No Gallbladder, anyone?

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ahsweetstuff
ahsweetstuff Posts: 21 Member
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Looking for friends on here that have had their gallbladder removed... or people that have any advice to a body very sensitive to foods...

Tips to living..
Tips for still enjoying foods..
Conversation/story telling about your experience!

Any comments are appreciated!
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  • kettlewitch
    kettlewitch Posts: 277 Member
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    I'll get back to. Mine is coming out imminently and I wont be missing it one bit!
  • mlemonroe2
    mlemonroe2 Posts: 603
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    my mother just had hers removed yesterday!! she is on here, you should friend her! lark1955
  • Msaip
    Msaip Posts: 482 Member
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    haha yea two months after having my daughter..,
    Anything fast food or super greasy....

    I stil eat that stuff but not near as much. For as rotten as it makes me feel It doesn't seem to be worth the troubles anymore lol.
    It does get better though!
  • traceytoo
    traceytoo Posts: 163
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    oh god, I had mine taken out a few years ago, the pain was unbelievable !!
  • Kalee34
    Kalee34 Posts: 674 Member
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    I had mine removed 4 1/2 years ago. Feel free to friend me!! I love new friends to encourage and motivate!!
  • libbyadams2010
    libbyadams2010 Posts: 29 Member
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    Ok I had my Gallbladder removed several years ago and Im very sensative to almost everything.. Sorry but even water was going thru me and A woman at work told me she had the same problem and told me to go to her gastrologist.. Sure enough I had 2 problems one was fibrocystic coloitis (sp?) and post gallbladder syndrome... He gave me a powder called Questran I mix with Sunny Delight every morning and magically have no problems anymore.. Please please find a dr that will treat it as such and not try and tell you that you have IBS or something...
  • durhamity
    durhamity Posts: 174 Member
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    I had my gall bladder removed a year ago. Still had problems afterwards :(. I started working at a Chiropractors office that sold Standard Process Supplements. (www.standardprocess.com) She put me on Cholacol and BetaFood. The results have been LIFE CHANGING! I can eat just about anything I want now, without any problems later! :) I highly reccommend it.
  • kat05317
    kat05317 Posts: 96 Member
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    Hey!
    I had mine removed in 2006 and felt better for it, it was no fun at all being sick because it wasn't working! (bleck!) Have you had yours removed?
    I'll be glad to answer any questions...

    I was sensitive to really greasy or high fat foods for the first couple of weeks but have no trouble since, I guess everyone is different.
  • BeautifulScarsWECHANGED
    BeautifulScarsWECHANGED Posts: 749 Member
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    Bump. My mother is getting her gall bladder removed in about 3 hours.
  • frogmama
    frogmama Posts: 404 Member
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    Several years ago I lost quite a bit of weight over a short period of time. I believe this was the cause of my gall stones. I had my gall bladder removed but it did not affect the food that I can eat. This time, as I am losing the weight that I regained, I am doing it much more slowly- even though I dont have to worry about gall stones anymore. LOL
  • franzy
    franzy Posts: 259
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    I had my removed 2 years ago lots of pain and in the hospital for 3 days :sad: I couldn't eat salt or greasy foods. I get pains once in awhile on my stomach from the surgery specailly when I do cardio exercise.
  • Mtsidad
    Mtsidad Posts: 242 Member
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    Had mine removed 10 years ago due to a gallstone that blocked the duct. A day of pain (with blissful meds), a week or so of careful eating, and since then no problems. It seems to vary by person. And the body without a gall bladder can usually make enough bile to digest fats.

    I don't _think_ I've had symptoms since.

    I hope things work out well for you..
  • Dawntodusk
    Dawntodusk Posts: 262 Member
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    I had mine out 10 years ago. No problems or sensitivities at all. But, I don't eat junk or processed foods, so maybe it would be different if I did.
  • ahsweetstuff
    ahsweetstuff Posts: 21 Member
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    I had mine out a year ago - I had gallstones and my gallbladder was not longer functioning. Its frightening to think that an organ could just STOP working inside your body and you have no idea!
    I had my ERCP then the surgery to remove my gallbladder...

    Some how I woke up in WORSE pain than my gallstones were causing me!! ...My doctor later came into my room and explained that when he was doing the ERCP surgery they were in there too long and messed with my pancreas, therefor giving me Pancreatitis.

    The next two weeks in the hospital were a total blurr, and pain meds were all I could ever think of .. other than food and liquids which they wouldnt let me touch for 2 weeks, since my body couldnt tolerate it..


    Luckily, I came out alive.. and a year later I'm SO thankful for life, and life without a gallbladder isnt THAT bad.... but sometimes, I just want to enjoy a meal without feeling like I'm going to "pay for it later" if you catch my drift...


    Have any of you had luck with certain medicines to allow you to eat without "going right away".. does it block you up or make you gain weight??


    ...
  • cklbrown
    cklbrown Posts: 4,696 Member
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    I had my gallbladder removed 9 years ago. I wish that had stopped me from eating all the garbage I've eaten in the past. I wouldn't weigh as much as I do!
  • beth40n2
    beth40n2 Posts: 233 Member
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    I had mine out over 10 years ago, a gullstone in the duct. Before surgury I could eat absolutely no fat. After the surgery it got some better. For many years I have not been able to eat bacon, sausage, eggs, anything high in fat.

    Now I take acidophilus and a probiotic chew each day and now I am able to tolerate fats. I still eat minimal fats or I get the runs, definately no fun.
  • ashley_jorah
    ashley_jorah Posts: 71 Member
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    I had mine out 2 years ago thanks to stone in the bile duct. (or so they told me)
    Unfortunately it doesn't appear to have been the problem, so I'm currently awaiting a more tests.

    The only thing I've noticed so far is that I can't eat grapes anymore. I get horrible stomach cramps. No idea why.
    Most people don't notice a difference and my doctors gave me no special instructions after the first few days. (which you really don't care about eating anyways, or maybe that's was just me b/c I was in the hospitcal for five days not allowed to eat or drink)

    I did notice my stomach would bloat after eating anything for a while post-op. I also starting having the same symptoms as before the surgery. So they put me on stomach acid reduction meds, which gave me tummy aches but did help with the bloating ( just not the chest pain, nausea and vomitting).

    I too noitce if I've had too much fat. Not fun, but it's better than the pain!
  • ahsweetstuff
    ahsweetstuff Posts: 21 Member
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    have you had the pain for 2 years since?? and they havent told you anything?
    Why were you in the hospital for 5 days and not allowed to eat or drink?

    ...Kinda sounds like what they were doing for me since they gave me Pancreatitis from the surgery.... which can cause those same feelings.... something to think about
  • nelliemosa
    nelliemosa Posts: 27
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    I had mine out a couple of years ago, but I had no chronic symptoms beforehand; it was just blue lights all the way to hospital where I was told it was about to erupt!

    My biggest issue for ages afterwards was diarrhoea like clockwork every morning, but since I've cut out fatty foods, this has stopped completely.

    Feel free to add me if you need some non-gallbladder buddies!
  • cathys01
    cathys01 Posts: 221
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    I had my gallbladder out about 30 years ago and there were 18 gallstones there blocking the duct at that time. It never stopped me gaining weight and then losing weight and then gaining it again. About 5 years ago. I lost 75 lbs and have kept most of it off for that time but put back on 20 lbs so I am joining here this week to lose that 20 and the final 20 lbs I never lost. I was lucky I guess as I never had any complications with the surgery or anything like that and was able to eat any foods I wanted afterwards, truly, any foods I wanted, nothing seemed to bother me. I was as good as new after a few short weeks of post op recovery. I wish you all the best of luck with your surgery and I hope you have as good a success as I did with mine. Please feel free to"friend" me if you wish to keep me updated about your surgery I would be most interested in how you are making out.

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