Hi, I was wondering if anyone else is still so tired after their gallbladder surgery? I had my bloodwork done and only low D so taking suppliments. B12, multi with iron, D, enzymes and a probiotic. I am nit having the dreaded diareah, eating healthy just exhausted. Thank you for any replies.
Hi, Wendy, sounds like you're doing the best you can. Having your gallbladder removed is still major surgery. I've heard it's one of the hardest surgeries to recover from. Glad to know you're not having any diarreha! It took me nearly a year to feel back to normal--it takes some people a longer time. Best of luck to you!
Thank you Lynda! It is a helpless feeling, no control over your body🙃 Wow, took you a year, I guess 8 weeks is not that abnormal to feel this way then. My side still hurts where I think most of the poking was done, ice packs seem to help that. Glad you are feeling back to normal and that there is light at the end if the tunnel xo
I am only 2 weeks 2 days post surgery but I tire so easily!! I am healed physically but I have no stamina. I read 1-3 months is average for most. Maybe you're just on the longer side. We leave for Disneyland on Monday. I have no idea how I am going to manage the long days of walking when I get winded doing laundry! Hopefully a few more weeks you'll be feeling closer to normal!
I can't remember that far back as it was over 10 years ago that I had my gallbladder removed but it is great that you are not getting the diarrhoea as that is what I have suffered with for ever.
I am 13 weeks post-op and still exhausted. I had always heard this was an "easy surgery" and I would bounce back within 1-2 weeks. I am finding anything but to be true. I would give anything to feel like my old self again.
Sorry to hear you are also having difficulty Ali. I do fine and feel as thou I have passed the "tired phase"and bam! I feel like I have been hit by a truck!!! It can last an hour or a day. I spoke to my Anesthesiologist, and he told me to load up on protein. Also, I am 55 and so is he and teased me that we are not 21 anymore. This was my first time getting put under so didn't know what to expect. Are you working? I work from home so I feel lucky that way I would have lost my job by now. How do people do it????
Hi Pally, That is terrible that you are still suffering from that for all theae years! There has to be something to help you?
Hi Tami, I feel just like that too. I seem to be able to eat fine, my incisions are healing nie but just the exhaustion. We cancelled our Disney camping trip and trip to NYC this summer. I would suggest keeping protein bars and peanut butter with you if you need energy at Disney!! Hope yours goes away quicker than mine, all the best xo
I am seeing a consultant on wednesday 31/08/ to see whether I haver BAM but of course i will need to have the double scan to determine if this is the case which will be expensive, fingers crossed that is the problem.
I work outside so that makes life hard having to rush to a loo in a supermarket.
I am having good days and bad days, too. I am still in a lot of pain; doctors suspect I have some muscle or nerve damage from the surgery and I do feel like that pain is adding to my exhaustion. This was my first time having anesthesia (and surgery), too. I had two allergic reactions (to nausea meds) prior to surgery, so I wasn't in the best shape going in. I am lucky, like you, and work from home! I got called for jury duty (first time in my life) starting Sept. 1 and I'm really stressing about how I am going to make it through.
What is BAM? Keep us posted as I will be thinking of you. I hope you can get some resolve, feel so bad for you!
Oh no! Maybe you can be excused as you just had surgery. Find out if your Doctor can postpone for you.
Where is your pain? My one insicion furthest right side has always bothered me. Ice packs help but it comes back. Feels like a balloon in there sometimes. Also after I eat hurts around right side of back.
What happened with nausea meds? That must have been scary! Are you exercising or walkng at all?
BAM stands for Bile Acid Malabsorption it is something you can get after having your gallbladder removed, I had to do loads of research as the doctor had never heard of it.
Wendy I too am 8 weeks post surgery and am permanently knackered. I also still get pains when I eat even though I'm following a low fat diet. I'm only 37 and just over 8 stone now thanks to the diet. I'm glad it's not just me. My consultant did say it will take up to 6 months to feel right but I'm so Fed up x
Hi Sam! Ok so I am finding some of us to be taking longer...I love my Surgeon, but 1st week check up he said I was fine and could jump around! Are you kidding? So he never told me how long this could take, no one did. I went to my GP a couple if weeks ago and he did say everyone is different.
I feel a bit better knowing I am not the only one. Glad you posted thank you xo
My pain is mostly from my upper-most incision, centered below my breast bone, and it stretches along my ribcage - even on my left side! The two incisions down my right side haven't bothered me too much, although my entire gallbladder area is still sore. Ice packs are the only thing that helps! I don't get any relief from Advil - do you? That balloon pain you describe sounds awful! Have you looked into SOD? My understanding of it seems to fit your symptoms.
I am walking on the treadmill a few days a week. It seems to aggrevate my pain. I was very active prior to surgery, lifting weights 6 days a week. Not being able to get back to that has been very hard mentally. Have you been able to exercise yet?
"Fed up" is my exact sentiment! After 3+ months, I am out of patience.
Ali, i have been lucky I really dont have "pain" at incision sites.Just the far right one is still sore. Ice packs do help and I have only had to take Motrin from day one, no pain killers. My biggest scare is center under breast bone, surgeon told me that was where gallbladder was taken out from that hole 🙃
I use small weights once a day and walk around block, do squats for leg muscles. I have never been a big exercise person, I envy you, that you miss it at all!
I hope I dont have SOD, if that feeling continues will call GP.
My biggest complaint is the exhaustion. Gets scary
And so unpredictable! Never know when it will hit me so afraid to really venture out.
What can you get done in a day?
I walk around the block, too - as soon as I get up in the morning. In the afternoon, I go to the gym and walk on the treadmill for 30 - 40 mins., then run errands if I need to. I find that any more than 2 or 3 stops wears me out. I usually have to lay down for an hour before dinner to rest and recharge.
I need to start with small weights, like you suggested. But I'm scared because walking on the treadmill aggrevates my pain, so I worry what weights would do...
I understand the scary feeling you describe. On days when I'm not feeling well, my mom and I head to the mall and walk there. There's lots of benches to sit and rest if it gets to be too much. Maybe that is something you could try to help you feel more comfortable getting out...?
Are you able to sleep through the night or do you find the pain to be bothersome?