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Nausea 12 weeks after gallbladder removal

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Acejohnston
Acejohnston

Had my gallbladder removed 12 weeks ago due to pain from 1 large stone. Had the dreaded diarrhea for 8 weeks but has settled. Have the most horrendous nausea I have ever experienced. It's worse in the mornings and I can hardly get out of bed its that bad. Some days it goes by lunchtime and I feel ok and other days it lingers until the evening and then I feel ok. Was back in hospital last week and other than a little gastritis everything is ok. My surgeon said it will go in time. I am just wondering if this happened to anyone else and how long did it take to go. Its starting to depress me now!

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  • carla08687
    carla08687 Acejohnston

    Posted

    Morning,

    Has anyone tried the digestive enzymes after they had their Gallbladders removed. I was having a hard time and with the reflux especially since i'm asthmatic. That really got my asthma going. So my asthma dr. suggested I go and get a really good digestive enzyme to help with the digestion of fat. I has HELP amazingly!!! If you haven't tried any of these, please do. I've always had acid reflux but the bile reflux is what aggravated my asthma really bad. This stuff helped alot. 

    Thanks

    Carla

  • shannon72303
    shannon72303 Acejohnston

    Posted

    Hi everyone. I live in the US and I’m 8 days post op from having my gallbladder out. The nausea is so bad. It’s been coming and going. I try to eat bananas or grapes but it comes back up. The Zofran is not working. I call on God and Jesus to help daily. I’m due back to work next week but there’s no way I can work. My husband has been helping me as our 2 teenagers but they have school and he had to go back to work today. I stumbled upon this post last week right after the surgery and I’ve been reading. I don’t know what to do. I’m down 15 pounds so far. I started taking Ginger Capsules last night. It’s so hard to be positive when the nausea won’t turn loose.  My surgeon said that I have to give it time. 
  • shannon72303
    shannon72303 Acejohnston

    Posted

    Good morning everyone. I woke up at 5:30am and the nausea is back worse than ever. I don’t understand it. It’s usually goes in the evening. If this nausea would go, then I can be normal again. I’m day 9 now post op.  Some back story on the surgery. So I’ve been dealing with the nausea on and off for 3 years. Usually I could eat and it would go away. Last week the nausea hits and now I can’t hold anything down. So after a day of that I break down and hubby takes me to the ER and they tell me I have gallstones and they send me home to call a surgeon on Monday. Well I still wasn’t better on Monday and that scared my husband so he took me back to the ER and they did more tests and discovered my gallbladder was thickening so I had emergency surgery that night on 9/24/18. Got through surgery fine, but woke up with the nausea and throwing up. Stayed in the hospital 2 days then they send me home.  I’m fighting going back to the hospital. The last time I was there a few days ago, all my tests came back fine. The doctors said it will go away with time. But how much time?  I try not to get depressed, but I can feel it creeping up on me. I have to fight to stay for my family. But sometimes I feel it’s a never ending cycle. I don’t know what to do about work. I’m due back on Monday. I can’t work like this. It’s going to fall back on my husband. I don’t know if we can make it on one income.   I pray every minute that God will spare me and take this away. I tried the Ginger yesterday morning and I threw it up. I’m trying Metamucil. I started that last night as I have diarrhea a little. I have Sea Bands on but it’s not helping. This morning I dry heaved a lot and threw up a little bile. I get hungry though. My stomach growls, but I can’t eat cause of the nausea.  I’ve been drinking water and Pedilyte so I don’t dehydrated.  I’m scared to be alone. My kids are at school right now and my husband just left for work.  He works longer hours.   My mom works 2 jobs so she can’t be there as much.  I’ve been crying everyday. I don’t want to depress anyone. I just want to be normal. My life is a mess right now. I don’t know what to do anymore.  This is my worst nightmare. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.  I pray for everyone on this thread that we will all be better at some point.  Reading this thread helps me so I know I’m not alone.  Does anyone have any more tips I can try? 
    • josephine56147
      josephine56147 shannon72303

      Posted

      Hi, Shannon

      So sorry to hear how you are suffering from the surgery, but it is unfortunately normal. Removing the gallbladder from the body was a shock, now the body has to adjust. However, no one knows how long it will take. We just have to give it time.

      Hope we will recover soon.🙏

    • john64418
      john64418 shannon72303

      Posted

      Shannon- 

      Sooooo sorry to hear about your nausea.  My doctor prescribed carafate for my nausea.  The carafate helps coat the stomach lining, similar to an ulcer.  Before the medicine, I would get nausea consistently day after day.  After I started taking the medicine, my nausea has been at 90%-95% effective.  I still get some, but it doesn't stay long at all. 

      Hang in there and try not to get depressed.  Stay positive.  You got this!   Focus on things that make you happy, to help distract your head when you start feeling bad.  You need to win the mind battle, as the mind controls so much of your overall physical state.        

      Praying for you to get better.  YOU WILL GET BETTER, TRUST ME.  

      John

    • shannon72303
      shannon72303 john64418

      Posted

      Thank you John. I freaked out this morning. I just didn’t expect to have all these problems. This is really a war of the mind. Did you find yourself turning your head at food commercials on tv like it was gross? Because that’s what I’m doing now and I don’t know why. 
    • shannon72303
      shannon72303 josephine56147

      Posted

      Thank you Josephine. I pray this will be over for you soon also.  My nausea subsided a little this afternoon, but I’m always fearful that it will come back anytime. When I’m not nauseous, I try to eat, but I feel full so easy.  I find that looking at food ads now gross me out. But I did talk to my boss today and she’s being very nice about everything. She told me if I need another week or 2 it would be ok. I just won’t get paid for it. I do find myself getting tired so easy now. Even going back and forth to the restroom seems like I’ve run a race. 
    • johnette_68826
      johnette_68826 shannon72303

      Posted

      Hi Shannon,

      Sorry to hear what you’re going through. How are you feeling today? It is tough. Your experience sounds similar to what I’ve been going through. It’s been 7 weeks today since I had my gallbladder removed. I was very sick for awhile and couldn’t eat anything and had no appetite. I’ve lost weight. I can now eat more than before, I do still get nauseous but I do feel hungry now. It will get better. It may be a slow process for some of us but people do recover and feel normal again. Hang in there! You will get better!💕

    • shannon72303
      shannon72303 johnette_68826

      Posted

      Hi Johnette

      This morning was ok.  The nausea was at a minimum actually. I ate some toast with peanut butter on it. Then about 30 minutes later my stomach started cramping up and I had to run to the bathroom and nothing but diarrhea. Then I started throwing up the peanut butter and bile was mixed in. I don’t understand. I had a good afternoon yesterday. No nausea, then bam! Plus I received stressful news from my work this morning that they are cutting everyone hours to 24. I was doing 40 hours.  I just want to feel well. I can’t work right now. My husband is going to look into getting a 2nd job.  I do hope you are feeling better. Yes it’s proven that’s it’s been slow for me, but we just have to take it day by day and thank God for our continued healing. 

    • john64418
      john64418 johnette_68826

      Posted

      Shannon.

      Ditto on Johnette's message.  You will begin feeling better each day.  I was in the same boat, but my appetite is back to full strength.  I do feel random nausea (stomach just feeling blah), but I can eat fairly normal.   The process is slow, but trust us, there's an end in sight.  Be as positive as can be, as I think it will help you heal faster.  Surround yourself with positive thoughts/situations, and people.    

      Lets all continue to pray for one another and encourage each other along the way.  Have faith and trust!  In time, we will all be back to our normal life.       

      John

    • josephine56147
      josephine56147 shannon72303

      Posted

      Be on a low fat diet for up to 6 months. Peanut butter is rich in fat. Your meals have to be as bland as possible for now. Unfortunately, this is the truth.
    • shannon72303
      shannon72303 john64418

      Posted

      Hi John

      Thanks for the encouraging words. Sometimes it’s hard to have positive thoughts. I’ve always been healthy until all this stuff. Now it’s like a slap in the face. This has been a nightmare for everyone, but you are right. You have to be positive, you have to persevere. Tell yourself you can do it. You have to trust God knows what he is doing. 

    • shannon72303
      shannon72303 josephine56147

      Posted

      Josephine

      Yeah I was a dumbo and didn’t think about the peanut butter. I just knew I didn’t have nausea and was excited and hungry. I need to pay more attention.  I’m starting to feel a little better now. I hope you are having a good day today. 

    • john64418
      john64418 shannon72303

      Posted

      Every time a negative thought comes in, try and hit reset and: look at a picture of something that makes you happy, listen to music that makes you happy, read a book that makes you happy.  I struggled with the same issue, and initially I was very upset with the world.  I just wanted to be back to myself.

      Trust in god and his plan.  

      Prayers!

      John 

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