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Greetings! I've been recently adviced by my doctors to remove my gall bladder. I was having excruciating abdominal pains, vomitting and loose motion for about two whole weeks. I wasn't able to keep anything I eat down for 13 days. At first, I had thought I developed severe gastritis. But after doing an ultrasound, it was found that I had gallstones in my gall bladder and the biggest one at 7mm was at the neck of the gall bladder. After a few days, the stone dislodged and fell back into my gall bladder allowing my symptoms to subside for now. I can eat without throwing up.
Anyway, I'm feeling conflicted. I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons of surgery. I'd like to hear from patients who have undergone the procedure. How was your life after the surgery? How did it affect your diet? Some people say after a few months they can go back to eating normally whereas some say they tend to experience indigestion.
I'd really appreciate you all sharing with me your experience before I come up with my final decision. Thank you and have a good day! -Ash
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I went through passing stones, ended up in emerg on morphine several times. After I had the surgery it was great, I still had to watch rich foods as they went right through me but it was great! After about a year the pain started again, they never found the cause other then somewhat confused nerves sending pain signals.
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As that was about 3 weeks ago, it’s too early for me to answer your question about life after surgery. So far I’ve had only an occasional ache, from doing too much I think as it goes off when I rest. My bowels are a bit loose and rather overactive at present with lots of wind but I’ve had IBS on and off for many years so in my case, it could just be the operation has set it off again. Or I need to watch my diet more carefully.
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Re diet, I’ve been staying mainly with low fat fish and chicken, low or 0% fat yogurt, cheese and milk. No rich or greasy foods, although a couple of meals out were more fatty than expected and my tummy felt uneasy for an hour or so afterwards. I’ve also been keeping to small portions as advised and feel better for it. No major problems with food so far though and 3 friends who had the op several years ago say they can eat anything, although other people develop food intolerances.
Hope that helps but unfortunately one never knows how it will affect them until after the op. However, I’d reached the stage where I just wanted the GB gone, no matter what the after effects were and so far feel so much better.
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