Nausea 12 weeks after gallbladder removal

Hi debZ thanks for your reply. My doctor has prescribed zofran for the nausea but not doing much good. My appetite is awful. Glad your nausea is going so quickly. Your appetite will return in time. My surgeon told me that I won't be able to eat a big meal for a while. I would get your doctor to look at the hole you have just in case you need a stitch or it gets infected. Take care

Hi Leni great to hear from you. I hope your feeling a little better. I spoke to a lot of people in hospital who had the gallbladder removed and most had some nausea and diarrhea and also what you describe Burning in the chest like heartburn for months after the surgery. One person had it for 8 months and then it just went. I hope it goes soon for you. On another note they put me in a ward beside a woman who had just had her gallbladder removed that morning and was told only tea and toast. She ate that and then ate 2 cakes from a box she had hidden! She vomited all night and then the next morning had her breakfast and afterwards had a big scone with butter and a load of chocolates!! She was discharged that day and said she was fine! I haven't had any fatty food let alone a chocolate since before the surgery! I hope your managing ok with your baby. It must be very hard to be feeling so sick and looking after a baby. My son is 4 and I'm finding it hard. Like you have lost a lot of weight and have to start on build up drinks as soon as I'm better. Keep positive if you can as I've no doubt we will feel better very soon. Keep in touch. X

Thanks Woo15. Am glad to hear your feeling better now. Am on zoton 30mg in the morning for my stomach too. My surgeon did tell me that the bile can build up overnight but that it will all settle down in time. I know a few people who had similar experiences and it took them 6-8 months to fully recover and feel better. I am still on a low fat diet although my surgeon is telling me I should eat what I want. The problem is I don't have any appetite with the nausea. Hopefully it will settle down soon. It's been a nightmare first the diarrhea for weeks on end and then the nausea. X

Be careful with the omeprazole.  It's been linked to issues with memory loss and creates calcium loss in women.  I took it for over a decade and my doctor took me off of it.  I have a few left and I think about taking them because of my nausea.  I'm concerned about the side effects.  Best wishes.

Zofran is great for nausea. I worked in a nursing and retirment fcility as a C.N.A. and this is what we always gave to the elderly for their nausea. I have taken it myself.It works wonders! Ask for a prescription of this. This is also what cancer patients take for their nausea and you know it works well.

Thanks for being my "brain"--I'm sure Zofran is the non-generic name.  I sure hope it helps Acejohnston.

Thank you ndm and Angela. I have been taking zofran the last few days. It has helped a little but is giving me loose stools and unfortunately I vomited this morning. I just hope this nightmare ends soon. My surgeon said it will go but can't say when. From what I've Looked up online it seems to go between 3-6 months so hopefully I'll wake up soon and it will be gone. This is worse than the diarrhea! X

Ok I am glad you do take Zofran. Nausea should nopt be going on. You sound as if you may infection somewhere. I am not a doctor, but something is not right. has your pancreas been checked?

Hi Angela I was in hospital last week and had a load of tests. Some gastritis and a little bile in my stomach and a 7.5cm cyst on my ovary too! My surgeon said it can happen after gallbladder removal that you can get nausea for a number of months. I know a couple of people who had it too and it eventually settled down. It's worse in the morning as the bile has been pooling in my system overnight. It's worse than morning sickness. Please God it will settle soon as its really affecting my whole life. Am crying all the time I feel so bad. X

You do know STRESS can add to any symptom. Please try to keep calm as much as possible. I hate that you are going through all this physical turmoil! I get upset at times with my diabetes neuropathy, swelling, pain and I have IBS and a lot of diarrhea. I do understand  being upset and even wanting to give up! We just have to try, or at least I do , to fight depression and know a brighter day will come. As long as we can talk on this forum with friends who have similar experiences we are not alone. That makes me feel good. I learn so much from all who post here. I will pray for you .Keep me updated!  

Thank you Angela. The sickness is making me stressed and am frightened I won't get better. All I had was 1 large gallstone causing me pain and I end up feeling worse. It is making me depressed but I am fighting it as much as possible. Am so upset that this happened to me. Have had years of bad health and surgery and my surgeon told me it was uncommon to have problems after gallbladder removal. It seems very very uncommon to have this nausea after gallbladder removal. I'm afraid to go to sleep at night as I won't know how I'll feel when I wake up. Please God we will all feel better soon. Thanks again. X

Well 13 weeks today since the gallbladder was removed. Still vomiting every morning and feel horrendous. Zofran doesn't seem to be helping at all. Will this nightmare ever end. Has anyone else had this happen to them and did it go away? No one has commented on this that has had this happen. Am Getting very worried I'll be left like this. X

I'm so sorry this is still happening to you!!  13 weeks is a long time, must feel like an eternity to you.  Also, since no one else so far has reported this has happened to them, I'm sure you feel alone and even more scared.  I hope you get some help and answers soon.

Hi ndm glad to hear you have no diarrhea. That's great news. Hopefully the headache will ease off soon. Am at my wits end here with this nausea and am worried as no one has commented on it meaning it's obviously not very common. I called my surgeon this morning to tell him I'm no better. Waiting for him to call back. Don't know what else he can do for me now. Also have a large cyst on my ovary and am wondering if that's adding to the problem. Don't know if I can take much more of feeling like this. It's a nightmare. Finding it hard to look after my 4 year old son too. Hope you continue to improve. Take care . X

did your nausea go away with time?

I have had this waking nausea since gallbladder out a year ago.  I had hoped the op,would alleviate th nausea.  I am also depressed and anxious. Nothing dr has given me has helped.  How did you manage to ge through it.

Are you still,posting . I wonder if your nausea and ibs have been treated successfully.  I am a year post gallbladder removal and the ibs and nausea are worse now. I have recently had gastroenteritis and recovery isnt happening very well.  I want to ask gp for something for this, people,say zofran is good. What did you do

Hi anyone out there who had gallbladder removed and having nausea after three weeks. My doctor told me today I shouldn’t feel nauseous at this stage did anyone else experience this?

Yes, i have had it intermittently since removal two years ago, also bouts of ibs.  Dr says there can be some people who dont lose these problems, but most feel much better quickly.

I'm a year and a half after gall bladder out. Pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea

This would appear to be the norm for many on this site.  How do you cope? I have managed to get the nausea down some mornings, others i take buccastem for it.  My bowel is a little better but im on a VERY restricted diet, still can flare.  Dr done anything to help you?

I'm still waiting to see a gasterologist. I've been waiting since April 2017. It's so depressing and frustrating. My gp isn't trying anything else as she says a specialist will have to figure it out. The thing I'm most afraid of is this being a lifelong issue. I've read that it's a possibility . I'm going to see my gp tomorrow and ask her to send another letter to the specialist because I can't stand feeling this way anymore.

Have you tried questran and urso with you gp? Those two were game changers for me. 

No I haven't tried or have heard of either of those? I will definitely check into them. I did have a ct done of liver and I've got intrahepatic biliary tree dilation that may be causing the problems. Just have to get in to see the specialist to get him to find out why it's dilated? Cysts I guess is a possibility or stones? I think I will need an ercp or the other one mcrp (I think that's the initials lol) thank you for the suggestion

Yes if bile tree is dilated then it’s a totally different situation and you need MRCP (magnetic resonance) or echo/endoscopy followed by ERCP to treat the issue. Most likely you have a residual gallstone in the main bile duct. 

It's just so frustrating because I have been waiting for 1 1/2yrs to see a gasterologist and I still don't even have an appointment, so in the mean time while I wait I suffer

I still have morning nausea three years after op. In fact its more mornings than not.  Fine by bedtime

Have you found any good meds for morning nausea relief? Maybe try Urso or Questran?

Hi angela. I too have severe IBS with multiple food intolerances. Rarely had nausea but much loose stools many times a day. Gallbladder removed Jan. 2018. Over the months nausea has increased instead of leveling off. Never know if IBS made worse by gall bladder removal or nausea may be a side effect of surgery alone. Any info on this subject would be greatly appreciated. I hope you are feeling better.

Dr gave me buccastem which by afternoon has worked.

yes i too had gallbladder removed, supposedly to stop nausea but it still appears a lot.  I also have IBS. I am also very interested to see your replies as its exactly how i feel.  Dr has said its maybe anxiety driving it, never had anxiety medication before and over 60.

How long did you have nausea after your gallbladder surgery?  Did it come and go, or was it daily?  

How about feeling tired (fatigue) - any of those symptoms?

I am 4 months past my gallbladder surgery and still getting some random nausea and fatigue. 

Thank you 

you probably have bile-acid diarrhea, typical after gallbladder removal. Ask your doc for a trial of cholestyramine, a prescription bile binder. It will really change your life in a matter of days.

Thanks for the information.  

I actually haven't had any diarrhea post-gallbladder surgery, just random nausea and fatigue. 

 

Gallbladder surgery and ibs together makes it so hard to figure whether one or other or both is causing the symptoms. All I am able to go by is knowing what symptoms I normally had with severe ibs and figure maybe the surgery is the cause of worse symptoms. But you never know the surgery itself ould be agitating ibs. Then top it off with a stomach virus in the mix and oh heaven help us. Very scary and depressing. Been extra sick from just that for 3 weeks now and can't take meds to help. I can barely eat anything anymore as ibs has made me intolerant of most all foods and meds. What are your symptoms?

hi John

Did your post gall bladder removal and fatigue ever go away?

I have the exact same symptoms as you. did you actually have gallstones? I didn't but my gall bladder became infected/ inflamed twice and I was treated with iv antibiotics prior to removal.

The nausea was there before surgery 4 days ago. I think the fatigue may be due to anemia but I am most worried about the nausea.

has anybody tried bike salts to assist the build up? It's like a mild nausea that's nagging in the back ground and I get it sometimes even when I dont eat.

Has anybody else have a similar experience and what did you do about it?

Maggie

hi

please help. have your symptoms resolved yet??

i am so nauseous and sore post gb op?

Would like to know as well 2 months post op dealing with nausea, vomiting, fatigue, chills and anxiety.

Are you better yet? My daughter has been having abdominal pain and vomiting since her gallbladder was removed over 7 months ago. Zofran keeps food down for a while... but it all comes back up. she is miserable I don't know what to do for her

My sickness lasted from February to July. I ended up back in hospital. I was dehydrated due to the sickness. was in for a week. When I got home the sickness was much better and stopped altogether about a month later. it does stop eventually, honestly. My bowels were up and down until about 2 weeks ago and it's 2 years since my op but it's comes OK in the end.

did it eventually go away? What was causing all the sickness?

Onedestron is the generic name. I take it with little to no relief but

everyone is different.