Hi LakerGirl
So wanted to see how you are doing today. I had my GB out in 2016 and things have not been normal. Everyone chalks it up to anxiety but I swear something isn’t right, even though I had an upper GI endoscopy in January of 2018 and it was good.
It’s all super frustrating to feel pain like this. I just want to wake up happy and not feel like crap all the time. Plus I don’t want these symptoms to lead to anything more serious. I’ve got two kids and hubby I want to be around for the long haul.
Hi....just joined this group and saw your comment. I sympathise with you 🙁 I had my gall bladder removed 7 months ago as well and have felt terrible ever since. Do you mind me asking how you are feeling? Do you suffer from heartburn and pain. It doesn't matter what I eat I end up with burning in my upper stomach and heartburn. Also pain across my upper stomach and under my rib cage on both sides and sometimeib my back. Also feel so bloated...like I've eaten a 5 course meal...in the upper stomach and get stomach palpitations. It's all so depressing 🙁 They said " get your gall out... you will feel so much better!!!! Sorry for all the whinging 🙁
Hi, I know its been quite awhile since you posted on here but was wondering if your right sided pain ever went away and if you found out what was causing it. I’m having constant right side pain and upper abdomen pain for weeks now that just started and I’m four months post op. I hope you are better!
hi orangepoppy i get a lot of bile in my stomache and throat i live on gaviston double action tablets or liqiud does the trick for me good luck
Hi Leni,
I know its been awhile since you posted but wanted to ask if you are better? I am experiencing something similar after gallbladder removal. Hope you are better now!
You are describing my symptoms exactly Jenn. I bloat constantly unless I eat every two hours. Sometimes that doesn't even help. I had gb surgery Jan. 2018 and have had what I think is gastritis. The pain, nausea and not being able to eat is horrible. Ribs feel like they are broken. I get that palpatations feeling too which has just started. That is a nerve which runs in digestive system to heart. I lost so much weight and am so weak. I can only eat 4 things now and even they are beginning to turn on me. Will be getting endoscopy end of this month. I am so depressed from fear and sickness that I wish I wouldn't wake up anymore. Prayers for all of us suffering from that 'Miracle Operation" which is supposed to make you feel so much better.
I WORKED WITH Dr PRIEST by phone at LIFEWORKS In KANSAS CITY. Functional Med doctor. FANTASTIC. SOLVED ALOT OF DIGESTIVE ISSUES POST GALLBLADDER REMOVAL.
You are not the ownly one who fells that way.
I hade my galbladder revomoved in augest 28 2018 didnot help anything just aid other problum that is treatable and i keep on going to doctor they deney that they caused this prouble.
I did not have this problume befor galblader surgary. I am about to loss my housing and indepence because of this. I Did not have pain befor galbladder surgary now i have it alot.
I wish i did not get my galblader. however in your cause you may want to talk to gastor intorolgist becease you may have i hital hernia. i had one of thouse in the past and that is treatable.
i had gb out three years ago and suffered the post cholecystectomy symptoms. it gradually sent away in the main, with careful diet. suddenly now after dr put me on anti depressant it has returned, no pain, just irritated bowel, very smelly yellow stools with loose movements. i am on liquid soup and plain crackers hoping its a flare up. can you tell me what kind of diet has helped you?
I never had loose yellow stools but wondering if that's bile? Is it worse when you eat something with fat in it? If so, you may need a type of salt that absorbs bile (I can't remember the name of it but your doctor or other would know). check your VITAMIN D level!!! without gallbladders we can't absorb vit d properly. with low vitamin D, depression flares. Not sure why anti-depressant would trigger though?
Hi! You probably aren't on this site anymore--hopefully because you are doing better. I am 2 months from gallbladder removal. I have nausea in the am and the burning chest/heartburn you described that lasts all day. I am on dexilant and carafate too. I'm also on welchol. They help a little but i never really get relief. I'm just wondering if your symptoms eventually went away? Did you try anything else that helped? Any advice would be so appreciated. I'm really struggling. thank you!!
Beta Plus by BIOTICS is incredibly heloful. I was on PPIs and they made be horribly nauseaus. Turns out my HcL was too LOW not too high so I now take (after a slow wean of PpIS)
1-2 BETA PLUS with any meals with fat
3 HcL per meal
i wish someone had told me what to take 3 yrs ago. HOPE THIS HELPS YOU THOUGH!
Not sure if your feeling any better yet, but I am 7 months post OP. I felt pretty good for a couple weeks after the surgery then started getting very acidic. Gastritis, Heartburn, acid reflux, acid shits ect.... I then cut out all dairy, ANYTHING that had milk in it. I then started getting back to normal. No more heartburn, poop was back to normal. I am an advocate for doing my own research and trying different solutions. Doctors dont always have the answers and you can spend so much money on testing and still not be any closer to a diagnosis. Hope this helps, just remember dont give up!!!!!
i understand i had my gallbladder removed 6 months ago and feel no better. doctors fo nothing hospitals ignore you people dont understand. ive tried everything lansaprasole does nothing nexium bought over counter is just as bad, i visited my Gap 4 times within a month and i got fed up if hearing take gaviscon because that does nothing, apparently it gets better but i know it took my mothers work colleague 3 years i dont think theres anything you can do about it there isnt an organ there anymore so i dont think there is a magic cure just be kind and patient to yourself. i used to get angry because i couldnt do what i wanted but all you can do is do your best. i would make an appointment with a good doctor maybe one who listens x
i had my gallbladder removed in march after 2 years of suffering, felt so much better then two months later it all started again had so much time off work am surprised i have a job still. fed up of seeing a doctor because i get palmed off back to.the consultant who is also terrible. acid is bad my throat burns i feel sick cannot rat just want to sleep every day is a battle. my mams friend took 3 years to feel better its a viscious circle ive tried lansaprasole omezaprazole ranitidine nexium nothing works at all. fed up of taking pain relief thats does nothing fed up of GP telling me its not gallbladder related. noone understand how miserable this is if one more person tells me i have no pain threehhold i will punch them! only so much misery anyone can take if anyone has found anything that helps feel free to let me know 😊
Hang in there. There is help and hope. I have been where you are... there are likely 2 causes . One is your liver is likely not producing sufficient or strong enough bile so it can't digest fats properly. Try taking Beta Plus (it contains Oxbile and pancreatic enzymes). Try 1 to start to see if you can tolerate it. Most tolerate it very well. I eventually went to 2 for lunch and dinner esp. when there is any fat in the meal or meat.
The other problem is likely that you had LOW stomach acid, believe it or not (I didn't believe it myself). Hence, when you were put on PPIs it lowers your stomach acid further and makes you feel nauseaus (I was bedridden with nauseau from them and GastroEnterologist had the nerve to say Double it!!!). I slowly weaned off PPIs (thank God). If you go to fast, you will get 'rebound reflux' which is awful. Then once you stop, try adding an HCL tablet with pepsin. I use Spectrazyme and love it because you can break it in half. Start taking one at any meal with protein. Next day do 1.5 tablets with meal with protein; the following day 2 and so on (adding 1/2 every day) until you experience Reflux (yuck). Then scale back to the amount you took the day before and that is YOUR ideal dose. For me it is 4 tablets.
If you need help, find a reputable FUNCTIONAL MEDECINE doctor as they specialize in gut and digestive function; Naturopaths (and I saw many) were much less helpful but very kind
and never, ever, ever give up.
it's the bile in excess - some people dont tolerate that at all. no more gallbladder and bile is free flowing around.
i was like that.
solution: ask to be but on QUESTRAN (=cholestyranine) and take it half a pack at night before bed in orange juice
works like a charm
start slowly as it can give some constipation
a few months of it did the trick for me.
hugs
Hi,
I'm sorry you're not feeling well. Have you had your hormones checked ?
I am a little over a month post op gallbladder removal and have all these exact symptoms. They have me on Linzess to help with abdominal pain, Nexium for acid in my gut and Dicyclomine for esophageal spasms. The worst side effect for me is the horrible chest/heartburn pain the makes it very hard for me to breath when I have an episode. Did any meds help for you?