Gallbladder is gone so where is this pain from?
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HI
Had the dreaded gallbladder removed last June after only 7 months of pain (so I'm pretty lucky).
Everything went well, home the same day - took a good 4 weeks to feel totally better after the op but eating was ok and I don't seem to be affected by bowel issues like some people.
Only problem is I have dull ache in exactly the same place I used to get the gallbladder pain. It's not intense pain but it's in the front RUQ under my ribs and moves round the side and to my back.
It doesn't seem to appear after anything in particular and most of the time it's there constantly. Suppose it's more of an annoyance than anything else because I'm always aware of this ache. I'm quite reluctant to go to my GP because after spending about 7 months constantly in the surgery last year updating painkillers and nausea pills I don't want them to think I'm addicted to medical attention.
Just wondered if anyone had anything similar or if it's just a by-product of surgery that I'll have to get on with?
Thanks
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walk and rest you'll heal.
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I went to Georgetown University Hospital in Washington DC and saw a specialist. I finally found someone who understood what I was going though and said I had Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction
(the sphincter muscle in the bile duct of the pancreas is too tight) and will not open to release bile needed to digest food and so I needed to have Sphincterotomy. They snip the muscle. Well it unfortunately can have a side effects which is Chronic Pancreatitis and this will last for the rest of your life. I was in the hospital for months and to this day 7 years later I still am bent over in pain every time I eat or drink anything. The only treatment for me is opiate narcotic medication or to remove my pancreas and become a diabetic.
So proceed with caution. It may fix what you have or it may make your life a living hell. I wish you good luck and good health
Namaste.
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