Bad Gallbladder?

Tripletsmomma · August 31, 2011

I was wondering if you can tell me whether your gall bladder went bad after wls? How long did it take to go bad? What were the symptoms? How much weight had you loss?

Thanks for any input you may have.

Tiffykins · August 31, 2011

8 months post-VSG

Had lost about 125-130lbs

My symptoms started around the 6 month post-op mark as I was trying to get into maintenance, and I was adding in different and new foods to get my losing to stop. I chalked up my symptoms, cramping/diarrhea, after eating certain foods to the fact I had cut out a lot of stuff during my losing stage. Also, had referred shoulder pain that I thought was from just laying weird, or my body adjusting to my new weight. By 8 months out, I was having severe abdominal pain when eating and drinking. The shoulder pain was pretty chronic and nothing helped.

I also refused to take the Actigall that is commonly prescribed to help prevent gallstones during the rapid weight loss phase. There are some liver contraindications with that drug, and due to my own medical needs/thoughts, I declined to take it. Plus, there is zero guarantee, that after the 6 month dosing, you won't develop GB issues.