Gallstones ruining my life! Anyone feel sick all the time?

Hi Lyndsay I had the same symptoms as you, ive now had my op but have noticed anything fatty or greasy still makes me ill.  Have you tried a really low fat diet as when I was suffering before op I was sent home on veg and water I know thats extreme and to be honest as it was xmas I didnt stick to it 100 per cent but since op I have joined a slimming group and am feeling loads better which Im convinced is a lot to do with the food.          Hope this helps good luck

Hi Lindsay, 

since having my gallbladder taken out 6 weeks ago I still have symptoms of acid reflux depending of what I have eaten. I find being on a low fat diet helps as I find eating more fatty foods makes it worse. 

I was hoping that after the op I would be able to eat anything, but unfortunately I still have symptoms only no where near as bad as I had before the op.

i do hope you don't have to wait long to have your operation and things get better for you x 

Had op March 2nd, and still have reflux, especially if I eat fatty food. Also having cramps feelings under ribs. All you can do is manage your pain the best way you know how, which is what you seem to be doing. Eat small infrequent snacks or food, every 2-3 hours, low fat, and watch your dairy and high carb intake. Those seem to make me feel worse still. Good luck to you, hope your op is soon!

Thank you all, really hoping the op will be very soon I asked to be put on the cancellations list as I have children at home and a young baby so it's just very hard when I have to keep going to hospital. Got prescribed morphine today which I had at about 12pm as pain came back. It worked after around half and hour but now I've felt horribly sick since about 5pm constant. Just had some anti sickness pills so fingers crossed will work soon x

Hello all... so i just wanted to give you a heads up on quite a few things. . Cuz i dont think you're aware of them. .. 1st.. prilosec or omnepresinol i think is the generic term is what you need to settle your stomach before and after surgery. .. and a low fat diet will help assist in dealing will gallstones, especially pre-surgery!! For those of you whove had surgery, you have to know that you have to reintroduce foods SLOWLY into your diet.. or your just looking for trouble. . You no longer have a gallbladder. . So your body is just dumping bile straight into your stomach, which is what causes stomach upset... prilosec helps alot with this. .. and before surgery.. stones block ducts. . Which causes MAJOR PAIN... so keeping your diet mild and free from fatty /spicy foods will help alot in the xpain area.. as far as pain meds.. you will get constipated big time if your not careful, so be mindful of taking a stool softner or laxative to keep things moving! ! I'll be back for other things since i have to run!!

Currently in awful pain yet again, what does it mean when the attacks are becoming alot more often?

It probably means your either passing a stone, or a stone is blocking 1 of the ducts.... hard to say without images. But images dont always pick up the stones as well... have you had a hida scan done??. Usually that is a very good indication of how your gallbladder is doing and if bile is passing at all through the ducts or is blocked by a stone lindsay... more than likely, if your having this many attacks it is just going to continually get worse and more painful... when i finally had an emergency surgery.. i was in screaming pain at the er... the worse thing that is going on is that the more attacks that your having, the more infected and inflamed your gallbladder is getting. If the occurs, they will be unable to do any surgery on your gallbladder if it is swollen and infected... and might even have to put a drain in it. And a drain is the worse feeling in the world lemme tell you. .. had one for 3 weeks , and i would of rather kicked myself in the teeth 2x a day then had that drain in! ! If i was you, i would really maybe go on a very light diet for a few days, soup, toast, rice, no super heavy meats, no acidic juices, no spicy anything, no tomatoe sauces, just keep it light for about 3-4 days... then very slowly start re-introducing some stuff back in. .. contact your GI dr for some prilosec or buy it over the counter! !! And see if it helps.... also.. zofran... it works wondersssssss for nausea but is an rx script from the dr only. .. you may also want to have the drs check any of you guys for hiatal hernias or gastritis. ... i just had a gastroscopy done and found out i had both and my GB surgery was the day before Thanksgiving. .. still been experiencing some nausea, heartburn, constipation, diarrhea, acid reflux etc..... dont forget that we have just lost an organ here. ... so it takes quite awhile for our body to recover from it, and now there is nothing stopping bile feom being dumped straight into our stomach... so at times this can either cause upset stomach if you dont eat often enough... burning sensation if there is no food to soak up the bile.. etc etc... in my case... i can't even eat a full meal anymore to save my life! !! Not even a sandwich! Drives me crazy. .. 😬😡 altho i did lose 35lbs.. not a fun way to lose it, but. .. still , no complaints i suppose. .. so good luck to you! !

Hi Lyndsay gald to hear you have an op date   It has taken me a while to get over the op went back to work after 3 weeks but I wenr back too soon and it felt like id been hit by a bus , fatigue us the only problem that I ve experianced  so far but now on multi vitamins and am back to normal in general my op was in January                            Godd Luck hope you feel better soon