Post op issues that I was told would go after removal of gallbladder

Hi Samantha am delighted to hear your doing so well post op. Indigestion is common after gallbladder removal as is reflux too. In some people it settles down and in others it doesn't. It's way too early to tell. Your body is going through an adjustment period now. For some this can take 6 weeks and for others a lot longer. Also despite your doctor telling you to eat what you want I would watch the fats for a while. A lot of people are told to stick to a low fat diet for 6-12 weeks. Good luck xx

I had my gallbladder removed 8 weeks ago.

There is still food I am avoiding. I have tried hard cheese again but it gave me stomach ache. May try it again later on. I think it is a question of trail and error people are so different.

This is very early days samantha. Give your body time to adjust.

Did you have keyhole surgery or the bigger operation?

Take care and keep in touch

Praying for you

Sarah xx

I had my gallbladder removed  over 8 months ago and I'm still suffering with horrible reflux which I am almost sure is bile. This is causing my esophagus to spasm and it has been the most painful time in my life.

doctors kept telling me I was going to get better, but 8 months later I feel more pain and they don't know what to do about. I take sucralfate, no difference it coats the stomach that's all.

if it's bile, no anti acids will help believe me I've tried them all! I got the worse heartburn ever. I'm very concerned about the damage this frequent stomach/ chest burning I'd doing to my esophagus. I now have a lot of chest and back pain that keeps me from living a normal life. 

You'll NEVER be able to eat whatever you want, don't believe any surgeon and also if you get bile reflux there's nothing they can do besides a drastic surgery to bypass the bile from stomach. I cannot believe that this is happening to me and so sorry if it's happening to you too. Many people are ok after GB suregry, but that doesn't mean they are safe from getting it years later. It's a nightmare. Good luck 

I still have my gallbladder and get attacks every 3-5 months but there's on common theme to them: wheat. If I eat wheat, I have an attack. I just went about 4 months without an attack, decided to have a muffin (false sense of things being ok) and was sick within the hour. I'm not a doctor but my girlfriend did a tremendous amount of research and when I went to the hospital 3 years ago, the doctor said you won't make it through the week if you don't gett you gallbladder removed, it's so gull of stones. Then I cut out wheat and I do well. The attacks are almost always because I slip up and eat wheat. Chees, milk, yogurt rice bread, etc all fine. Hope this helps.

Hi Are you still getting the symptoms of reflux? Any suggestions from your surgeon to what might be still causing  the heartburn,reflux?

i've never had before this surgery any symptoms only gallbladder attack, no reflux whatsoever. So first thing my surgeon told me was that my valve stopped working and we should do some tests. So I did and All was normal even the reflux was not acid. The antacids didn't relieved my heartburn ever. Then I got spasms from all the heartburn. Horrific pain he told it would go in time, that it was my vagus nerve disturbed and would calm down. Now I have more reflux with so much pain in my chest I can't take care of my baby properly sometimes. This surgery saved my life, I had to do it in an emergency due to pancreatitis. My baby was 2 months old. Ifyou find out about anything of what could be causing all this pain please share