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Severe abdominal pain pain for 8 years after gallbladder removal
I have been in excruciating burning abdominal pain wrapping around my right side to my back. And through my shoulder blades, headaches, Dizziness, disoriented, muscle aches and weakness, numbness, tingling in arms,chills followed by flushing heat and sweating on abdomen, bouts of low grade fever, adrenaline rushes at night waking me up. And at times lasted through the day, for 8 years now after having my gallbladder removed. I have had imagine, blood test, stool test. No answers. Endoscopy showed inflammation of my stomach lining peptic and doudeum ulcers. I have been prescribed several different acid reducers. And taken them off and on for 8 years which cause side effects and don't really help. I have to force myself to function everyday. When I have a bad flare I loss weight rapidly getting down to 90 pounds. Despite eating every 2 hours. I have to pressure cook my food to make it soft so I can digest it. I only eat whole organic fruits and vegetables. Organic chicken and baked salmon. I can not leave my house before noon because I can't get away from the bathroom. This effects my job and has caused financial issues. That pain is so at times my brain tells me the only way out is death. But that is not an option for. I am a single mother and my youngest daughter has multiple sclerosis and needs me. But I feel like this is slowly killing me. And can not get the help that I need from the medical community where I live.
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Is there anyone out there that has had the same issues after gallbladder removal? I feel so alone.
I ended up having bile reflux after having my GB taken out, thus resulting in a major surgery to reconstruction the duct to avoid this bile build up. I still have issues, and am dealing with a flare up of what could be scar tissue obstructing things from that surgery 3 years ago. But all my GI stuff started about 7 months after GB removal. I wish I would not have had this done and maybe tried some other things before having it removed. Check to see if you have sphincter of oddi dysfunction, I had that as well but then led to bile reflux.
I'm sorry you are going through this. I have had similar chills, sweats, pain, dizziness, and exhaustion in the few months since gallbladder removal. I have had no idea what is causing it. It is so debilitating and effects daily life so much! I wanted to share with you so you don't feel so alone. I wonder if others have this? Have you found any help at all?
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2 ReactionsHi @cassie2025, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! I glad to see your post and that you are finding others to share experiences with. I am sorry you are having debilitating problems since having your gallbladder removed.
What kind of things are your symptoms impacting day-to-day? Do you plan to visit with your doctor about it?
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2 ReactionsSo sorry to hear what you're going through. I've had very similar symptoms for the last 4 year, they were mild at first but have progressively got worse, I have constant right pain in rib area runs in to my back and shoulder, a tight pressure feeling some times worse when I eat and eat very low fat and healthy, when I don't eat I get a very painful
Biding pain in my back both on the right and left upper back. I suffer with night sweats broken sleep, extremely tired, I run a small business which is labour intensive I'm just about coping with it as I work from home so I can lay down if I feel ill. I have been to my GP several times each year I have blood test ultra sound scan camera put down my stomach blood test stool tests but all have come back negative, I'm waiting for a specialist scan where they put radioactive dye in to you via a vein to look in to your liver bile
duct and spinkter of oddi but I live in uk and the waiting list are ridiculous, I'm hoping this will help , hope thing get better for you kind regards
Dee
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