Post gallbladder removal problems more advice needed!
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Hi all,
I'm now 10 weeks post gb op and still having problems. The pain in the day has been improving but seems to be getting worse at night. I'm now waking every couple of hours either with sharp pain in my diaphragm or pressure in the right rib area. Also having rapid heart beat and sweating. I've been taking amitriptyline which was helping but doesn't seem so effective over the past week. To add to this my bloods have a raised antibody which Indicates coeliacs disease. The consultant now thinks this explains all my problems but I'm really not convinced.
Has anyone out there had similar problems? I don't know where to go next and could really do with some advice.
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kim59492 flowersgirl72
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If I were you I would get straight off those amytrypltiline pills.
I was offered those by my GP and flatly refused. I understand they are "supposed" to help with pain, but they are an antidepressant. That's not my concern either, this is:
They can cause coronary/ heart problems. It's been proven that they can cause problems with the heart.
My Neice who is 35 was put on them by her GP for migraines. She stayed on them 3 yrs she began to get heart palpitations, fainting and sweating episodes. The GP sent her to a heart specialist because she kept fainting, her heart rate was so all over the place she had to have a pacemaker fitted immediately. She still also has to have an operation on her heart to repair the damage done. The heart specialist said this was as a direct result of the amytriptyline,..
I don't mean to scare you and sorry if I have but in my opinion I think you should go straight back to your doctor get off these horrible pills and have some tests done on your heart, try and find an alternative pain blocker, dump the amytrypltiline fast !!
Good luck.
Ginagirl flowersgirl72
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Coeliac is notmally connected with Wheat intolerance..(Gluten protien)
https://patient.info/health/coeliac-disease-leaflet
really depends on your pre op state and if you were intolerant to certain foods then? .. It might be an idea to see if you can get some food allergy tests done as regards to food you are eating.. The pain could be scar tissue pain from the Operation, but a choleycystectomy is usually pretty straight forward operation.
like a stitch..The Gut can be very tempremental once disturnbed.. Try drinking Flavoured hot tea or fresh lemon/Peppermint teas.. Plain hot water before a meal this helps with peristalsis.
Carrie6583 flowersgirl72
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Food you used to be able to eat is going to bother you. I can't eat popcorn or green beans at the moment.
The pains can also be attributed to inside healing. I have had twinges and pinches and straight up pain at and inbetween my incision spots for days. I acalled my surgeon again about the pains as some were quite fierce and he said it was normal.
For what it's worth, I was given tylenol 3 (codeine) for pain and it works wonderfully.
MELEKIE flowersgirl72
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