anyone here ever got their gall bladder taken out?

I had my gall bladder out in 1999. I too had stones which was blocking the bile duct causing severe pain. I was in the middle of the grocery store and I had an attack. I immediately checked out and was extremely pale. I got the groceries home and couldn't sit, lay or anything. I called my doctor and had my sister take me to the nearest emergency room. I was admitted for gall bladder and an enlarge pancreasis. I was in the hospital for a week to get the swelling in the pancris to go down. Once the gall bladder was removed. I just had to walk the floor without resting before I could be released. When I eat high fat foods & soft drinks I get the bowel movement that you are describing. It is nasty! Best suggestion, eat more fiber and cut out the junk food. It really does help!

I don't normally answer discussions that have picked the best response already however I had to share a bit of info. My hubby had his gall bladder out too and since then he has learned to eat less fatty and less spicy foods. You can still eat them but in small quantities with other foods to lessen the impact. He has found slippery elm to coat his innards a help too. you now have constantly dripping bile and that could really irritate the lining of your gut. Keep that in mind and I hope you do well.

eeeeeeewwwwwwww man, thats really, well, really, kind of, sickening

I have got my gall bladdr taken out more than 4 years ago, becasue of pancreatic cancer. I am not comparttively oky, and feel lousy only when I eat something that is too greasy or too spicy, or if I haveover eaten, I have been avised to eat small quantities of food many times a day. the problem is that I get hungry and then tend to overeat, and hence am putting on too much weight. In the last 4 years, i have gone up from 69 kgs to almost 90 now.

Well, I had my gall bladder taken out when I was 16 years old due to stones. I had a 50/50 chances of living because it was so bad and linking acid to my entire body. I couldn't eat, drink, or basically do anything but hold my stomach and praying for the pain to go away. But it never did. I had to deal with it for a whole year before it got really bad. I was in pain for a good two weeks before going to the ER. Well, I did go to the ER before and all they said that it's nothing serious and for me to take some medication that they prescribe to me and that I'll be okay. Yeah Right. So when it got really bad and I didn't want to go back to the ER because I knew they were going to tell me the same thing. But it got to the point where I couldn't sleep, eat, or do anything. Just drinking water I would vomit. That's so crazy. So I had my parents rush me back to the ER. I waited for four hours before I got a room and another two hours before they even check and see me. This was just so ridiculous. I just wanted to die right there. I couldn't even breath and they had me waited for that long. Can you believe this? Well, when they finally had some blood test run, and did xrays, they found out that I was in really bad shape. My gal bladder was fill up with stone and was linking out acid to my entire body, which is poisoning me. I was dying. I had to go through two surgery. The first one was to have tubes go through my month to cut the gal gladder. They had these really small camera tubes as well going through and I find this so unique. I was asleep but in the middle of the surgery, I woke up and start to panic and constantly moving, so they gave me more dose to put to back to sleep. The next thing I knew, I was in a room. I was question do I drink from fountains at school or was I from Thailand or Laos. It's funny because I never even been to Thailand or Laos and I don't like drinking from fountains at school. So they didn't know where I got the stones from. So anyways, when I had the second surgery, everything went okay. Seriously, I don't even remember going into the surgery room. I just remember laying in my room and painless. I was in the hospital for two weeks. I was so happy to have it remove and don't have to worry about feeling that terrible pain again. If I was to wait another day, I would have not been here today. Scary to know this but it's true. Well, I don't recall experiencing what you went through but what I did was I watch what I eat. I only had chicken and rice. No beef or pork because my mom told me that I have scars and the scars were not close all the way yet and to prevent them from itchy and swallows, I should just have chicken. This is so true and it help. No junk food at all becuase it's not good. Well, not until I know I was okay to have whatever. Absolutely no spicy food. This was a big thing to me because I can't live without spicy food. But I manage to do it for a couple of months. Don't carry anything heavy. Just bed rest. Basically, just take care of yourself and you should be okay. I was told not to have so much oily or fried food again. Well, I just hope that you will be okay and enjoy life again. You already taken the worst and you just need to rest and not worry so much now. Know what I mean? Everything will be okay. Hang in there. Take care.

I had mine out last dec. and it took me so long to recuperate. The scare alone if frighting they tried to go through my naval but my gallbladder was enlarged too much. I also lost alot of weight too much. everything I ate I just pooped it out. So I feel for you. And what you are pooping out is bile. You have to eat more and that should go away. I thought I was going to have it forever. I am fine now and have gained my weight back. You will be fine too. Take care. Hope this helps you.

go see your dr and to see what he say

After I had mine out, my big problem was all this gurgling noises that came from stomach all the time. I finally took some stuff from the health food store called essential enzymes and that helped.

i had my gallbladder out in july had many stones went threw about 2 yrs of attacks and the pain is just unreal worse then giving birth, finally i hate it taken out, i had problems afterwords with eating and going right to the bathroom 10 minutes after i ate i had to go to the bathroom that went on for about a month but still now certain foods i eat i gotta go soon after. chocolate was what set it off for me i didnt it eat for 2 years now i can eat it and it dont bother me and i feel so much better. give us an update after you go to the doctors.

I am on the waiting list to get my gall bladder taken out, I have an inch long stone, and they are unable to remove it. When I saw them at the hospital to book me in for hospital. The cycle of the bile was explained to me. Sounds like it is the excess bile coming out. These are the joys I have to look forward too... Will be watching this post to see if there is anything else for me to look forward to :)

I had mine removed about 8 years ago. No one told me at the time but your system changes a lot after it. It effects different people different ways.I put on a lot of weight which is apparently due to the fact that I dont process food in the same way I used to. I will PM you the rest as its too emnarrasing to post here with my face beside it.

I had my gall bladder out last July .. I had it done laporascopically and was amazingly able to go home the very next day ... I did have some 'pooping and peeing' issues for the first few month .. but that has gradually settled down as my body got used to not being able to digest fats so easily .. blimey those first few month I needed a clear path to the loo every morning after I had eaten my breakfast .. I swear whatever I had could race through me quicker than I could race to the loo heheheheh I was advised to have low fat diet for a year or two to help the process .. and happily I'm pretty much back to 'normal' now ... But you should contact your Doctor if you have any worries just to make sure all is well and to put your mind to rest Just for the record I had 127 stones ... nothing big .. but loads and loads of titchy tiny ones

I had my gall bladder out summer 05 after one very terrible gall bladder attack! I thought I was dying! Some people have ongoing pain that comes and goes, but mine was one HUGE bag attack! The "oily stuff" could be because of bile. Your gall bladder has been producing and regulating the release of bile. With your gall bladder gone, that bile gets released straight into the digestive system. Bile is a natural laxative, so, um, you can suddenly have to poop! And, yes, the consistency is different. Yuck! But, good honest question!

Oooooooo.. is it still paining gal.. how many days have u been to rest.

I had the same problem for several months after having mine taken out and it was just my body adjusting. Some people just take a while and your digestive system is getting use to not having a gall bladder and needs to learn how to digest differently. However just incase I would have have a doctor do a test on your stool to see if you may have an infection due to the surgery. It does happen quite often. That is what my doctor did. If you do have one it can be taken care of with an antibiotic. What I found to help also is eating more whole grains and fiber until it all processes out.

I just wanted to say thank you for your information..although i cannot add to what your asking yet..my sisiter just had her gull nladder taken out last week..and shes in a great deal of pain and were not sure really what ot expect..and now that i have read your problem and everyone elses..if this happens i will be bale to let her know its normal,and why its happening...so thanks again..and i hope everything goes well for you,take care!! And ty everyone as well!

I had mineremoved just over a year ago. It was so enlarged that I think it burst during the surgery. They had to keep me an extra day in the hospital. Like a few of the others said what you are feeling and seeing is bile. It is a normal bodily fluid. I can promise you that if you eat regurlarly and have bread with your meals it will all get better and you will return to "normal" in no time.

Oh yeh, I remember that stuff. It will get better. Getting back to eating regularly again will help it faster. Did you lose a lot of weight before you had your surgery? I did, 38 pounds. That is a terrible thing to have to go through, but that will all get better now. You will get better, just have patience.

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i have not.