I had my gall bladder removed in June of 2005 after terrible gall attacks, the surgeon told me how quick and easy it would be, ha! I have never fully gotten over the bouts with constipation and diarrhea and gas and nagging pain. Then just this past weekend I was awakened in the night with a terrible pain that felt like a gall attack, but with no gall bladder I thought I was crazy! It happened again on Tuesday afternoon, pain so intense in my upper abdomen and sides that I really thought I was going to pass out, I sent my 5 year old to get a neighbor friend to drive me to the ER. I had an ultrasound of the belly that showed a clear duct, but after following up with my primary doc. am going to have a CT done. Can't eat hardly anything, miserable feeling, and apparently based on what the doc says, this isn't uncommon and the duct can start mimicking the gall bladders function! Fantastic! 29 year old mom of 5
Yes i too get pains, mine will have been out a yr in the end of jan. I usually get pains when i dont eat..its like a tightening in my chest that radiates through my sides and back. Of course it doesnt hurt as bad as an actual attack but its still very uncomfortable.
I feel slight pains in that area but they never turn into anything serious like before surgery. I don't seem to have any problems with digestion now about 6 weeks later. I hope you feel better.
I too have the same Probs and was never told the side effects. I am only 25. They say give it time. I just had the surgery this past May. How long does it take to get normal again?