Yes indeed, in my opinion, the bloating could be the gallbladder. I have had a very badly bloated stomach for the past few months, but I have had an unfunctioning gallbladder for three years. No gallstones. I had hidascans done and all were normal, except the last one. My stomach is ridiculously swollen. I am having surgery this upcoming monday and I am definitly ready for it as it means being pain free. Trust me, if its your gallbladder, a diet is not going to help. I did this for three years, and the only "diet" that helps now is just eat sandwiches. I can eat dry toast and ham cheese sandwiches with light mayo without being sick and without having more pain. Over the course of three years, avoiding fried foods, etc, did not help. Drs couldnt find a reason and said its my gallbladder, but they can't prove it, so it stayed in. Resulting in living with pain.

My gallbladder now has to come out, and is only functioning at 10 percent. Ofc i've heard that your gallbladder can be normal on a good diet. I eat well, yet my gallbladder is swollen and inflammed, and at long last it is coming out! Hope this helps some.

I come away with mixed feelings on this one! I'm glad to hear that the swollen stomach is indeed a symptom of gallbladder problems, however, i'm sorry to hear that you were not able to control it with diet. That doesn't bode well for any of my dietary plans to control it. I don't particularly like the idea of losing my gallbladder, or even surgery, in general.

If you can, please post later with the results of your surgery.

Thanks!

Tom

Hi! Its day 3 after my surgery. The odd thing is, I don't feel much better, I still have that weird pain in my back and in the front it feels like a ball rolling over. But the gallbladder had to come out they said ti was not functioning and I do feel somewhat better, but I am telling myself its too soon to tell. I am up and about but my back is killing me. I had alot of scar tissue from my appendix ruptering and causing gangrene a few years back, I wonder if it might be related to abdominal trauma. Keep me posted about ur gallbladder.
renee'

I would say that a swollen stomach is a symptom of gb problems. Before I had my gb removed almost a month ago I had a swollen abdomen and a bloated feeling. After it was removed it has slowly been going away. I also had a bunch of other gb symptoms as well.

Donna

Thank you both for your replies, this helps.

Please keep us posted on your progess with the surgery recovery, i'm very interested.

-tom

This is just so great, now I feel worse than before. I have had 6 different attacks in the past 2 weeks and they are worse. They have been happening at night, have to walk the floor intil they let up. I feel so sore after the attacks for days like someone beat up my mid section with a baseball bat. Doc wants me to get set up for a eprc. So much for getting my gallbladder out and feeling better.... :evil: has anyone else had this problem??

You could have appendicitis. I just had that and had surgery about a week ago. My stomach was bloated for a while. I had intense pain. Now, I have extreme bloating and swelling from the surgery. Quite awful. Get it taken out!

I had mine taken out 11 days ago and my stomach is so swollen and bloated. I feel like I look pregnant...

I had my gallbladder taken out in December and I am now dealing with not being able to eat much. I still have the bloated stomach (looks like I'm pregnant) and sometimes my right side under my ribs hurts sooo bad like before I had my gallbladder out. Unfortunately I have to go to a stomach doctor next month to see if there's something else going on. About all I can eat and not be completely uncomfortable is plain turkey sandwiches. Whatever happened after gallbladder surgery has effected by bowels also, which could be causing the problem. I really don't believe everyone when they say you can live without your gallbladder, because I haven't talked to anyone who has had the surgery who can eat normally.

I had my gallbladder removed 2 weeks ago - full surgery as the stones were too large to remove by laparascope. I feel pretty ok all considered and am moving around well and seem to be able to eat anything - though I eat a low fat diet anyway. My only concern is the swelling on the right of the wound - it feels like there is a hard mass there - the doctors have checked and it is not fluid or an abcess - they say it is fat under the skin and will normalise eventually. Has anyone else experienced this and if so does it go away eventually?

oh my gosh! I have been struggling with gallbladder problems for about six months. My symptoms are burning sensations, bloated, pain, and the strangest so far is a hard mass that goes across my upper abdoman. It seems to be getting worse. I can totally relate to what you are feeling related to strange mass under skin. I am really scared because I am not insured. I hope you feel better.

i had the same problem in hospital.i asked for pain med second day of surgery as i was having labor pains going through my upper ab to my back,vomiting,nurse got mad at me when oral percocet made me extremely ill and made my pain even worse.i think she thought i was drug seeking.then even drinking water was excruciating.next nurse that came on shift had a little more empathy and gave me a shot of gravol and pain med.my experience was not good with some of the nurses so i had them release me early.once they took the time to review my blood labs then they acknowledged that maybe there was something going on never seen a dr. during stay except in emerg. and or room. asking question was out of the question. so i resorted to what was more healthy and chose home as it was a non hostile enviroment.i live in canada and nurses are so over worked that it must be hard dealing with people that want mercy.life gets better but watch your diet,drink tons of water once you get out to flush out meds and toxins and follow low fat diet.give your body a break.i keep telling myself that i am not as desperate as i was before surgery.