Post Gallbladder Removal

Hi Brenda - how is your husband doing now? I’m so sorry he’s experiencing this kind of excruciating pain too. It’s no fun! I’ve had many people assume the pain is intermittent, but for me it’s been constant as well, and worse at night. Tell him to hang in there and get through all the tests. It’s worth it to be able to rule things out. And take care of you, too! 🙂
Barbara

@blbenson91 How is your husband doing today? I can so empathize. One hopeful note - I am now about 5 weeks out from surgery and the pain is FINALLY easing up a bit, which my doctors predicted it would.

That is wonderful! I pray your pain will diminish i can't imagine. My husband isn't getting any relief yet. They have him scheduled to see a surgeon tomorrow to see what he thinks it could be. One shouldn't have to suffer so much after! Prayers and hugs to you!!

Hi Barbara, all the scans and tests came back normal. The ER doctor can't seem to figure it out so he set up an appointment with a surgeon to see what they say. It's so weird that his abdominal pain hasn't gotten any better and got worse. His whole upper right quadrant is swelled up so much as well. So it's just weird what's going on with him. They couldn't find a reason for it. Thank you so much for asking it has definitely been a journey for us. I just keep praying over him every day and ask God for a miracle!

@blbenson91 that is exactly what happened with me. All my tests were fine - EGD, Ultrasounds of liver and former gallbladder area, etc. My GI doctor told me he thought the pain was due to visceral hypersensitivity, which is more common if you also have IBS (which I do). Those nerves just have to have a little time to settle down. He prescribed Gabapentin 200 mg at bedtime for me and it has helped me sleep again, despite the pain. Plus, pain is settling down a bit now anyway. Hope your husband has a similar trajectory! The things they don't tell you before a surgery... 🙂

Wow that is so crazy! The surgeon said he couldn't figure out what else to do and that maybe Gabapentin might have to be prescribed but we have to wait until next week to see regular doctor to see what he says. I feel so bad for everyone who is going thru this. It's supposed to get better after gallbladder surgery not worse! Praying yours continues to heal and that my husband can get some sort of relief as well! Thank you for sharing! 🙏

I have no idea if this is pertinent or not, but after they removed my gallbladder, I didn’t exactly have pain, but I was literally unable to eat and a few days later, I couldn’t even drink any water without immediately getting explosive diarrhea. After 10 days of that, I passed out and had to go back to the hospital and they put me on some kind of medication and unfortunately I can’t remember the name now, but it started with “chole” (cholestyramine?) and what it did was it took the cholesterol out of my digestive tract (it was not a statin) and I took it every day for nine weeks until I became allergic to it, which always happens to me, but it did the trick, and then I was able to eat. I had to be on a limited diet for a long time though because my IBS was triggered constantly and I still can’t eat normally, but it got way better. Just a thought. Did he suffer from IBS before the surgery? One of the doctors told me that the worse your IBS is the worse you’re gonna feel after the surgery for a while. Anyway, I hope you find an answer. 💖

Hello! Wow that is so crazy the different things that happen to people. No he's had no digestive issues at all before his gallbladder removed. He doesn't get nauseous, vomit, no fever of any kind just constant pain and swelling in the area of his gallbladder. He has lots of pressure so he's even tried Alka seltzer and nothing. They have done every test and scan and nothing everything comes back normal and nothing concerning which I'm grateful for however I wished they could come up with something to give him relief from the constant pain. He's losing hope and I'm doing all I know how to do as a former CNA and caregiver. It's definitely been a long journey for us both. I pray over him alot knowing God is the true physician and hope one day for a miracle!

You’ve already probably tried this, but have they looked for scar tissue? If his pain is where his gallbladder was, it sounds like the surgery didn’t go well. Just a thought. I’m so sorry. I hope you get your miracle.

Thank you. The surgeon is not willing to do exploratory surgery and said all the scans come back normal. So I don't understand what would cause all the pain.