Pain starting 4 months after gallbladder removal
Posted , 7 users are following.
I had my gallbladder removed laparoscopically in September, almost 4 months ago. At first everything was fine, recovery was pretty easy and I was pleasantly surprised that i didn't experience diarrhoea or any other problems that others seem to have. Until about a month ago, and since then I have been experiencing pain in various places in my right hand side almost constantly, occasional diarrhoea (which is not normal for me) and loss of appetite most days. I don't know whether this is related to my surgery or something else completely so I just wondered if anyone else has experienced anything similar. I have a doctors appointment booked but it's really worrying me (and i know the anxiety isn't helping!), so any experiences/advice would be appreciated, thanks!
0 likes, 21 replies
Stevie1111 hannah02991
Posted
I will post this for everyone
I would look up Sphincter of Oddi
Seems to cause very similar problems and comes about after gallbladder removed
Hida scans can show it up, and other things but can't be tricky and a lot of doctors don't even seem to really know what it is
johnette_68826 Stevie1111
Posted
I have looked into sphincter of the oddi dysfunction and it scares me because its hard to get a diagnoses for it and there's not much to help your symptoms and people suffer horribly from it.
johnette_68826 hannah02991
Posted
Hi Hannah,
How are you feeling? Are still having the pain?
hannah02991 johnette_68826
Posted
Hi. I actually am mostly feeling better and the pain is infrequent now, but went for an ultrasound which was already arranged (expecting them to find nothing) and they found a cyst near my kidney so I've been referred for an urgent CT (which is next week). I know it's probably nothing serious but I'm quite worried - the info from the ultrasound was quite vague and I don't have any reassurance about what it might be, but clearly they're concerned to do an urgent referral. Thanks for asking, I'll update when i get the CT results.
johnette_68826 hannah02991
Posted
Glad you are feeling better! Is the cyst on your kidney? I have a simple cyst on my kidney that the doctor says not to worry about and to just keep an eye on it. If it's a complex cyst, those are the ones they are more concerned about. Do you know if the cyst is a simple cyst or complex cyst?
hannah02991 johnette_68826
Posted
It's not on my kidney, just near it - no one seems to know exactly where it is, apart from on the right hand side. I don't think it was clear on the ultrasound, hence the CT. Hopefully it's a simple cyst but at least i don't have too long to wait for more information!