Gallstones and Vitamin B12 problems

[Ømatt 51]

I'm 7 months out from my sleeve surgery and I'm doing great, almost at my goal weight but now I'm having some side affects such as Gallstones and a Vitamin B12 deficiency

I had my first gallbladder attack on Christmas Day atleast the emergency room was pretty empty so I got seen fairly quickly

my Doctor and Surgeon both said that this was very common and about 50% of all weight loss patients suffer from these issues

i now have to have my Gallbladder removed which is happening in 2 weeks and I'm also getting weekly vitamin B12 injections

just wondering if anyone was informed about this side affect prior to surgery because I know I wasn't, I don't regret the surgery in anyway but it would have been nice to know about

[utsupatel 8]

I'm 7 months out from my sleeve surgery and I'm doing great, almost at my goal weight but now I'm having some side affects such as Gallstones and a Vitamin B12 deficiency
I had my first gallbladder attack on Christmas Day atleast the emergency room was pretty empty so I got seen fairly quickly
my Doctor and Surgeon both said that this was very common and about 50% of all weight loss patients suffer from these issues
i now have to have my Gallbladder removed which is happening in 2 weeks and I'm also getting weekly Vitamin B12 injections
just wondering if anyone was informed about this side affect prior to surgery because I know I wasn't, I don't regret the surgery in anyway but it would have been nice to know about

I have been through the same thing
Gallstone attack on 22nd december and 8th January. Did not get gallbladder removed as i was travelling for my engagement which was unavoidable. I got medicines back home and now my pain is good for last 3 months. I got some vitamin deficiency as per my family doctor and can get B12 def. Too if i don't take care. No one informed about this. And more over no weight loss for last 2.5 months.


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[AngieBear 2,524]

Yes, it’s common to have gallbladder issues after extreme weight loss. I lost 100lbs w/o surgery 5 years ago, and ended up with painful gallstones. I had emergency removal surgery.

Gallstones are extremely painful, I’m sorry you are going through this. Best of luck on your surgery.

[sillykitty 10,776]

I have had issues with B12 starting shortly post WLS. I at first got injections. But now I take a sublingual about once a week, and that seems to have solved it in my case.

[zombieskayer 84]

I was aware, they put me on Urisidol (I think I spelled that wrong) post-op to help prevent the stones.

[Princess Warrior 0]

I was lucky , I knew I had a packed gall bladder and had it removed when I did the sleeve. Yes, I knew that rapid weight loss caused stones.

[FluffyChix 17,415]

Yikes sorry for your struggles. Congrats on being close to goal!

I was aware. I also use sublingual B12 like @sillykitty and mine is always on the high end. I use Celebrate sublinguals.