I believe you describe bloating and gas with everything you eat, and if your meal contains fiber such as fruits and leafy veggies, you also have diarrhea. Are you treating any of those issues with over the counter meds?

I haven’t had gallbladder issues but I have microscopic colitis that causes similar issues. Then my doc added a statin to my meds and that causes constipation. So I take fiber for that and try to find that magic balance that relieves constipation but doesn’t result in diarrhea. Some days I don’t want to risk leaving the house.

Are there specific questions you have of anyone who has had their gallbladder removed? That might be helpful for anyone reading your post. One of our awesome mentors may also know of other boards that may be more closely aligned with gallbladder issues.

This site is a great community, so let’s see who may join the discussion 🙂

Have you been to a gastroenterologist for these symptoms? Sometimes abdominal surgery can trigger other GI issues. You may have a problem with too much bile secreted since you no longer have a gall bladder to mete this out, and a simple med like Colestid could help. You may have developed either IBS or IBD, and diet and meds could help. None of us can diagnose this - you really need to see a GI specialist to determine the cause and what will help.

In recognition of a group of marvelous physicians and the Mayo medicine group overall, I want to be cautious not to over-generalize. But I am aware of patient frustration across many medical collectives and benefit administrators, and the gist of that seems to be limitations we face in pursuit of diagnostics. The fear that docs will order every known test and still end up with no diagnosis- but at great cost- is driving the insurance administrations to lean in with “we won’t pay for all that”.
I believe the docs, hospitals and benefit administrators all want optimal health outcomes. But their funds are not limitless if they are to be able to provide good for all at reasonable cost. It’s a dilemma where no one is quite happy.

If ever there was a screaming opportunity for AI, this is it. Digesting reams of clinical studies and sanitized medical records (no personal data) to define optimal diagnostic paths is already being applied in the background- but there’s much room for more applied analytics technology. .
Like everything, the more we understand, the more we see what we don’t - yet.

So if our individual insurance carrier seems heartless, well… it’s complicated.

Didn’t you say you have an upcoming Colonoscopy?

I have had right upper quadrant and upper epigastric(upper middle) abdominal pain for years and went all over the country to the best hospitals years ago to try to get it diagnosed with no luck. About three months ago the pain increased becoming constant and unbearable. I had an ultrasound done which showed gallstones, then an MRCP which showed gallstones, and mild pancreatic atrophy and either a developmental cyst or branch ductal ipmn which is 2 mm. I went through laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery (gallbladder removal) almost two weeks ago where it turned out that in addition to gallstones I also had lots of inflammation (so much that he had to remove it to even see my gallbladder and told me I must have been having gallbladder attacks for years and now the chronic inflammation was causing constant terrible pain) and at first I thought it was going to solve my pain if I just waited for post op healing, but now, two weeks of terrible pain throughout my abdomen and most often in the same areas I had pain pre surgery ( now under the left lower rib cage as well as the right and throughout my abdomen and back) is making me concerned that this is not post op pain, but either the same problem I had before surgery or something they did wrong in surgery causing this pain. Not sure if the pain is still related to food or not, since I have been eating a very low fat diet, but pain is still constant. Anyone know what might be going on here, and do you think it is still post op pain this bad, or maybe the surgery didn’t fix the problem or created a new one? Also wondering if there could be some pancreas involvement…anyone out there who may have pancreas issues that might please weigh in on this…
I am taking 100mg to tylenol every eight hours and 600 mg of ibuprofen every eight hours ( alternating each four hours), but the pain is still terrible… Post op appointment with surgeon gave me no answers or direction. Please help if you can. Thank you so much!

I had my gallbladder removed over 15 years ago. I have constant belly pain and diarrhea. Have had all test possible have been to four specialists and they keep doing the same thing. I have not lost any weight. I’m gaining weight. I am at my wits end. I really need some advice.

Has anyone had severe gas and diarrhea after eating post gallbladder surgery? Afraid to eat out as I have to run to the bathroom within 30 mimutes

Well I'm post gallbladder removal by 2 weeks. My surgeon told me I had chronic cholecystitis and chronic inflammation in my gallbladder. She said I'd had numerous infections. She told me it was like running a marathon only to have to run it again and again. I guess it's not that easy to tell if someone has a diseased gallbladder. If not for the ERCP my gallbladder would have never made it to the pathologist for proper diagnosis. So now I heal. Get my strength back. It's so hard to be so very sick so long and have no one, even the doctor's, understand why. I'm so thankful to them for getting out my gallbladder and ending this horrible nightmare!