Gall Bladder removal

Posted by emillie @emillie, Jan 20, 2023

Had cholesytectomy 4 months ago,for past 3 months have intermittent pain,right side under ribs,also travels to left side going up under ribs. I dread wakening up in morning for what lies ahead, usually loud gurgling especially right side of body,then the pain starts,my son picked up on hoarseness in my voice a few months ago when he phones me,were thinking acid reflux during night cause burning in my throat first thing,Had CT Scan on 17th Jan,I have to wait 10 days for result but the technician did say I had quite a bit of scar tissue.Doctor has put me on omoeprasole and peptac liquid ,Now I've hadph call saying my thyroid is very underactive, I've had hypothyroidism for 40 yrs a no d it's checked once a year and hasn't needed much tweeking, but I've just read that this latest medication I'm on interferes with the thyroxine I'm on!!!!!! I'm 76yrs of age and I don't want to spend the yrs I've got left in this pain,,wish I hadn't got my gallbladder out I never had problems with my stomach before that?

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katemu | @katemu | Mar 2 7:59am

Had gallbladder removed 4 years ago. About a year after, I started with intermittent pain that felt just like the gallbladder pain. I was told I had sphincter of oddi dysfunction. Common after GB removal. They gave me hyoscyamine which helps relax that sphincter. It didn’t really do much.
Eventually it disappeared.
Now 4 years later, the pain is back with a vengeance. Feels like a knife in my back coming out through the front ribs. Nothing helps.
I had an upper endoscopy and it shows gastritis, especially bad where the stomach meets the esophagus and where the stomach meets the small intestine.
Lots of PPIs and antacids. I have never felt so sick or weak in my life. I’m told it is nerve endings irritated by the gastritis that cause the GB-like pain.
Life is miserable at 64.