Post gallbladder surgery vomitting
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its been 2 months since my surgery. I am experiencing vomiting after I eat med sized meals and all of a sudden am getting diarrhea from diary . Anyone else experiencing similar
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Acejohnston tazz011
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I had my gallbladder removed almos
emily97930 tazz011
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I had my gallbladder removed almost a year ago following bouts of vomiting, pain, and uncontrollable nausea. I had issues with nausea and vomiting whenever I ate medium meals or anything greasy, or with tomato, or sweet. Well, actually, pretty much any time I ate. But here's the good part. After looking everywhere for something to help I started drinking "detox water" and I felt so much better. It was dandelion tea, water, lemon, and a bit of cranberry juice. Eventually I switched to 3 Dandelion Root capsules nightly. It ends up being about 1500mg I think. It has saved me. I can eat almost anything now. It's possible it could make diarrhea worse, so maybe start with 1 capsule, but I just can't tell you how much they've helped me. You can find them online or at health food stores. Hope this helps!
Acejohnston emily97930
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Yes, I was vomiting before and after surgery. Almost as soon as I woke up from surgery. I did not have gallstones, though. I had a low ejection fraction, which means that my gallbladder was not releasing enough bile into my stomach/intestines. It made it very difficult to break down any sort of fat. It's kind of gross, but basically the food would just sit in my stomach until it almost soured and I would throw up until I dry-heaved and then would start to feel better. The dandelion root seems to help break down the fat better, I'm assuming because it helps the liver produce a better bile.. That's my understanding at least. Now this is all just speculation. I've been taking it for about 8 months now. I started out drinking the dandelion root tea, then switched to the capsules and had less nausea and no vomiting. Eventually the nausea went away and I feel 100% better now as long as I remember to take the every other day.
Acejohnston emily97930
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I actually have PCOS, which comes with its own hormonal battles, so it's hard to say if any of that has changed after my surgery.
I have not vomited from anything gallbladder related sense I started the dandelion root, but I also have not been off of it for more than about a week. Whenever I stay off of it for more than about 3-4 days I start to feel kind of queasy. Its kind of like I'm on the verge of getting sick again. I feel that it is important to note that when I get sick with my gallbladder it is literally like a stomach virus - I have chills, nausea, constant vomiting and everything for about 12 hours and it slowly subsides. Its not like I just have a wave of nausea, vomit, and immediately feel better. We are not completely sure that this is not caused by my hormones, but it seems rather unlikely since my gallbladder was in pretty bad shape when it was removed. I suppose that it is possible that the Dandelion root helps my hormones, too? So many mysteries.
Ah! One last thing - my aunt has problems with her gallbladder (her son had his removed about a year before me, and he and I are the same age) and she never had hers removed. She actually manages it with the dandelion tea. Thought you might find that interesting!
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