gall bladder surgery

My sister had gall bladder surgery tuesday and has been in intense severe pain ever since. She cant sleep or eat. Her lower right side is in intense pain---cramps and spasm type pain. Went to the er and they didnt do a thing. Wondering if this is normal

[dtownsley]

Yes and no.  When I had my gallbladder removed it felt like my stomach was on fire & it was about to tear open at any time.  I could barely walk and I had to “sleep” sitting up in my recliner for 2 weeks. Now, I consider myself to have a pretty high tolerance to pain but this was unbearable and the pain medication I was given was useless.  My sister, on the other hand who basically has no tolerance for pain was up and moving around like normal within a week of hers. It just varies per person.  Just tell her to try and relax and she will be pass the pain soon.

[cbuchholtz]

This is not normal! I had the same problem and the ER tried to tell me it was post op pain and wanted to send me home with vicodine. I refused so the doc talked to a surgeon. They looked at my liver enzymes which was elevated signaling a bile leak. The surgeon cut my common bile duct and bile was leaking into my abdomen. I had a total of 16 days in the hospital. Get her back to the ER and demand that they check her for a bile leak. A CT scan will not show it and will cause her more pain if they make her drink that iodine. Demand a HIDA scan and some pain meds! Good luck!