Nausea every time after I eat, after gallbladder removal.

Posted by sheashelton @sheashelton, Nov 19, 2022

I had my gallbladder removed about four weeks ago on October 20th, and now every time after I eat, I get really nauseous and throw up. Is this normal?

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My nutritionist recommended taking a bile supplement. It helps a lot.

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Hello, I'm 11 days post op. Today, I'm experiencing lots of nausea and diarrhea and no pain. Anything I eat from a saltine to a few sips of bone broth nauseat me. I wasn't experiencing the horrible nausea until this morning.
If I may ask what are Bile salts and would they help me be able to eat. I am also anemic, so healthy food is something I really need to keep down.
Thank you, any help is much appreciated.

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Hello, I'm 11 days post op. Today, I'm experiencing lots of nausea and diarrhea and no pain. Anything I eat from a saltine to a few sips of bone broth nauseat me. I wasn't experiencing the horrible nausea until this morning.
If I may ask what are Bile salts and would they help me be able to eat. I am also anemic, so healthy food is something I really need to keep down.
Thank you, any help is much appreciated.

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@1brownie16
Seeing you are so close to surgery date and this just started, I suggest reaching out to your surgeon or his nurse and ask about.

Your eating very bland food, so would not think you would have this reaction.

Laurie

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My nutritionist recommended taking a bile supplement. It helps a lot.

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I’ve never heard of such a thing. Where would you find it to buy it?

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I am 2 years post op, for the first year I was throwing up constantly, sometimes food, other times stomach bile, usually in the projectile form. This past year though it has changed, including the foods I am tolerant to, now I almost never puke up food, and now atleast 2-3 times a week (usually in the earlier part of the day) I dry heave, puke up foam and stomach bile. Sometimes I get so hot from the heaving that I have to lie down. 80% of my stools are either liquid or diarrhea, and sometimes I pass a movement 3 times or more in an hour. Basically, life sucks. I've had to quit 3 jobs because I can't handle hardly anything physical anymore. Between the puking, dry heaving and weird bowel movements I almost never have much energy anymore. I get random paints in the front and backside of my body all the time and it doesn't matter if I eat 1 cracker or 700 I am still sick and stuck being a slave to the bathroom.

It's been 2 years. Whats the next step? Is there anything that isn't marijuana that I can take for all this nausea? It makes it almost impossible to work any job.

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I have felt this same way for 3 years I've lost so much weight and all my tests come back normal. I suffer every day.. what did you do that helps?

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I am 2 years post op, for the first year I was throwing up constantly, sometimes food, other times stomach bile, usually in the projectile form. This past year though it has changed, including the foods I am tolerant to, now I almost never puke up food, and now atleast 2-3 times a week (usually in the earlier part of the day) I dry heave, puke up foam and stomach bile. Sometimes I get so hot from the heaving that I have to lie down. 80% of my stools are either liquid or diarrhea, and sometimes I pass a movement 3 times or more in an hour. Basically, life sucks. I've had to quit 3 jobs because I can't handle hardly anything physical anymore. Between the puking, dry heaving and weird bowel movements I almost never have much energy anymore. I get random paints in the front and backside of my body all the time and it doesn't matter if I eat 1 cracker or 700 I am still sick and stuck being a slave to the bathroom.

It's been 2 years. Whats the next step? Is there anything that isn't marijuana that I can take for all this nausea? It makes it almost impossible to work any job.

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I know it’s been a couple years and maybe you aren’t active on here anymore but if so has there been any resolve to your symptoms? And if yes can I ask what? My sister has this exact issue. It’s going on a year and the doctors are saying they think it’s in her head or smoking but she’s stopped smoking so it cannot be that.

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My nutritionist recommended taking a bile supplement. It helps a lot.

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Which Bile Salt product has been helpful to quell chronic nausea? I am over four months out from gall bladder removal and am still struggling with this chronic symptom. Can hardly tolerate food, especially if it has to be chewed for a long time to swallow. It’s very weird.

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I had my gallbladder removed in 2017. I stuck pretty close to the bathroom for several months afterward. I either threw up or had diarrhea after I ate. It gradually got better but I still have issues every once in a while. I spoke to my surgeon about a month after surgery. There was really nothing to be done but he also said about 5% of patients never seem to get over their issues. I originally thought I was in that 5% but slowly I got better.

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