IBS, Gallbladder, diarrhea

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> Dr. K is in Delano, CA.

> > By the way, IBS is NOT a contraindication to surgery. Dr. Hess

found

> that a number of his patients had IBS after there gaulbladder was

> removed (but prior to WLS) and they actually improved after the DS!

>

> Hull

>

>

I have personal experience with this. I had my gallbladder

out in 1988. After eating heavy meals, and even sometimes at random,

I would have urgent, crampy BM's, and the stools would be mixed with

yellow liquid (bile) Sorry, too much info I know....Anyway, Dr Hess

explained that this is not uncommon after gallbladder removal, that

the bile is dumped immediately upon eating into the GI tract, often

in too large a quantity. Bile is a laxative, hense the urgent crampy

stools.

Since my surgery, I've not had that happen even once. I too thought

I had IBS, and I think I had some, but mostly my problem was the bile.

Now I'm cured. 1-2 stools a day is no big deal.

Meli

-46lb

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