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Bile
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Bile
by GreenSushi, Jul 21, 2002 12:00AM
Three weeks ago I had my gall bladder removed, I was ok for two weeks after the surgery. Last sunday, I started throwing up bile it continued untill thursday, I went to the er 2 times and to the doctors 2 times, He said I have gerd and put me on previcid, I am still nausious every day all day, allthough I havent thrown up bile in 2 days my stool is bright yellow which I think is the bile comming out the other end and I still feel horrible its like a nightmare that wont end. I get almost no sleep and I havent been eating (a little here and there to stay alive), I was told that this could be a leak in my bile duct from the surgery but I dont know, I'm going to go back to the doctor once the weekend is over. I'm very worried about this I'm 25 years old and I didnt think these kind of problems were supposed to start untill later on in life. I also have had an Endoscopy, cat scan, Upper GI series, many x-rays, and blood work and they found nothing. If anyone has any insight on this I would really appreciate it.
Thank you
Ray
Thank you
Ray
Had surgery 6/10/02. Was sent home the next day with a Jackson Pratt drain in my stomach. Removed drain on 6/18. A few days later I started experiencing pain across stomach, right under the ribs, in the sternum area and horrible pain in the upper back, between the shoulder blades. Went back to the surgeon, he sent me for CT scan and bloodtest. All test came back fine. I also started feeling better for about a week. The pain came back again. Dr. sent me for a Pipida scan, which showed that I had a small bile leak. I am now taking antibiotics and anti inflammatories, that will hopefully heal the leak and the inflammation caused by the leak. The week that I experienced the worse pain, I had my period. That time of the month is approaching, and I am scared that the pain will get really bad again. Anybody else feels worse during that time? Also, the day that I started feeling better and felt good for about a week was the day of the CT scan. They injected me with iodine, and I asked a dr. if this could have possibly made me feel better. He said that he had a similar case, where the person got well after such an injection. This whole experience have been very frustrating. I am getting worried that I'm looking forward to constant paint for the rest of my life???
My pain started right after surgery. I went home the next day and had the worst pain anyone could have. This happened daily some times multiple times a day. It was bad to the point that I had to crawl to the bathroom to vomit. I couldn't go with an empty stomach at all. That seemed to bring on the pain. My nights were sleepless for a year and a half. Most nights I'd have to get up and eat something - try to go back to sleep, but usually ended up sleeping on the couch. I gained 30lbs eating away my pain. I went to 5 different Drs looking for help. My surgeon told me when I had gone back to him that he didn't diagnose only did surgery. It all ended up being Sphincter of oddi dysfunction. I found this out when I went to The last Dr I saw at Borland Groover Clinic. The Dr knew when I walked in what was wrong. A year before I had heard of this dysfunction and asked a Dr about it and was told he didn't feel it was a dysfunction