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pain after gallbladder removal whats the doc verdict

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tracy280
tracy280

Everyone is saying they have pain including myself after the gallbladder removal what have your surgens done about this when you go back for your final check have they done a scan or put the camera back down to see whats causing the problem ? 

How do they know its nerve damage what procedure tells them ? 

Got ma surgeon on january x

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  • cathy31644
    cathy31644 tracy280

    Posted

    Hi. I had my gallbladder out last march. Due to it not functioning effectively, and aso some infection in wall of gallbladder.Pain after key hole surgery was well controlled with Paracetamol and voltarol with an occasional dihydrocodeine if needed.I found a hot water bottle very soothing. i was back at work in may.i think pain depends a lot on if you have key hole or open surgery, and if you have stones or not.My consultant said it takes 6months for everything to settle down after operation, and that if i had any problems after 6 months to see gp who would refer me back to consultant if needed. Hope this helps .
    • tracy280
      tracy280 cathy31644

      Posted

      Thanks cathy i had stones in ma bile.duck and they done a ercp procedure on me and i took pancatitist threw it got ma gall bladder out 10 days later i wasnt taking no for an answer wanted ma gall bladder out this was in september 11  and am struggling.with soreness on where the gall bladder has been can only do 90 mins at ma work where i usually do 9 hours the pain is horrendous  and ma speach slurs threw ma pain xxx
    • cathy31644
      cathy31644 tracy280

      Posted

      Hi Tracy,

      Im sorry your in so much pain.its 3 months since your surgery,so hope things will settle soon.Did your pancreatitis completely setle before your gallbladder came out,just wonder if pain is from pancreas and surgery.I found after my surgery a low fat, no alcohol or spicey food helped to get me pain free. I think for me my body had to learn to cope without so much bile,so having a low fat diet helped this, and also made things easier for my pamcreas to deal with. hope this helps.

    • tracy280
      tracy280 cathy31644

      Posted

      Hi cathy thanks for replying no ma pancarist was still inflamed and then they done surgery to remove the gall blader think it was 7 to 10 days after the pancatitus but that was me pushing to get the gall bladder out as i was in so much pain am intreaged to know what are you thinking ? 
    • tracy280
      tracy280

      Posted

      Ma pancatitus and blood levels are ok now thougg but when i get surver pain i slur ma words think tgis is coming from the server pain am in xx
    • cathy31644
      cathy31644 tracy280

      Posted

      Hi

      a lot of pain killers can make you doppy and perhaps cause slurred speech.I havent known of slurred speech due to pain before,but when i was on morphine for my gallbladder pain i got slurred speech.Is food and drink affecting you?

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