I'm 17 years old, I have thalassemia minor, but I'm not too sure if this has anything to do with what's going on with me. In late march I started vomiting, I thought it was the flu and it lasted about a week of me just being able to eat soup and not keep much down. It calmed down and I was vomiting a few times a day, but would randomly feel better later in the day. This went on almost every single day for months since I unfortunately didn't have health insurance. I had good days, and I had bad days, but I would ALWAYS vomit at least once in the morning, a thick yellow bitter (I now know this is bile). Occasional diarrhea. And a loss of 40 pounds. In august, I had a very bad episode and was vomiting every 3-5 minutes, with blood. I went to an urgent care and they took me to a hospital where they did a hide-a-scan and ended up taking my gallbladder. They did not tell me much about what exactly was wrong with it, I just know I had stones in there. After surgery, I felt no naseau for about 2 weeks, then it all started up again. I am now down another 30 pounds (70 since April) and vomiting bile everyday. I cannot eat and have no appetite. Usually vomiting about 4 times in the morning then dealing with hunger pain and no appetite rest of the day. When I do eat I seem to get full very fast, and then have a sensation like I'm starving about an hour later. Have not had normal stools at all since gallbladder has gone, but I also am not too familiar on a good specific diet for somebody with no gallbladder
I finally got health insurance recently, doctors have done an ultrasound and saw no stones in any ducts. They have also tried me on reglan and had no luck. One doctor tried to put me on anti-depressants saying my parents divorce has me stress puking, but I truly believe there is a bigger problem. I have a scope scheduled but I am in such a small town it isn't for another 3 weeks. I am miserable waking up sick like this everyday. If anybody has had similar issues or knows of any diets that could help please, I'm desperate
Ask your doctor about IBS which can develop after gallbladder surgery.
Have you tried Cholestyramine powder?
(I personally have no experience with it, but some swear that taken best at bedtime, even yuck taste, saved them from vomiting bile the next day)
Bile duct stone was excluded, that's good and very important.
Could be sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.
For bile reflux gastritis sucralfate to coat the stomach is also used.
Gastric emptying study to see if delayed and trial with mobilisers. (We have gastroparesis, mobility enhencment treatment did not help)
I highly doubt these are 'stones' passed since the food eaten creates them, but people seem to get better probably due to fasting and eating the right things like soluble fiber and be it in form of natural apple juice.
Everybody is different and a lot of experience on yourself goes in, how much of what you can tollerate. There is no point to eat food and juices with highest amounts of soluble fiber, (beans, peas, etc), oats, apple, pear, grapefruit - etc. if it hurts your stomach..... please search the internet for diet after gallbladder removal.
Soluble fiber can 'soak' up excess bile, hence some people swear by eating a salty cracker and drink a glass of water asap.
Equipped with all possibilities of meds and trials please ask your doc for consent or prescription.
Last resort is an operation, biliary diversion where the bile duct containing duodenum is disconnected/bypassed from stomach, hence no bile can go into stomach ever again, but it is really last resort, you want to try anything else first.
All, all the best!!!!
The last resort, but then really promising results: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3810208