Gallbladder gone, pain in back

yes Ann sadly it’s very true.

and they can form anywhere ie in the liver in the bilery tree in the judiniam in the small or large intestine etc ect

and no not necessarily at all will any ultrasound or ct scan find them for that matter.

you may have to have some more intrusive tests like ercp or worse.

bless you.

ann what sort of diet if any have you kept in the last 2 years since you had lap choly ?

so you’ve remained on a low fat bland diet since gallbladder removal Ann .

that doesn’t feel us newly removed folk with glee!

did you try to eat normal diet after and if so what was the result that made you go bland again ?

it bothers me that some folks after removal have no issues like my mums neighbour 27 years ago and eats whatever and no probs no new stones and others like yr self for example have probs , it’s weird I do wonder why this is the case , can any other members shed some light as why this is ? 

Would love to know.

Hi Ann, yes I'm afraid they can but it is unusual as stones usually form in the gallbladder because it holds bile so a good receptical to creat stones equally it could be a problem with your stomach or a missed stone that was so tiny that they didn't notice it. A Blood test will show if there's a problem somewhere and then they'll probably do an ultrasound initially.

People can have diarrhoea problems as you have sometime after a gallbladder has been removed, this is also a case for the sphincter of oddi dysfunction but this isn't easy to treat so you don't want that. It could be anything so I would go and see your doctor to go and get the process of elimination going as its so easy to jump to conclusions.

I had mine removed 9 months ago and I've had that pain in the shoulder blades, under the right ribs and back since which may have been caused by the surgery, its call abdominal wall nerve entrapment and I'm just waiting for another treatment of nerve block in the abdo to hope that it lasts longer.

Let me know what your doctor says. Keep in touch. 

sorry to say but I disagree with Katherine.

no a blood test will not show a problem .

i had a stone 2.3cm stuck lodged in the cystic duct,gallbladder neck for 3 years 3 Year’s and was in agony,

‘and a further mobile stone of 2.2cm in the gallbladder.

my gallbladder had been completely infected for god only knows how long , full of puss , for god knows how long,

‘and gangrene for god knows how long.

i had multiple multiple multiple blood tests over the 3 years to many to count in fact.

and all my bloods came back normal every single time , time after time after time Ann.

my lftscwere normal, my lipase amalase bilirubin all normal every time even on the day of surgery when I knew I was diyng ,still my bloods were all normal and I still never even had a raised temperature.

so I have to disagree with Katherine about the bloods !!

a lot if the time Ann they don’t know where to look, hence they try ultrasound ,ct  scans , mri scans, Mrcp scans,ercp . Hide scans. Pet scans, and even investigative surgery in some cases .

thats my knowledge !!

and it’s also not that rare for stones to form in the common bile duct after gallbladder removal!

rarer in the liver but happens a lot still ,and in the intestines ,judiniam etc etc.