Still vomiting

[KatieJ2009]

About 3 months ago I started blacking out or falling unconscious or whatever you want to call it, along with bad migraines, abdominal pain, jaundice, extreme fatigue, and excessive amounts of vomiting. I'm not sure if the passing out and migraines are related to my stomach issues, but I was puking so much that I was hospitalized with dehydration and malnutrition, and my teeth turned yellow and the enamel has worn away. After a month of blood tests, CT scans, xrays, colonoscopies, endoscopies, and just about anything else you can think of, a doctor finally thought that it may be my gallbladder. I'm 17 years old, and all of the other doctors claimed that it couldn't possibly be my gallbladder because I was too young. Finally they ran a HIDA scan and found that my gallbladder was not functioning at all and removed it, finding that it was severely infected. This was supposed to solve all my problems, but I still vomit every day, the only difference being I can keep down liquids and foods such as apple sauce.

Has anyone heard of symptoms such as these and have any idea what could be causing them? Is it just my body getting used to not having my gallbladder or could there be a bigger problem going on? I haven't been eating any greasy or fatty foods, just as the doctor advised, and all of my blood tests have come up normal except my lipase is always elevated, and my CTs and xrays show no abnormalities.

If you can offer any help, please do. I'm becoming very frustrated. :(

[boron]

Blacking out was probably from dehydration. They probably gave you instructions what and how much to drink.

[boron]

Elevated lipase may be a sign of pancreatitis. One possible cause for pancreatitis is a blockage of your bile ducts (from the small gallstone or inflammation or so). This often can't be seen on x-ray or CT, but more precise investigation, like ERCP is needed. It is done during upper endoscopy - they inject a contrast substance from the duodenum into the bile duct opening, and then make x-ray pictures to see its distribution within the biliary tree.
ERCP description with images here:
http://www.gicare.com/pated/epdgs20.htm

Another investigation is manometry of sphincter of Oddi, but gastroenterologist should explain this to you and decide what to do.

You should get all these info from your doctors. Saying "it can't be a gallbladder issue at 17" showed you, how wrong ignoring doctors can be. You should always ask the doctor for explanation of any investigation and what is next recommended thing to do. If doctor don't want to talk with you, you should talk with your parents about changing the doctor.