Just so you know poorlygir4l, I also had my gallbladder out. Not too long after that is when a lot of my issues started. I have all sorts of gastrointestinal issues! I will be thinking of you!

I have had my gallbladder out for over a year. I cannot eat, and when I do eat I get deathly ill. Sometimes can;t even move from bed for days. I digest food in about 10-15 min which means I am constantly running to the bathroom. All of the doctors have said "eat a low fat diet" and that doesn't work either. I still get sick. None of my medications work. We are in the same boat. It has caused me anxiety, depression, etc. I feel your pain! Believe me. I wish they could figure out what is wrong with us! Its a horrible thing to live with. But you are not alone!

Hi kl31 and leandra well I have some days when it calms down a bit and others when its very bad. It wasn't too bad yesterday but today its been agony all day. I have not been able to eat properly for a long time but on a bad day its worse. Today I have been choking and coughing when I eat and awful pain in my stomach and oesophaghus. My medications don't do much. Its very scary isn't it? What have you been diagnosed with then leandra? What meds do you take? Do you see a gastro? Im due to see mine on Friday. Im quite happy to talk to you both about these problems. I cry in pain with it but keep thinking that if they operate and fix the hiatus hernia and reflux that it may get better. At least better than this but I don't know. What problems have you got kl31?

It doesn't matter what I eat. Everything goes right through me, and I get awful diarrhea. I won't even eat if I am out shopping, out of fear that I won't make it to a restroom in time. I have had several accidents in the past. Having my gallbladder out did not take away the pain either. I still have it off and on to this day. It will wake me up out of a deep sleep, and I will just cry.

I just had mine removed the 29th and Ive been eating crackers and ginger ale. Sometimes a little cream of chicken soup but nothig more because when I attempt i get horrible heartburn and feel lke i am choking. I eat and can actually count down how long to run to te bathroom.

I had my surgery in April of 2009, and now suddenly I have been having pain near the incision closest to me ribs... When I lay on my stomach, it feels as if I am laying on a rock. Anybody else experience this??

hi im new here....but i also had my gallbladder out in 2009,,,i have had more problems with my stomach then before i had them out. I also have to run to the bathroom a lot of times after i eat. I also feel sometimes like there is something still there and it feels weird like i have a big knot right between my ribcage sometimes..kinda like a hernia i guess...its very uncomfortable at time. i told my regular doctor about the bathroom thing and she gave me some samples of welchol and it has saved me more them once! you might want to ask your dr about it...i know hoe you feel and its a terrible feeling and i hope you find somethig that works for you....

Hi stogner58 Im sorry you are having those problems. I hope it settles soon. My bowels seem ok but I get constipation sometimes. Its gastritis pain that gets me. It keeps flaring up and it is agony. I didn,t have gastritis before I had my gallbladder out. Im still getting some reflux and it is horrible. I think the surgeons do something to you when you have the gallbladder out. My gastro said that it could be bile reflux but Ive had no definate answers. I can eat something ok one day then it will flare up the next. I just hope we can get well again soon.

I just had mine removed a few days ago and I'm wondering if this is how its going to be? Has anyone asked their doctor why your symptoms are so severe since the surgery? What do your doctors say?? Before the surgery one of my major triggers was MSG...caused lots of bloating and stomach pain...along with headaches and other problems with some other issues that I have,; could the MSG be part of the problem even after surgery?

Thanks
Zeyda

Hi Zeyda well after all this time Im still having terrible problems with the gastritis. It hurts more too as it keeps flaring up. It is a total nightmare. All I can say is that it isn,t the same for everyone. Some get problems and some don,t. You may be ok,I would still avoid any triggers that cause you pain. I

The doctors do not tell you anything. I had to look online for answers. I would stick to the low fat stuff at first which is easier to digest. I hope it all gets better for us soon.

I am a little over 3 weeks out from my gallbladder surgery and I have had gas every single day since the surgery no matter what I eat I fart to high heaven, tmi I know but wow i never had this problem before. I also still have a pulling feeling around my belly button incision, it's inside and about a 5 inch wide circle around my belly button, it's so weird and it's not constant but mainly when I'm laying down and go to sit up. It's very annoying and I have to run to the bathroom shortly after eating. Other than that things are ok after surgery and I have a follow up appointment with the surgeon tomorrow.

Hi cowgirlup I hope you recover from the symptoms you are having after your gallbladder removal. I get bloating in my lower abdomen but mostly the gastritis makes me suffer,I hope you do not get that. You will get more of a pulling feeling with the bloating. Try to limit the Carbs and stick to low fat,don,t fry. We can only try different diets until we can sort it out. Do you eat anything you want? Do you have sweets?

I had my gallbladder removed about twenty years ago. And although I could eat whatever, here it is twenty years later and I still have chronic pain. I get this periodically. I also have a ventral hernia. Supposedly, this comes from resuming activities too soon after surgery. It stems from a space being left in the abdomen due to surgery. I was never told this by my doctors. I was told about the scar tissue, and supposedly this is what's causing my chronic pain.

add me to the list of complications after gallbladder surgery.
I was very surprised. I went in to surgery for a possible obstruction in my colon. They removed the gallbladder. It took me several months to be able to eat. I have gone through a period of fasting, trying different foods and seeing what works. I got rid of all sugar, eat low fat and really monitor everything that goes in my mouth. You would think I would be skinny.... nope. I am able to cope better by being very cautious of food.
It's helpful to read about the choking because I didn't understand where that came from.