anyone tested your gall bladder function? I've experienced similar pain and once it was gall bladder and the second was a hernia.

I am having severe upper abdominal pain. I assume that it is constipation because I get pain in my shoulder as well, which I have always been told is where gas will settle. I had my gall bladder removed 10 years ago, my appendix removed 10 years ago and I had gastric by-pass surgery almost 2 years ago.

About 2 weeks ago, while eating out I started having severe abdominal pain. The only way to explain it was comparing it to the pain I felt when I had my first gall stone attack. But, it can't be that... my gall bladder is gone. The pain weakened and went away within a few hours. I just assumed that it was constipation because a few days later I experienced the same thing while eating some baked pasta. I figured it was the cheese in my diet. I love cheese and eat a lot of it. Constipation also runs in the family so I figured I just needed to back off a bit. With that said, the pain subsided and all was fine. Then, this morning I woke up fine, brushed my teeth and went to get into the shower when I felt like I was hit by a freight train. I began to have the same pain in my upper stomach (above my navel and under my breast bone) and I continued with my routine, expecting the pain to subside within an hour or two. The pain did not subside, in fact, it has progressively gotten worse. I went to the store and got a fast acting (15 minute-1 hour) suppository. I did have a bowel movement within about 20 minutes but it wasn't much and it did not relieve any of the pain in my upper abdomen. My mom said that if it is my upper bowels a suppository might not be the answer. So, I have since taken 2 laxatives, a Gas-X and I am waiting for these to kick in. Of course, these can take time. I am sure it will hit sometime in the middle of the night. I am in tremendous pain, it's hard to stand up straight and even get around for that matter. I worried that I might have bowel obstruction but everything I've read says that I would not have had the BM from the suppository if I actually had an obstruction. It is worrying me because I consider myself realtively healthy and I am very active. I have not been confined to the house or bed in years. Has anyone out there experienced anything like this? Is it indeed constipation or gas? Any suggestions or remedies to assist in feeling better? My husband and myself are self employed so we don't have insurance. I try to do everything I can before going to the doc... it's so expensive! HELP!

I too, have had problems with my gb. I, unfortunetly, had a crappy surgeon, who botched my surgery (left one end of the bowel unconnected). I had a massive leak, obviously, and needed repair. He refused to do a CT or even any labs. Finally, on the 5th post-op day, another Dr orders a CT and I am so sick that I coded in the scanner! I ended up in a coma for almost 3 mos and on life support. I had so much infection and went into multiple system failures. I almost died several times. My family ended up firing the gb dr. and finally I started getting better. After months and many surgeries, I went home. I have had a total of 38 surgeries and surgical procedures since original gb in Jan 2003. I have been the healthiest ever in the last year. And no surgeries in that time. Since then I have started seeing a new gb dr for follow-up. With all of my complications, no one wanted anything to do with me!

Anyway, back on the topic, constipation. This dr has a protocol that he likes all of his gb patients to follow. I will get it and post it on here tomorrow. He swears by it.

I have the same symtoms dont have gallbladder not that .I am convinced some pain due to gas but gas pills do not solve issue completly. The crazy thing is theres no common trigger you can figure out have tried enzymes and charcoal some relief but not complete.Have had upper/lower GI all clear some gas showed up and drained slower than normal but no ulcers or blockage. I also take softeners daily now which im sure isnt good but it helps. This is not a problem I ever had before gastric bypass however I would still recommend the GB to anyone. After tooth infection and round of antibiotics was pain free for month . I am starting to think it is more a case of bacteria in intestines causing excessive gas and pain than food allergies that being said how to fix it for good is a mystery to me.

Well, thank goodness I'm not the only one. Had my gastric bypass in 2001. I've had this 'mystery' pain for four years now. No known triggers, seems to come in clusters, happens for a couple of weeks then don't have another one for months. No gallbladder, had a Upper and Lower endoscopy, CT scan, can't figure it out. And these babies HURT!! Typically don't last for more than 20-30 minutes, but one lasted for over an hour and I almost passed out in the E.R. waiting room. Would love to find out what they are.

hi there i had my gb about 6 months ago and have lost 8 stone now but about 3 months post op i started getting horrendous pain in my upper stomach i was given all sorts of medication including morphine to help which didnt it ended up with me contemplating suicide because the pain was so bad and i couldnt function at all and my doctor put alot of the pain down to m.e c.f.s saying im hypersensitive to pain and brushed it off flipantly which left me in despair my body was telling me something was wrong my post op pain was really minimal but this pain was screaming at me well im off to see my surgeon soon for a follow up apointment and shall seek help from him but one thing i have noticed because i no longer feel hunger i dont eat alot which sounds cool but no its not because ive noticed the pain goes after eating for a short period untill the stomach has passed the food and empty again the pain starts again now the way i see it i can manage this ok but it kind of goes against the ethos of this surgery as im meant to restrict my intake of food it sounds crazy but when my upper digestion is empty it folds flat causing pain also the waistband of my trousers causes pain when worn over my apron of loose skin but when worn below the bulk of excess skin it helps also but am still having pain but not as severe maybe im reading too much into this and sometimes feel im going mad at times because is it down to the m.e c.f.s im no doctor so have no magic answers but hope my life improves as ive had this op to improve my quality of life not to live in pain please let me know your experiences i really hope my findings help someone and wish you guys all the best i think its better to pool our info and compare as sometimes the doctors and surgeons dont have the answer