i had my gallbladder removed 3 yrs ago and recently i have started having intense constant stomachaches?

Question

i am also experiencing a constant bitter taste in mouth. the pain is a dull pain and more like a feeling of being full but it doesnt go away. the dr told me that because i dont have a gallbladder things travel trough my bile duct now and fills quicker than someone with a gallbladder. im curious to know if anyone else has experienced this after having their gallbladder removed

Answer 1

Hmm. I would see a gastroenterologist. It could be anything from Gastroesophageal reflux to a bile duct stone to an ulcer! try to write down what you eat and see if the pain is related to the types of foods you eat. That will also help the doctor.

Answer 2

I can help!!! I too had my gallbladder removed and all my food went right through me. The reason this happens is that your liver produces bile (a green liquid substance that helps your body to digest fats). Once the liver produces the bile, it stores it in the gallbladder. When you eat a meal with fat in it, the gallbladder squirts out as much bile as your body needs to digest the fat from that meal.

Your liver still produces bile regardless that you have had your gallbladder removed, however now it has no where to store the bile that it is producing. So what happens is, once the liver produces the bile it goes straight to your lower intestine and sits there in a pool. Once you eat a meal, it hits the pool of bile (which is more bile than is necessary to digest that meal) and you have diarhea.

Being the research queen that I am, and doctors being as useless as they are (because no doctor was willing to acknowlege this problem or offer me advice, even though EVERYBODY I have ever talked to that has had their gallbladder out has had this problem), I have found the antidote.

You must take Calcium suppliments every day. I find that the calcium carbonate works better than calcium citrate (although I have heard the exact opposite, you have to find what works for you). Calcium once digested becomes like a powdery chalk which absorbs the excess bile sitting in your lower intestine. If you do this, you will never go through this again. I take two 600 mg tablets every morning and this works for me. You have to play with the dosage for yourself to see what works. If you take too much calcium you will become constipated, so once you find your dosage stick with it.

I was very happy to come upon this question and that I was able to help you. I promise you that this works. Good luck!

P.S. They sell a very large bottle of calcium carbonate at Walmart and it lasts me a long time :)

Answer 3

...quit fool'n around on Yahoo and get your stomach to the doctor!

Answer 4

you might wanna check with you doctor but you might have crohn's disease