PAIN AFTER GALLBLADDER GONE PLEASE HELP

GALLBLADDER OUT ON NEW YEARS 2010. DREAMED SO WOULD THE PAIN. WOKE UP TO UNBELIEVABLE PAIN. DOC REPLIED JUST HAD MAJOR ORGAN OUT. CALL IN 3MO. I DID THAN SHE SAID I SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER RIGHT AWAY. WENT TO NEW GASTRO DOC CAUSE HAVE FATTY LIVER WITH RISING LIVER LEVELS. NOT A DRINKER, NOT A SMOKER, NOT TAKEN PAIN PILLS. TOUGHEN THIS PAIN OUT. I ALSO HAVE A 7CM HIATAL HERNIA. BUT THEY CLAIM MY PAINS NOT FROM THAT. MY RIGHT SIDE HURTS LIKE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE. WHEN I EAT SHORTLY AFTER I GET BAD PAIN AN LIME GREEN RUNS THIN AN IN LITTLE PIECES. DOC WANTS TO CUT SPINTER TO LET IF I HAVE STONES PASS. HE SAYS HE CAN'T SAY FOR SURE THIS WILL MAKE MY PAIN GO AWAY. I FEEL LIKE IT'S APPENDIX OR PANCREIDOZE .I AM AMAZED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE GALLBLADDER REMOVED AN SO MANY PEOPLE IN PAIN. AN NO DOCTORS IN FLORIDA CAN FIGURE WHAT ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE EXSPERIENCING. A DOC COULD LIVE HAPPILY JUST FIXING PATIENTS LIKE US. IS THERE NO HELP.  IS THIS THE END OF THE ROAD. QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I AM 52. I WANT MY LIFE BACK. I WANT TO BE ME. I WANT THIS PAIN TO STOP. I WOULD BE SO GREATFUL. I AM A SINGLE MOM THAT RAISED 5 SONS BY MY SELF. I HAVE FACED MANY PROBLEMS BUT THIS I NEED HELP WITH. PLESE GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION. I USE TO BE A TRUCK DRIVER-NOW I AM LOST. AN DO NOT LIKE THE PAIN

[Thomas D Schiano, MD]

many people have pain in the abdomen after a cholecystectomy.  Sometimes there is a retained stone in the common bile duct that would need to be removed endoscopically.  An MRI/MRCP might be helpful to check and if there is any concern for this an ERCP should be performed.