Still bloated after gallbladder removal?

Hi

I had my GB removed on the 18/7/18 and so far I've not had a great time. I took an allergic reaction to something??and was covered in a rash from one side to the other side of my whole stomach. It was so itchy I could not sleep or sit still with it. This has now settled with various strong antihistamines. I am now 10 days after op and bloating is awful. Bowels are fine and no sickness so that's a bonus. Just wish the bloating would go I have my daughter's wedding on the 26th of August and need to fit into my outfit

I had gallbladder removal surgery back in November of last year. I have pains in this area on & off  because of scar tissue the Dr said.  I found a great digestive enzyme through an awesome company called Wellness Resources, where I also purchase other vitamins & minerals for my health. Re: my story, I was seen in the emergency room at the hospital for stomach pains. 2 hours later I was admitted to the hospital for surgery the very next morning, because they said I had gall stones and a large one was causing a blockage, which is why my gallbladder had to be removed. This happened last November. I had a rough time at first but in the months that followed I got better. You may experience very loose stools after you empty your bowls, even years after surgery. You’ll find that you can’t tolerate greasy, or spicy foods the way you used to also, yet these enzymes I take before meals helps this significantly so.  I had to discover this myself, and it works for me. Otherwise I’m back to my normal life, and I don’t have problems with my gallbladder area any longer, other than what I’ve noted here in my text. I wish all of you the best with your healing & recovery. 

I have saw a lot off comments on here about digestive enzymes that have a helped some of you. There is no names for these enzymes ? Is it not allowed to give the Manufacturer and name ? I hope not because I need help.

I had my gallbladder taken out in April of 2017 because of infection or so they say.

I left the hospital with a huge bloated belly and an area beside my belly button on the right had a huge egg shaped bump in the bloat. I also had horrendous smelly gas !!

I had a gastric bypass done in Jume of 2016 and I felt great. I lost 80 pounds and didn’t have a single stomach issue except for a bit of nausea if I ate to fast. Today 17 months after the gallbladder thing  I still have all the bloat and gas. I have had severe pain in my belly and have been seeing a gastroenterologist but to no avail ! Every day for 17 months I have this pain and all I can do is take a preavacid, take some gas x, and drink Pepto bismuth then I sit with a very hot heating pad on my belly for at least a half hour. This seemed to take the pain away long enough to do something or run errands. I am lucky I guess that I’m already on disability because this has severely disabled me !! My Gastro doctor keep telling me it’s constipation because I take narcotic pain relievers. A person knows when they are constipated and after 20 years of daily pain meds I think I’ve mastered the art of relieving this constipation !!! Lol

So on the 1st of July I puked up what I thought was a episode of acid reflux but this time it had a lot of blood in it. I went to ER and they got all snobby like they usually do about my pain meds and the opiate crisis. I was given a cat scan and some blood work and sent home b cause there was nothing wrong with me !??on July 4th at 3 AM I woke up and started throwing up blood ! My husband took me to another ER in town. On the way I kept throwing up until I passed out!

So I was admitted and they did an endoscopy and found a blood clot and some type of ulceration that was bleeding. I passed out because of acute  blood loss. They couldn’t cauterize the bleed when they were in there so they watched me for a couple of days giving me blood transfusions hoping it would go away on its own. Finaly on the third day they went back in and cauterized the bleed and flushed the blood clot off my stomach lining. I was told that they think it was because of the stomach bypass.?

I have a problem with that because I was thriving afterwards for ten months. I had not one problem or symptom until they took the gallbladder??  So I’m home now and that awful pain in my belly is gone !!! But... I still have severe bloating, abdominal distention and most days the severe smelly and painful gas !! I have been trying to identify certain foods that contribute to this but it’s still a mystery.. the Doctor gave me a RX of sucralfate and Prevacid. The Sucralfate was supposed to prevent ulcers even though they told me this bleed wasn’t an ulcer !? This medicine completely disabled me because all I do is swell up worse than ever and listen to my tummy rumble and pass terrible long,smelly loud and painful gas !! It passes every couple of minutes. I eat a lot of rice and toast now and lots of certain veggies and I’m hungry all the time yet I lost 23 pounds in June and July and they say I am malnourished.? This was because of this abbess/ulceration ? Well duh ! A few months of being afraid to eat different things and trying to stay pain free can cause a significant weight loss. But now it’s fixed and I still have terrible bloating and that horrendous gas !

I forgot to say that one thing that helped in the beginning was cutting out any kind of sugar substitute that ends with the letters “OL” eg: sorbitol,mannitol and  Isomalt ??  There is too many to list here ! It really did help a lot in the beginning.  Please !! I will try all your suggestions and would like to know the enzymes names and stuff. Sick and tired of this !!!

Hi I hope you are feeling better by now, i had my gallbladder taken out a few months ago and had horrible gas after. i read a post where someone was taking food enzymes with much improvement. go onto amazon and look up the ones that have bile in them, i chose the one with the most positive reviews and in a few days the bloating was gone.

hope this helps good luck to you, wish you a speedy recovery to a normal life.

hi deesan  i had my gallbladder out 5 weeks ago   and i am the same as you . awful . you dont want to eat  i looked up on the net  people who  have had theyre gb out and there are a lot  with this problem   and im looking  for some relief as well if i find anything that helps with bloating and constant  belching . ill let you know  cheers mike

Hi i just joined because i had my gallbladder out bout 8 yrs ago and i still get symptoms, my stomach looks like i am 8 months pregnant, i have heart pain all the time, where my gallbladder used to be it feels lumpy, and i have a constant ache, i am constipated, sometimes its 2 weeks at a time, and i just feel so groggy all the time, my anxiety has gone through the roof and i just sound like a hypocondriac, sorry dont know how to spell lol. I am worried all the time thinkin my stomach is gonna burst, its not agony like when i had gallstones but anoying and niggly. I went to drs the other day and i told him my symptoms and then said i had my gallbladder out so its bot that, he was gonna say it sounds like gall stones, but did u know they can leave the tube in that can still have stones in it, when i had my gallbladder i ended up with pancreatitis coz one of the stones slipped into my pancreas, it was agony. I never thought i would still be suffering, but i have just been living with it, but its got worse recently since the dr put me on meds for my anxiety which give u the munchies, so i have put on weight, and now its just getting me down, the dr put me on omoprozol which actually give me bad heartburn and said try them if not u will have to go for scans etc, so i am going to get on to him next week and get a scan done, i wish they would just do this in the first place, to either tell u whats wrong, or put yr mind at ease. But mate dont suffer as long as i have, i have to takw breaths all the time, its horrible, just get on to yr dr as soon as mate and keep on at them to do a scan hun. Take care all the best n good luck hun. Karen x

I am day 11 post lapro surgery, one incision that is healing nicely, but the bloat is still bad. I am using the bathroom regularly, a bit constipated even with taking a stool softener an am passing gas, although, and I never thought I would say this, not as much as I would like too. Never was nauseous, and I my appetite is coming back but I am very careful about eating anything. Plus the bloating is causing minor pain on my left side now. I go back to my doc in a week for my post surgery check up. it also is causing me anxiety because of course I worry if everything is ok. Anyone have a similar experience?

hi mate i got my gall bladder out a year ago not because of stones .... i had constant bloating and belching mainly last thing at night i was up till 4 clock in the morning walking about for ages until i got some relief i did the test that showed it was working at only twenty per cent ...so it was removed ... i had this problem for twenty years and was tested for everything ...... until i asked to get the test for my gallbladder ... ... one year on since removal i still get the belching and bloating but not as chronic as it was it is still last thing at night but not as bad .... i have to watch what i eatdo not eat after 7 o clock ... i am still looking for the magical cure to fix the belching etc there must be one if i find it ill let you know .... anybody that finds any relief from this please let me know all the best mike

I have written a post about my gall bladder surgery removal on a separate post. I had this surgery 3 years ago, & have had many challenges, yet I've learned to cope as best I can, & hope that something I've discussed will help anyone who is dealing with these post surgery complications. Best wishes to you all.

Are you feeling better now? I had my gallbladder out 5 weeks ago and have all the symptoms you describe - severe bloatedness feeling in my chest which never goes away, chest pain, nausea, diarrhea and soft stool. Worried about whether I will ever get my health back now as I was told I'd be back to normal in a couple of weeks.

Hello,

I just had mine removed about 7 days and my stomach feels full and uncomfortable the first two days i had bowel movements but then it stopped. is this normal?

My surgery was in September and I still get horrible bloating and trapped gas in my chest. I am not sure that is will ever go away, but I keep praying everyday that it does. I have found that the only thing that makes me not bloat is just not eating at all. I thought as I was also told that I would "feel so much better" after the surgery, but I pretty my feel the same. I never had any gall stones, but they said my gallbladder was barely functioning. So, I guess this is just life from now on. I get depressed about it at times bc I was so hopeful that it would work, but now I have medical bills that piled up and the same problem I had when I started. I sure am glad air has zero calories as that is the only thing that does not upset my stomach.

i this forum is really old. but im stressing over my father who had his gallbladder removed a month ago and yet i have taken him to hospital ER twice for small bowel obstruction and then it resolves on its own, but yet he still has the bloating problem. im afraid pf him being exposed to too much radiation with all of these ct scans.

im curious if any of you been feeling better after so much time has past? or what changes have u all tried?

im so worried and i hate to see him like this.

i have him taking probiotics as well.

but im thinking of ordering him some betaine i think its called. to take as a supplement.

hope someone can give me some advice