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Gall bladder surgery

Please help me.  I had my gall bladder our 9-12-09.  I am throwing up bile along with having dirreah.  THe surgeon says sometimes it takes awhile.  I have already lost 18 lbs.  I eat very bland items.  No one seems to act like this is a big problem.  However, my husbands 93 yr old uncle just recently had his out and they put drains in him and sent him home for a week with him before they took them out.  He is doing great.  Eats whatever he wants.  I had no drains.  Where was all that stuff supposed to go?   I have had 2 back surgeries and am in excruciating pain but no one can do anything about that until I get over this.  Help  Help
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OMG that is horrible but also good to hear because that is what im going through right now and nobody will help me. i got mine removed in april and have lost over 90lbs and am sick 24-7. Ive been to several doctors and specilasts and they dont no what to do. From all my diarrhea i now have infected hemmorids and will have surgery this week. I am in pain all day and the doc cut me off of vicodin and will not give me anything. I am happy that im not the only one, I had to file for ssi at age 30 because i cant work with this problem and am very depressed on a daily basis. Get back to me k
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This is NOT normal, and yes, it may take some time to stabilize small issues after surgery, and what you're experiencing is NOT a small issue. Ask the doc to do and MRCP and check your liver and pancreatic enzymes - and make sure those levels are checked withing 24 hours of an 'attack' of intense pain - otherwise they can end up looking normal.

You're going to have to be pushy about this. Make sure you get tested. There could be a number of reasons for why this is happening including some 'sludge or stones' being lost into the common bile duct during surgery and that could cause quite a few problems.
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