cannabis and you’ll be laughing. Eat too much hydrocodone and you’ll be dead.”
I’ve had my galbladder removed a little over a year ago. Afterwards, I also kept having pain in the upper right abdomen where the gallbladder used to be. the pain goes around my back too. It only last for 10-15 minutes but it was severe enough for me to walk out of meetings a few times. I had the pains daily. the docs put me on a variety of heart-burn relievers but they didn’t help at all stop the pain. then, I’ve read an article about bile reflux disease and that heartburns meds like prilosec, tagamet, etc can actually make the problem worse. I stopped taking those and indeed the pains decreased in frequency…now I only have them once or twice week. I still get heartburn once in a while and if I end up taking heartburn meds, I;m sure to have the pain a few hours later but overall I’ve not been able to find a definite cause/aggregators for the pains.
I had a c-section in sept 2010 with a lot of complications. Turns out, the hormones from pregnancy can cause your gallbladder to go on the fritz and quit. Mine did. I had a 0% ejection, which means it was completely non-functional. I had it removed laproscopically on Oct 1st 2010 and was discharged the next day. I did make myself walk a lot, which was very painful, but made my recovery much faster. Now that its been 4 1/2 months, I have gained a ton of weight. It shows on the scale and in my looks. =( very frustrating. I find that eating a lot make my stomach very upset. I have been sick on and off for the past month with nausea and vomiting. I thought it was my hormones, but now I think its from having my gallbladder out. The last couple weeks I may eat 1 meal a day with a couple snacks here and there. I still don’t feel right, but what I don’t get is the weight is still packing on!!! I feel like I could completely quit eating and I would still gain. So, I did a little research and the findings were: women on a low fat diet who did not exercise much if at all had an increase of 2.1 points in their body mass index (BMI); women who exercised regularly and were on a low fat diet had an increase in their BMI by 1.4 points. I havent changed my diet since the surgery. Everything tastes different and I have had NO diarrhea, just constipation. I weighed less pregnant! Thats not right!
I too am going through the same thing…dull pain right beneath my right rib cage. Kind of scares me. Did you find out anything Alisha? I know you post was over a year ago.
I had my gallbladder removed about a year ago and I have some of the symptoms of dumping syndrome, but I also had them before the surgery so I’m not sure what the cause is. Please try not to be ashamed about this or to ask questions of your doctor. If you don’t talk about it, you cant’t get help and feel better! And believe me, doctors have heard it all — what you descirbe won’t be surprising or strange to them at all. Good luck.
