Gallbladder is gone so where is this pain from?

Has anybody any further reports on this matter?  I had my GB out 9 months ago

and i also have been having the pain betwen shoulder blades, i think its only after certain foods, and i certainly don't have it after sleeping or rest. It normally comes a couple of hours after eating, i may start elliminating some foods from my diet, but its hard to know which ones may eb causing the pain, i don,t always get it but almost always. I too have taken some omeprazol, but they don't seem to help that much, and i don,t want to have to take painkillers all the time, and only the strong ones work anyway, and they make me a little nauteous and drowsy too. any further feedback would be great...

i missed the fact that there were other pages here so only read old ones

i am happy to receive replies but will read a bit more see if there is any good advice!

 

Im in the process of waiting to get my gallbladder removed, all these stories is making me think twice about gettin it out, but the pain I get is getting worse wif every attack saturday was my last attack from 8 in the evening until 1.30 Sunday mornin co.codomal is the only pain relief that helps but dont want to take pills all my life, I like readin stories about people gettin theres out to see what im in for , getting scared off goin for it now lol, xx

Hi there

Did you ever get a solution or explanation to your post gallbladder ache?

Mine was removed after i had severe acute pancreatitis and apparently the gallbladder had got shrivelled and shrunken.

This was 13 months ago and my sympoms and after effects are identical to yours, i could have written your post! i have an almost permanent ache but it's like surface wound and not a down the bone ache now. i also just let it ride and have got used to it. It does get worse if i do anything active or eat creamy food. Last week, after vacuum sealed smoked haddock off the deli counter, it felt like i had gone back in time and the gallstone ( i only had the 1) was blocking my bile duct again, so intense was the pain.

It would be cool if you'd had a solution as i have a doctor's appt in 2 wks and i feel it's a bit trivial to go back for an annoying ache. The blood tests i had last week for liver and pancreas must have been clear, as i know from past experience that he calls me within 3 days if anything wasn't right.

Thanks

I just had my gallblader taken out 2 weeks ago and now starting to have pain again it . I was dealing with the pain over a year before my gallblader was taken out and now dealing with it again. I have no clue why! My pain is almost always at night time, I have not been sleeping at all. I do get the pain in the morning too.

I had my GB out in Dec13, still having flank pain so more scans found my right kidney is duplex... worth asking about if anyone still having lower quadrant pain post surgery.

I hate to hear that others are going through the same thing I am but it's nice to know I am not alone in this quest to find a solution. 

   

    I was diagnosed with pancreatitis when I was 23 years old. My doctor did not believe I had pancreatitis due to the fact that I had never smoked nor did I drink alcohol. He sent me home with some laxatives for a week. I battled with it for 10 years going in and out of hospitals, visiting many doctors.  And on the 10th year I moved to Mississippi and found a doctor who recommended removing the gallbladder. The surgeon noted that the gallbladder was shaped oddly and elongated. Right away I could tell the difference. I didn't feel the pain I was starting to feel a daily basis. For two years I thought I was cured and all I have to deal with is diarrhea every day . But, on the very exact day, two years after my surgery, I was back in the ER with pancreatitis. After that I started feeling pain almost every day. It wasn't as bad as pancreatitis but it was up there. Now instead of having severe pain every once in a while, I have to deal with diarrhea and more than moderate pain, every day.  I can no longer be depended on. I have to cancel many meetings, I have to miss a lot of appointments, I'm constantly late, I dread road trips, my wife gets frustrated with me, my boss gets frustrated with me, my friends also. I have a family to provide for.  I don't understand how anyone can live like this. I've tried many diets, gluten-free, 10 g of fat per day, dairy free, only vegetables, etc.  

    I've come to the conclusion that it has something to do with bile. I did some research and found a dietary supplement called Chalocol. It contains bile salts and a few other things. It took my pain away for about a week. And I must say that it has helped and I have much improved since taking.  Although I still take pain pills, I don't need to take them every day while using the supplement and it did work a lot better the first week I took it.  

     Sometimes I think that perhaps because of dealing with Pancreatitis for so long it might be too late for me but perhaps my story can somewhat help someone. I feel like this has been turned into a support group. 

   Thanks for reading and sharing your stories.  

O.Dear Alan

Your story reminds me of me. The difference being that I had the dull ache under the ribs as you describe. About six months later I was told it was probably scar tissue and that if possible live with it, as trying to ease by an operation was awkward and not guaranteed to succed. NOW 28 years later its still there and getting worse. Nothing shows up on the scans. I am now going under the pain clinic and expecting to have injections to ease the pain. Failing that its an op on the back in an attempt to kill the nerves leading from the rib area.... I see your note is over a year old so hopefully you have found a cure. If not....Dont leave it. It dont get better.

My daughter is 17.  After several months of pain, lots of emergency room visits, a colonoscopy, endoscopy, xrays, MRI, etc. the doctors finally determined it was her gallbladder, even though every test came back normal.  She had her GB removed 2 months ago.  She is still having pain in the same area.  She is constantly throwing up bile and is nauseated often.  She's been on omeprazole even before her GB was removed.  Nothing is helping.  Doctors tell her that its a psychological problem and she needs to see a shrink to realize the pain is normal for her and just live with it.  I'm frustrated as a parent. She's 5' 8" and weighs 103 pounds. This is not normal.  Just wondering if anyone else has had these symptoms.