Gallbladder symptoms after surgery

[shan616]

My sister currently recieved surgery for gallstones and needed the whole gallblader to be removed+ she had one in the bile ducted that needed to be removed in which was a whole nother type of proceedure.  She was having problems with high blood pressure before the surgery and even had the surgery performed while having the high blood pressure.  She is still having a lot of pain and they are keeping her pretty doped up to control the pain giving her morphine and dalaudin. Pain was to be expected but it seems she is not getting any better.  I'm starting to worry is the hospital she is in not doing enough or not catching somthing else thats going on. Please help me understand and help my sister in this matter. She is currently still in the hospital and recieved the surgery Tuesday 10, 2008 PLEASE RESPOND!!!!!!!


This discussion is related to What happens following gall blader removal?.

[CalGal]

If she had to have a stone removed from the common bile duct it can cause some problems afterward. The common bile duct can spasm not allowing the release of bile from the duct. In addition, pancreatic fluids can back up and impact the pancreas. Both problems can be reflected in elevated liver/pancreatic enzyme levels, and the whole situation can be very painful. It's not easy to stop the spasms and bring thing back under control. If you feel the docs are not doing all they can, please ask for a second opinion.

[mrwjd]

This is how I discovered I had esophagitis with esophageal spasms--my gall bladder was removed (in the days before they took it out through a keyhole), it wasn't active and not the cause of trouble, and the symptoms were unrelieved.

It's a thought.