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So sorry about the pain. I had problems with my gallbladder when I was pregnant and know firsthand how painful it is. I haven't had mine removed but my bypass surgeon prescribed Actiga I have to take it twice a day for one year. Did your surgeon prescribe you anything.

My sister had bypass nine years ago and her surgeon removed her gallbladder at the same time he did her bypass n

Nothing yet for gallbladder hoping to talk to Dr this am before my follow up endoscopy in an Heather.

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Anyone have gallbladder issues before or after surgery? I'm almost 5months post open & think gallbladder is going ..so many symptoms appearing now...painful.

Oh yea my gallbladder had to be removed around 6 months I would get really bad pain in my left side after eating and get random pains mid chest. They did my blood work for my 6 month check up and said my liver enzymes were really high. They ended up doing an ultrasound and said my liver looked fine but I had gallstones. Also another symptom I had was I would have to use the rest room not too long after I hate and would get burning in my intestines which after the gallbladder surgery seems to improved. Hope this helps.

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I don't know if it's allowing us to post pictures anymore seems to be having problems with that but here I'll give it a try.

Pretty soon you'll have to drop the"Big" and just go to "Wojo". :-)

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Oh yea my gallbladder had to be removed around 6 months I would get really bad pain in my left side after eating and get random pains mid chest. They did my blood work for my 6 month check up and said my liver enzymes were really high. They ended up doing an ultrasound and said my liver looked fine but I had gallstones. Also another symptom I had was I would have to use the rest room not too long after I hate and would get burning in my intestines which after the gallbladder surgery seems to improved. Hope this helps.

Thanks I gotta schedule a ultrasound next week.

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Thanks I gotta schedule a ultrasound next week.

The ultrasound will be the deciding factor for you :) I just realized I said pain on my left side but meant my right side. Good luck!!

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The ultrasound will be the deciding factor for you :) I just realized I said pain on my left side but meant my right side. Good luck!!

Yes pain is on right side . It got so bad going into chest area I thought it was hart attack, pulls muscle & chest cold all@ same time. Painful it is..

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Yes pain is on right side . It got so bad going into chest area I thought it was hart attack, pulls muscle & chest cold all@ same time. Painful it is..

Yea same here I thought I was having a heart attack too and it took my breath away. Good news is the surgery to remove it is easy.

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Yea same here I thought I was having a heart attack too and it took my breath away. Good news is the surgery to remove it is easy.

I hope so but recovery time is my worry

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I hope so but recovery time is my worry

I went back to work after 5 days the worse part is the gas pressure.

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I went back to work after 5 days the worse part is the gas pressure.

That's nice to know,thanks

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6 month updates!!

According to my moms scale I'm down 102lbs. :-). Guess I did good on the cruise after all. Id like to lose at least 72 more lbs but would love it to be closer to 100. At any rate; in ecstatic about my progress! How's everyone else doing out there?

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Things are going well here in Pittsburgh. Still working on getting enough calories but my Protein and liquid goals are being met.

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6 month updates!!<br> According to my moms scale I'm down 102lbs. :-). Guess I did good on the cruise after all. Id like to lose at least 72 more lbs but would love it to be closer to 100. At any rate; in ecstatic about my progress! How's everyone else doing out there?

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