Gallbladder is gone so where is this pain from?

Hi there well my gallbladder was removed in 1999 but I had complications. The doctor used the laser to remove my gallbladdder and he cut a slit in my liver. I did find out about that till I had to go to the emergancy room I couldn't breath and in severe pain. They started checking me did Xrays and they saw my lungs were full of liquid( the liver was leaking). I had surgery again they put stants on my liver so it could heal and a tube down my throat to remove the liquid from my lungs. That happened three days after the gallbladder removal. I was doing fine but I have gained alot of weight that I want to lose the weight.So recently I've been trying to eat better and I'm doing exercise so I have elimenated foods that are not good  for me. On saturday I notice a pain where my gallbladder was and it went to the back and I thought that I was just sore but today is the third day and I still feel discomfort. Yesterday night I notice I had to sleep on my back because its very uncomfortable to sleep. So you are not alone but if somebody has a suggestion to what to do to help please feel free to respond.

Same is happening to me, went to ER and nothing, just a huge bill.Something that helped is a NO fat diet, lots of water and in my shower I installed a hose that is to flush your intestine, because when I went to the ER they found nothing and the Doctor said I had gases, then I was thinking; Gases? I haven't even had a gas recently and that ring a bell. Food decomposes in your intestine faster so I eat with a glass of juice and Metamucil fiber powder that traps the remaining fat you eat with your food. I use that hose as an enema because that is what it is. remember;

No Fat, eat water or juice with fiber and flush your intestine, you have to keep going to the bathroom regularly by going and/or flushing.

NEVER take Pepto Bismol or Imodium for Diarrea, that sent me to the ER. Keep taking Omeprazole.

All of you should read this.

http://www.medfriendly.com/post-cholecystectomy-syndrome.html

After I had my gallbladder out, 7 months later I got diagnosed with spintcher of oddi dysfunction. The pain mimics a gallbladder attack. Here's a link http://www.iffgd.org/site/gi-disorders/functional-gi-disorders/sod

I had my gallbladder out almost a year and a half ago and am STILL having pain...and lots of it! The pain is under my ribs where my gallbladder used to be. I have been in the ER more times than I can count and some of the ER docs think I'm just seeking pain meds. I get SO upset at them! Who would fame this pain? It's miserable! I pass out from the pain a few times a week. If I see a Dr when I'm NOT in pain, they just say "lets keep an eye on it". I've had so many scan's the ER Dr's tell me I'm going to get cancer. I'm so frustrated, I don't know what to do! They make me feel like a joke, an attention seeker or drug addict. I also have endometriosis, and I know the difference between the two pains. It's not the same. I've read ALL the posts and comment's, I'm not sure any of you have any advice. I've done the diet stuff and exercise.. But passing out in pain isn't funny and I'm sick of being blown off by doctors.

late but may be something called Phantom pain most people don't know such a thing exists

Read this if you still don't have an answer!!

I just happened to come across this post and looked thru many of the comments and I might have missed someone giving this advice or suggestion but here goes...

If you continue to have upper abdominal pain after having your gallbladder removed please look this up Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction. I had my gallbladder removed and actually got worse 3 days after the surgery. I had an ERCP (tube down your throat into your stomach) that looks at the opening of your common bile duct. In this area you can have stones, sludge, blockage, narrowing, and a poorly functioning sphincter (the opening of the bile duct to your small bowel). I've had 10 ERCP's in the past 4 years. If you go to a gastroenterologist that specializes in this issue and performs ERCP's you shouldn't be scared about getting pancreatitis. Yes it's a complication but there are medications they give now to help prevent that from happening. Do your own research. I diagnosed myself with this and was sent to a different specialist who deals with this disorder daily and patients come see him from all over the world. Don't let someone tell you there's nothing wrong. Only you know if you are hurting or there is something wrong with your body. Just so you know, in the beginning my blood test for my liver would be elevated when I was having an attack. However, for my 5th ERCP I was in extreme pain and all test came back normal. I was in the Emergency Room and sent home after being told nothing was wrong. Thank god I have a doctor who treats me and not the blood test results. My 5th ERCP showed a marble size stone blocking my bile duct and this could have potentially been extremely dangerous if not taken care of. My specialist said that my body had just gotten use to what was going on and it didn't show anything abnormal on the blood test.

So take it from me and the other Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction (SOD) suffers...you have to be your own advocate. Push and demand for proper treatment. Look up SOD and see if it fits your symptoms, all of you! We have a Facebook page dedicated to SOD from people from all over the world. Look us up and any one of us would be willing to help you in anyway we can.

Much luck to you all! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions

hi had my gallbladder removed 3 weeks ago i have this pain in my right side which feels like my ribs are broke and that my right lung has some problem when i breath, i know after reading some of your reviews that some of you are worse off than i ,may i add that my diet has also taken a dip after eating small amounts i feel really overloaded and that i dont feel hungry until i feel sick.im fed up taking painkillers i want to go back to work soon i know it will be hard as i work for the NHS itself i have been off since christmas as the pain mimmicked a heart attack is this normal

I had my gallbladder removed 2 years ago and since then, every 2/3 months I have a terrible ache where the gall bladder used to be. I've had numerous tests with nothing found. Be even been to A&E with no help what so ever.

ive come to the conclusion that it could be a build up of fat. Sometimes the pain is unbearable, resulting in diorrhea, burping, Oisin under rib cage, around my back and in my shoulder. It can be frightening. I'm glad that I've found this page so that I can talk to people in a similar position. I di find that regular messages help.