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Severe Pain Years Post Gallbladder Removal

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@lighthouseceliac

Gut issues can be so tricky! I finally got an amazing doctor in Scottsdale AZ, Dr. Lucinda Harris. Finding the right specialist is step one in getting your life back.
Getting the right diagnosis and treatment can take so long and is a hard road. You have been through so many different things.
I had my gallbladder removed in ‘09, it seemed to help for a bit but not long at all. Then in ‘12 I got my Celiac Sprue diagnosis which was so amazing to me. I finally had a path that made sense and I was so willing to learn more and calm this crazy disease.
Then Lymphocytic Colitis in ‘22 sent me into a tailspin. I had many treatments but in the end bile acid sequestrants were my answer (colestipol and colestyramine).
Keep plugging along, get a good nutritionist also. Figuring out how to make friends with different foods is an important journey. It is not always a certain food we need to cut out, focusing on the right diagnosis and battling that beast is the best path.

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I really appreciate your reply! I had not heard of lymphocytic colitis, and never had a doctor mention it. I will have to go back and look, but I know there was some type of immune response indicator very elevated on one of my colon biopsies in 2019. Thank you!