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Bile reflux after gall bladder removal

Hello,
I had my gall blader out 6 months ago.  I felt fine after surgery (laproscopic).  I did have the common loose stool.  However less than a month ago I have had debilitating nausea.  I have no appetite and lost 10 pounds in approx. 2.5 weeks. I have had many blood tests run and they have all come out negative. I had two E.C.G both normal.  One breath test to test for stomach bacteria negative.  I have now been givenCHOLESTYRAMINE.  I am aware this can help with the loose stool but can it help with the nausea??????????
Any info is greatly helpful.  Maybe you have taken this medication  and it helped you or didn't???
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Sosick, you may want to consider following a low fat diet if you aren't already doing so. For some, having the surgery can mean not being able to process fats in the way they did before the surgery and that can cause problems.
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Hi,
I used Cholestryramine a couple of years ago for my continuing symptoms and it helped tremendoulsly. But unfortunately, it only helped for about a year before the symptoms came back.

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