4 years after lapchole, increasing abd pain with nausea and vomiting

[Jen242]

I am 28 years old.  I had my gallbladder removed 4 years ago (after I had my first child).  I have had two more children and since have been diagnosed with IBS as well.  To start, I started having stomach pains in the RUQ (like a phantom gallbladder pain) that at times was 10/10 pain with diaphoresis.  They always began on an empty stomach and ONLY were relieved with food (instantly relieved with a glass of milk). Of course I thought ulcer and went to my dr who scoped me and found nothing but spastic colon.  The weird part about it is that I went from having several of these stomach aches a week to absolutely none during both pregnancies, but came right back after a couple of months postpartum.  I also had trouble with my diet where I would have severe nausea after eating a large meal (the only pattern I could find in my diet with the stomach pains, which were different from the "empty stomach pain" is after either a large meal and/or a high fat meal).  Accompanied with the nausea would be severe belching and gas which after about an hour would turn into severe lower abdominal cramping which would result in explosive diarrhea, and relief.  Now, after my third child, the stomach aches are back with a vengence.  I have now started to get 10/10 abd pain after eating which would make me diaphoretic and has resulted in projectile vomiting on two occasions just this week.  I have not been to the doctor since the vomiting (yet), but it seems like he thinks I'm crazy since he did a scope and found nothing.  Especially when the stomach problems go away during my pregnancies.  I have been on tons of sites about people who also have problems similar to this after their gallbladder was removed, but also have gotten no answers.  Can you give me an idea of what this could be.  Is it even related to the gallbladder?  I have heard that Wellchol is the answer, but have not been able to get into the dr. yet.  I am to the point where I get anxiety when I need to eat.  I get a severe pain when I don't eat and a different severe pain when I do.  Please help me!!!!

[women_2020]

Hello and sorry about all you going through. I had my GB out in 2005 ,and never got any better afterwards only worse. The diease you  are talking about after you get your GB out is called SOD - sphincter of oddi, and it is very hard to get a dx. I went around to one GI after another trying to find out some answers and had every test they could think off , only for them not to show anything. I open a support group about four months ago for SOD and pancreatitis being that they usally go hand and hand. We now have over 150 members in less than four months and the people on there are just like you and me with their stories. I did how ever get fed up enough and reserched a GI specialist in MN named Dr Freeman, he was a blessing to say the least. I traveled 14 hours to see him, had about three test done, had sents put in the pancreas duct and sphincter duct. He done a ERCP on me to do this , but I also FINALLY got my dx of SOD #3 and mild chronic pancreatitis. So yeah all of this happen from getting my GB out, and it was a total nightmare to try and find someone that knew what they were doing and gave a **** about me! I will add my email on here if you would like to get in touch and also leave the link to my support group in yahoo. I dont know if it will show up being I knoticed they seem to block some peoples, but I will still try. If it don't show the link then just go to yahoo groups and seach for sphincterofoddi_pancreatitis, and you can get to it there. I have a load of info on there and I even had a GI specialist come in and look and replied back to me that he was impressed and would be referring his SOD and CP people there!!! That was a nice pat on the back and made me feel good. Hope to talk to you soon and that you get this, also email is women_2020***@****.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Sphincterofoddi_pancreatitis/