Symptoms of dropped surgical clip

[Heidihop]

10 years ago I had my g/b removed by keyhole surgery. Last week by coinsidence an Open surgical clip was noticed in my pelvis above my bladder. As I was extreamly ill, abdominal pain, severe back ache, my doctor send me straight to hospital. This was the hospital where I had that surgety 10 years ago. Two doctors who examend me agreed that the symptoms I had were not related to the Clip. I do suffer from diverticulitys and i am confused. My pain has not settled in the last 3 weeks and I do not have a diverticulitys attack. Can anybody please tell me, what are the symptoms of having a clip in your pelvis?



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[chritters]

I also  had my Gall bladder removed as they said it needed to come  out and 3 months later I had the exact same pains in my back and I had un Ultrasound done and they said I had a Kidney stone. so I had it removed and the pain hasnt been back still.  I sometimes wonder if they guessed that it was my gall bladder when  it was a j=kidney stone all this time. So now I have to go to the bathroom when ever I eat something oiley or greasy and I have this bloated stomach from them cutting the muscle in my stomach to remove the gall bladder.
Makes ya wonder about these doctors and surgeons.
Get tested for kidney stones!!
Chris

[pinktulip]

I had surgery 3/17/09..after surgery...i still felt the back pain on the right side of my shoulder blade. I went to see the doctor and he sent me to get a CT scan and that came back normal....there was a note that said there are surgical clips inside..I was like wow....i didnt  know they have to leave that in there. Well I've had so many test done and nothing has been found like to say there is something wrong with me but why do i still have that pain in my upper right side of my back?? It's driving me crazy. I read all your stories here and I just can't beleive it.
I had this same pain when i had my gall bladder i was hoping it would go away once I had surgery but NOPE...that was not my case.
What else can I have the doctor check?? I had that one test where they look inside your stomach, i had tha CT scan....i had ultrasound...I mean what is left? I'm stressed out I'm tired of this back pain. It's not bad to liek be taking meds but its annoying already. I sisck of feeling discomfort.

[chritters]

I sometimes wonder now if I have this problem But I have very different complications, I ahd my Gall Bladder removed 2 years ago by Lap and to this day My stomach is still ballonned up I look pregnant and Im skinny build 6'3". I first started out getting Stomach Bile coming out of my Behind and I get bad rashes on my backside and legs cause you can imagine if bile is supposed to break down fats whats it doing in my bowel and while its coming out. My Surgeon was useless as well and kinda refused to admit I had a problem, So Im going after him with the Collage of Physicians and surgeons here in Canada. Problem with My Lap surgury is its supposed to be 4 holes well I have 5 holes in my stomach and his explanation was sometimes we have to make an xtra hole while doing the surgury. Im taking Cholestyramine to try to help bind up the bile but when it hits it doesnt seem to help at all. Now I get Light Poop exited with the Bile and when I have to wipe so many times my behind starts to bleed fromt he acitity of the bile!!.

Anyone else have these problems .I take it my body doesnt know how to get rid of this bile now that the gall bladder is gone!! or something is messed up. I go see a specalist finally on May 11 2009 See if I can get somewhere with him!!

[Angrypatient]

I am sorry to hear about your lose. That is unimaginable. My heart goes out to you. The laws are a joke. I laugh everyday about the McDonalds lawsuit - Reward someone for stupidity!

[mammo]

I would be so angry!  A foreign object in your body should not remain there.  I lost my son (31) and grandson (18) to negligence, botched surgeried, and withholding the fact that my son had a Desmoid tumor from us.  Finally, he started experiencing a lot of pain, and the tumor had grown to such proportion that it was crushing his internal organs and was dying.  Doctors will lie and cover up for each other, I've experienced so much of this and it makes me sick!  My husband is a pilot, and we were talking to a man that repairs the smaller personal aircraft, and he said most of his business comes from doctors crashing their plane.  He said they all have this "God complex" and think they can do no wrong.  Trust me, I've seen so much with my family and having worked for doctors that it is truly scarey!  My own gynecologist told me to never leave a loved one alone in a hospital!  Doctors don't seem to realize that they work for us, and are paid by us, so I ask many, many, many questions, and if I don't get answers I move on.  Also, remember that if your doctor "refers" you to someone, it's not because that person is good at what he does, it's a friend of his/hers.  So, find your own specialists.  Good luck to all of you, it's terrible that this is going on.  Good luck suing also, we couldn't with my son or grandson, hard to find another doctor to rat on one.  But then a woman bought a cup of hot coffee, burned herself and sued McDonalds and won?????

[Angrypatient]

I also have to take b12 but I am taking the pills because I dont want shots now I gather it is from the operation. Every surgeon will deny the fact that the surgical clips cause problems because they would be setting themselves up for lawsuits. I know my problem was that clip. My medical records are currently with a lawyer as well. I have to call him in a week to find out the status. I believe the laproscopic g/b surgery has not been studied long enough to know the long term effects. There are so many things that can happen. First is those clips that fall off were holding something important closed otherwise it would not be in there. Where is the fluid going if the clip isn't there to keep it closed? My surgeon also told me I had alot of scar tissue which was a lie - you dont get scar tissue from a lap g/b removal. The whole thing was a complete nightmare. I will keep you informed of everything.