Gallbladder Surgery After VSG?

[Lisa's Hope 421]

I think I'm having gallbladder issues. I had my surgery on 5/21/12 and in July I had a CT for other pain on my left side not related to the gallbladder. The scan showed that my gallbladder was mildly distended but mostly within normal size. It is now almost 8 months post-op and I'm having pain under my right rib cage which travels to my side and back. It feels like a big gas bubble and hurts like heck!!! My PCP is out on leave for surgery she had so I can't see her until February 6th. I'm not nauseous but the pain is bad when it happens. Has anyone else had gallbladder surgery after VSG? If so, can you please share your experience. Was it worse? I'm worried too because my surgeon has left and is no longer in the state and I don't know who will do my surgery and wonder if they will even be familiar with the sleeve. Any input will be appreciate! Thank you!

[Jules55 23]

My doc put me on urisodol(sp) to prevent gallstones. Anyone else taken this med?

[LifeChangingJourney 2]

My doc has me on actigal! It's probably similar to yours Jules!

[Losin4good 689]

I had vsg in august and gallbladder surgery exactly 3 months later. My gallbladder surgeon was fine doing my surgery, even though i had sleeve surgery somewhere else. He said the scar tissue was no issue. The recovery was a worse (for me) the first few days after surgery. By day 5 i was completely back to normal.

I knew i was getting gallstones. I kept getting these little pains and finally went to the doctors. The next day i ended up in the ER with a gall bladder "attack". Worst day of my LIFE! Please dont wait for that.

[Jules55 23]

Lifechangingjourney- same drug. Today is my first day to start taking them. Seems like too large of a pill. Did you have any trouble?

[LifeChangingJourney 2]

Yeah its a little bigger than my prilosec! I haven't had too much trouble with them, just the first few days. This is my 2nd week with them. It becomes easier as you get in the habit of taking them!

[Lisa's Hope 421]

I had vsg in august and gallbladder surgery exactly 3 months later. My gallbladder surgeon was fine doing my surgery, even though i had sleeve surgery somewhere else. He said the scar tissue was no issue. The recovery was a worse (for me) the first few days after surgery. By day 5 i was completely back to normal.

I knew i was getting gallstones. I kept getting these little pains and finally went to the doctors. The next day i ended up in the ER with a gall bladder "attack". Worst day of my LIFE! Please dont wait for that.

Niki, what kind of pain did you have?? I have this pain that feels like a big gas bubble starting in the middle of my stomach which travels to my side and back. Like a cramp. It builds and builds and then stops after about 5 minutes. I had a CT scan in July, two months after surgery and it said mildly extended.

[Lisa's Hope 421]

My Surgeon never put me on those meds and now I'm really aggravated about that! Wonder why he didn't??

[BigTXChris 13]

My doc put me on urisodol and thanks to this thread today will be the last day I forget to take it.