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Post-cholecystectomy or gallbladder removal surgery
Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 31 6:33am | Replies (156)Comment receiving replies
Hello I had my gallbladder removed 5 weeks ago..I know little of the mechanism of this surgery but I know I bled alot during the op n the surgeon had to wait for a while before closing me up.i needed an extra stitch on the smallest port n after the op I had a big bleed but I don't know which site it came from it was external..the surgeon had gone home by the time I was having this bleed.He has been difficult to speak to and has blamed my bleeding on 2 aspirin I took 4 days before surgery since surgery I have had all over back back pain and appalling GERD.its so bad I barely eat I take 40 mg pantoperzole twice daily n gaviscon throughout the day..I'm afraid to drink water as it hurts going down I have constant stomach pain n a shooting pain going up the left side of my back adjacent to the shoulder blade I'm wondering if my oesophagus n stomach are badly inflammed.it started after op but I've had issues with my stomach acid due to over use of painkillers in the past.this is very severe and I only managed to eat a banana yesterday with some sips of water.services are verstretched here in UK and I have had to do a stool sample results don't come through for 3 weeks to check for h pylori before they will consider doing an endoscopy I'm at my wit's end with this terrible GERD n worried about Barratts oesophagus I am on max dose of all meds thanks for reading this
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I know this is old so I hope you're better. But what you have is bile reflux and it's extremely hard to diagnose. It's taken me 3 years and 4 gastrointeroligists to get my diagnosis after gallbladder removal. I'm now looking into surgical correction as mine is also terrible and I didn't have this to this degree before gallbladder removal. The surgery is the Demeester Duodenal Switch. Few surgeons do it so travel is usually involved. Outcomes are very promising however. Good luck.
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I had laproscopic gallbladder removal 24 years ago. Although I did not not experience pain post surgery, I developed severe GERD after the surgery, whch has not gone away. I've been on medication for all these years to reduce heartburn. I have always wondered how the surgery could have affected my lower esophageal sphincter and made it relax so often, causing multiple episodes of acid reflux every day.