Pain After Gall Bladder Removal When Hungry

[JenT79]

A little over a year ago, about 2 months after I had my second child, I had my Gall Bladder removed. Less than a week after the surgery, I began suffering from the same pain that I had when I had gall stones, however, it only happens when I'm hungry, very, very hungry. It has never happened mid-day, only first thing in the morning, especially if I ate a very light dinner or ate early the evening before. The pains are IDENTICAL to that of gall bladder attacks - sharp pains in the right-upper quadrant, radiates to my back - just a very specific pain that those of you who have had gall bladder pain probably understand. Once I eat or drink, and it can literally be 1 cracker, the pain goes away, but while it's happenning, the pain is debilitating (9 on a scale of 1-10).

I've seen a gastro. specialist, who has done an upper endoscopy, which was normal, other than some slight inflammation of the lining of my stomach. I also had a HIDA scan, which was normal. They have tried giving me acid reflux meds to see if that helps, but nothing has changed. I have been seeing the ARNP, which I think could be part of the problem as well, as they don't have nearly the experience physicians have. They all seem perplexed with the issue and just want to keep throwing different drugs at me, which all seem TOTALLY unrelated to my problem.  

At this point, I don't know what more I can do. No one can figure out what is wrong with me, but there is definitely something very much related to my gall bladder that is causing me a lot of pain. I know there has to be other patients out there who have experienced this same problem. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.  Thank you!!!