Gallbladder removal: What can I expect?

@jeffjaguar4 it sounds like you have adhesions … internal scar tissue.

@speedbird

Same with me - I don’t notice any difference at all and I can eat anything. I had my gall bladder removed in May 2022 as part of cytoreductive surgery +HIPEC for stage 4 appendix cancer.

Gallbladder out 5/16/24. Laproscopic surgery. Sometimes I have pain right below navel. Diarrhea, unfortunately, yes but it is probably due to daily Miralax and nightly Senna!

Hi Cindy. Does the diarrhea come and go or is it constant.? I don’t understand the need for Miralax and Senna. Constipation?

Yes, prior to my surgery I started having bowel problems, unrelated to kidney cancer. If I don't take the Miralax/Senna, I simply don't go....It is terrible. I am doing Cologuard test in a week or two...but so far, just continuing to do this. I have to bring it up again at next appt. Next scan is in January...no sign of cancer. Thankfully, no sign of cancer...almost 2 years.

Gallbladder removed in 2009. No symptoms after but now I can't eat greasy food without cramps and diarrhea shortly afterwards. I get bouts of raging diarrhea about once a month. No help from GI doctor. Hard to go anywhere.

Hi. This is what I’m afraid of. Have you modified your diet at all. I’d guess that 15 years post surgery it has nothing to do with losing your gallbladder. Since it came on quickly maybe it will resolve on its own. I hope so and I wish you the best.

It came on all of a sudden. Where I live qualified doctors are limited and you have to see nurse practitioners as GI doctors only do procedures. Its been going on for over a year now and scary when I am away from home and eat out. My appts are 70 miles from home.

This can be an indication of a blockage in the bile duct or loss of liver function. A year is a long time to deal with this. Have you been seen or had any tests done?
By the way, even in major metro areas with great medical systems, Registered Nurse Practitioner or Physicians' Assistants are the first line for most care, even specialty care. If it were otherwise, waits to see specialists or have procedures done would be even longer.
And I will never minimize the good work these primary caregivers provide. One just recently detected a heart blockage that had gone unrecognized as such for over 3 years.