Uncontrolled diarrhea after gallbladder removal surgery: Any advice?

Posted by JerryP @jfperrone, Aug 22, 2020

After a very painful event I had surgery to remove my gall bladder. Surgery took 2.5 hours. Follow up seems ok except I have uncontrolled diarrhea. I am living on imodium . I am weak as a baby with no aid in sight. The doctors offer no real help except telling me what to eat or not. Any similiar experience or advice.

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isadora2021 | @isadora2021 | Jan 29 11:11pm

@jfperrone That sounds dreadful.

My sister had hers out some years ago. No problems. One of her daughters had hers out recently on an emergency basis. No problems. I had mine out as part of cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC as part of my treatment for stage 4 appendix cancer. No problems.

It sure sounds like something else may be going on here.

I saw the possibility of c-diff mentioned. That’s the sort of thing you may need to look into. I didn’t get it but I have been shocked how many people do get c-diff in hospital as a result of surgery.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/c-difficile/symptoms-causes/syc-20351691

gwenrn74 | @gwenrn74 | Feb 2 7:54pm

In reply to @donnabe "@mef51, thank you for the feedback! Sometimes medication with diet works for me most often not..fats..." + (show)

Have you tried a low fat diet ? Fat digestion begins in the gall bladder, so if you avoid fatty foods and fat, you will have less diarrhea. We are too quick to do surgery in the USA. My cousin had appendicitis in Japan. He was given a course of antibiotics and decades later, still has his appendix. Go figure.