Gallbladder removal & diarrhea ? Common?

[Guest guest]

Forum: The Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Forum

Topic: Diarrhea

Gall Bladder Removal

http://www.medhelp.org/perl6/Gastro/messages/C33479-4.html

=============

From: lilbear

(23-Apr-02) . I recently had my gall bladder removed. It seems like every

time I eat now Im in the bathroom with diarreah? Is this a common symptom

after that type of surgery? I have family members that went through the

same thing with the same outcome.Any hope I wont have to do this the rest

of my life. Are there any medicines I could take and should I increse my

fiber intake. Help!

=============

From: sagie

(23-Apr-02) . Hi,

I just had GB surgery on March 12 and had diarreha also. Seemed like I was

in the bathroom constantly and didn't want to stray too far from home as I

wanted to be close to the potty when it hit. It finally started to taper

off after a month and many visits back to the doctor asking why this was

going on. There is a prescription they can give you called Questran that

will help with this problem. It is not exactly tasty stuff, but does help.

From what I was told, diarreha is quite common after GB surgery. You may

want to visit with your doctor about this at your followup visit just to

make sure nothing else is going on.

=============

From: gumby

(23-Apr-02) . Hello,

I had my gallbladder out on March 5, and I still have diarrhea most of the

time. I was told that it is normal and that bowel movement should return

back to normal gradually.

=============

From: drumgal

(23-Apr-02) . HI, I had my gallbladder removed on March 28th. I have not

had a problem with diarrhea. My problem is constipation. Sometimes I wish I

had diarrhea, constipation is very uncomfortable. Good luck.

=============

From: INALOTOFPAIN

(24-Apr-02) . .....................I wish you could have had taken a

different approach at solving your stomach troubles. Quite often I read

that gallbladder removals are not exactly the best course of action, in

fact, removing one's gallbladder generally exarcebates the pre existing

conditions.

[Guest guest]

Espen,

This link is to a good site on gallbladder, gallstones information.

Thank you for that link.

The post-surgery problems on this site is only an indication of a

small minority of people who have problems after removal of their

gallbladders. Actually the problems range anywhere from 5% to 25%.

The most common problems post-surgery is due to retained stones

within the common duct. Gas, diarrhea, are even much smaller risks.

I had my gallbladder removed 14 days ago and am happy to be in the

75% to 95% of the majoriy of people who have absolutely no problems

post-sugery. I had constipation for 3 days after sugery but now am

doing excellent and eating anything I want to. My stool is exactly

like it was before sugery.

It is more common to have problems with constipation or diarrhea

within the first week to one month after surgery to allow the body to

adjust the cholesterol levels back to normal. The bile will flow from

the liver into the small intestine and then reabsorb back into the

liver. This process has caused me no problems at all, thank God. :-)

Great site.

Be Healthy and happy.

Barry.

>

> Forum: The Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Forum

> Topic: Diarrhea

>

>

> Gall Bladder Removal

> http://www.medhelp.org/perl6/Gastro/messages/C33479-4.html

>

>

> =============

> From: lilbear

> (23-Apr-02) . I recently had my gall bladder removed. It seems like

every

> time I eat now Im in the bathroom with diarreah? Is this a common

symptom

> after that type of surgery? I have family members that went through

the

> same thing with the same outcome.Any hope I wont have to do this

the rest

> of my life. Are there any medicines I could take and should I

increse my

> fiber intake. Help!

>

>

> =============

> From: sagie

> (23-Apr-02) . Hi,

>

> I just had GB surgery on March 12 and had diarreha also. Seemed

like I was

> in the bathroom constantly and didn't want to stray too far from

home as I

> wanted to be close to the potty when it hit. It finally started to

taper

> off after a month and many visits back to the doctor asking why

this was

> going on. There is a prescription they can give you called Questran

that

> will help with this problem. It is not exactly tasty stuff, but

does help.

> From what I was told, diarreha is quite common after GB surgery.

You may

> want to visit with your doctor about this at your followup visit

just to

> make sure nothing else is going on.

>

>

> =============

> From: gumby

> (23-Apr-02) . Hello,

> I had my gallbladder out on March 5, and I still have diarrhea most

of the

> time. I was told that it is normal and that bowel movement should

return

> back to normal gradually.

>

>

> =============

> From: drumgal

> (23-Apr-02) . HI, I had my gallbladder removed on March 28th. I

have not

> had a problem with diarrhea. My problem is constipation. Sometimes

I wish I

> had diarrhea, constipation is very uncomfortable. Good luck.

>

>

> =============

> From: INALOTOFPAIN

> (24-Apr-02) . .....................I wish you could have had taken

a

> different approach at solving your stomach troubles. Quite often I

read

> that gallbladder removals are not exactly the best course of

action, in

> fact, removing one's gallbladder generally exarcebates the pre

existing

> conditions.

[Guest guest]

Almost 17 months for me. No problems with diarrhea or anything else.

Debra

_________________________________________________________________

Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.

http://www.hotmail.com