Post-cholecystectomy or gallbladder removal surgery

My husband got a colonoscopy about 8 months ago and they diagnosed him with mild crones. They put him on medication for it, the inflammation went down however it did not take care of the symptoms that he was having: abdominal pain, back pain, weight loss, cloudy urine and stool, shakes, sweating after eating, long/loud burps, nausea and the whites of his eyes were turning off white/creamy color. My husband decided that he wanted to get his gallbladder checked . The HIDA scan showed that when the gallbladder was stabilized, only 5% of it was working..when he walked around, 14% of it was working. His gallbladder was not functioning and all of the symptoms he was experiencing led to a diseased gallbladder. He had it removed 6 days ago and started feeling really good. However today (6th day) he started feeling some of his old symptoms (nausea, sweating after eating and back pain) again. We are devastated that he’s starting to feel bad again. God led me to this Mayo platform. Has anyone gone through this or can anyone point us in our next direction?

I had gall bladder removed in 2016. I was told diarrhea may happen but would get better in 2 - 2/12 months. It is now 2025 and the problem is getting worse. I eat and in about 30 mins it is going right through me. Does anyone have this problem and you had it corrected? HELP!!!!

I am new to this site joined because of this conversation. The last post I see is 2023. Fast forward to this year 2025. Is this conversation closed. Would like an update date from @thisisabattle. Did you find a protocol that worked for your specific issues?

I had gastrojenunostomy and had the same results. My PA recommended Creon to get the enzymes I needed and it worked. Note: Creon is terribly expensive. I found the near equivalent medication at Natural Grocers to be effective and affordable.

I had horrible diarrhea after my gall bladder removal. What works for me is one serving of Metamucil mid morning, and 2 tablets of colestipol (prescribed) mid afternoon. You need to take the colestipol 1-2 hours after your other meds, or 4 hours before your other meds. Your pharmacist can help you with that. If I (rarely) feel a diarrhea episode coming on I take 1/2 an Immodium AD and it stops it. This method has changed my life for the better! Good luck!

@mef51, thank you for the feedback! Sometimes medication with diet works for me most often not..fats seem to be the problem. Cholestyramine and multiple immodiun don’t help if I have eaten something to cause the FLUSH. I was hoping to be able to treat/cure/heal the cause instead of treating the symptoms (one can hope). Might need to try colestipol. So glad that you found a protocol that is working for you and that you are willing to share with others!!

Have you been tested for EPi?

@jkarmazin No I have not been tested for EPI. Crohn’s in remission- lactose intolerant. EPI never mentioned since prior episodes of diarrhea was from IBD. According to 2020 colonoscopy no signs of Crohn’s and asked why I still had diarrhea was told diarrhea was probably IBS. Eat fiber. Able to control with immodium. Then had gallbladder removed and the FLUSH is unstoppable.

If you want to see if you think you have it try taking OTC pancreatic enzymes and see if you feel a little better. That is what I did and then I asked to be tested.

I had diarrhea after almost every meal after my gall bladder removal. I had numerous tests to rule out all the potential diseases. Cholestyramine has completely controlled the diarrhea if I take it on a very regular basis, once a day. It has changed my life!