Gall Bladder removal and constant diareha.

[Bugette]

I had my gall bladder removed in 10/07. I had to have emergency surgery after I presented with panreatitis in the ER. They said I had stones and they were blocking my pancrease also. So 36 hours later the gall bladder came out. They had to wait till my pancrase was treated for a while. Well I have had cramping and diareha eversince. I eat and it passes right through me, unfortunetly no weighless. I had lost 30 lbs before my gall bladder went bad. So the surgeon just put me on a powder CHOLESTYRAMINE  I packet ever 8hrs and at bed. I just filled the script but a friend said he had the same issue after his surgery and once he stopped taking it the problems returned.

What I want to know is why this is happening and if there is a was to correct the problem.

[Bugette]

thanks and my family dr. explained about the constant dripping of bile into my intestines causing irritation. Now I have another issue that has me so upset. I was in the hospital in March for a back problem, they manage the pain when its unmanageable at home. Well I never have had a complaint about that hosptial till shortly after my release. I got sores on my face, my eyes swelled shut, extreme pain in my eye socket, forehead and my jaw. After seeing me my family dr. sent me to the ER for imediate treatment, IV antibiotics, cultures and cat scans. The ER Dr. never did anything my dr. called ahead for, it was finally diagnosed as MRSA, after 3 courses of treatment I am still dealing with it. This is just unbelivable.

If your sent to the hospital for something and they don't treat you I recomend demanding it. ITS YOUR HEALTH NOT THEIRS>

[CalGal]

Many people have diarrhea after their gallbladder is removed because they are not able to process fats the way they did prior to the surgery. In a number of cases, following a low fat diet helps quite a bit.

The substance your doc gave you is a bile-binding resin and it should help with the diarrhea. The problem can result from a number of things. On is that you may be experiencing 'unregulated' output of bile into the duodenum. It means that the muscular opening (sphincter) is not being controlled as it previously was and the constant bile flowing through the bowel is causing irritation. Another complication is that the irritation and lack of adding bile to the fats you take in results in fat malabsorption and diarrhea.

Unless the sphincter regains it functional ability, the problem may continue. In some people it does, but not in everyone unfortunately. So a low fat diet and the use of the bile-binding resin can be very helpful.