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My mum had her gall bladder removed earlier last year I think it was. For the first like month after surgery it takes a while for your body to recover. My mum had 2wks of bed rest, and now she has a relatively normal diet, she eats alot more fruit though. But you can have a relatively normal diet, only side effects can be dioreah (spell check on that please?!) but my mum has never suffered with that, and she's been havin bbq's and everything since. So yeh, you can have a normal diet!

The first 2 weeks watch your diet, it has been 2 months since mine and he only problem I have is too much sugar at once (pancake syrup and orange juice). Other wise nothing else seems to bother me.

After surgery, the doctor will most likely (with full confidence) tell you that you can eat whatever you want. Not true! Be very careful about what you eat. Before my surgery I became a vegetarian so that I wouldn't experience anymore pain. After surgery, I started eating like I still had a gallbladder. Well, I found that my body didn't appreciate it so I became a full fledged vegetarian! I feel great. You have to be willing to change the bad eating habits we as americans have. No soda, no fast food, no pork...Trust me it's a sacrifice your body will thank you for for the next 80 years. I'm only 24, not 70, so I learned that you can't take your body for granted. Oh, I can't leave the bbq chips alone! Thank god they don't bother me anymore!

I just got mine done two days ago. If I eat certain things I do feel sick. You just have to take it slow and see what your body will accept. I have stuck to soups and a couple bites of a turkey sandwich.Nothing fried .......To scared!

I had my galbladder surgery over 20 years ago and after my galbladder surgery I was unable to eat a lot of foods like I did before, especially a lot of acidy foods, I did and still do get diarrhea when I eat certain foods.
Good luck!
Sincerely,
sandy

I feel scared to eat these days my attacks hurt and i'm 7 weeks pregnant which sucks cause I have to make an awful dission either go thru with the pregnancy with eating a no fat or low fat diet and risk my gallbladder blowing up and infection and all the good stuff or have an abotion and have gallbladder surgery. So what is a mom of 2 already to do??

I was also pregnant with my 3rd child when I had my first gallbladder attack. I was only 3 months pregnant. Well, I waited for 2 years before having my gallbladder taken out. I wouldn't worry about the gallbladder right now. Pregnancy usually brings on the first attack in women, something about hormones. After my first attack when I was pregnant, I didn't have a second attack until after my baby was born. Just be careful in what you eat, you don't want to end up in the hospital while your pregnant. Good luck.

Does anyone have pain under their navel/belly button 5 weeks after surgery? I am finding this really uncomfortable and cannot sleep on either side and have to sleep on my back because it hurts?????

Hi there,

surgery was 6 months ago and for the first month or two I was good, but I found it difficult to keep going with very low fat diet. For the last so many months I basically forgot I had the surgery and just ate what I felt to at the time as I was busy with two toddlers! However. I have decided to pull myself into gear because the pain that you feel when you have eaten something really fatty eg. Chips or cake or what not, I think should kick you into gear but you really have to get your head around the concept of what a gall bladder does and when you don't have one....What does this mean! I have a reason to live and be healthy....I have a responsibility to be healthy and not in pain. So I have decided to kick myself back into gear and be more tougher on myself about what I put into my mouth. The difficulty is when the kids are sleeping and you want to vege out for the hour that they are sleeping.

Please god, help me!!!!