Hi! My daughter (13 at the time) had her gallblader removed and within a month had the same recurrent pain. She now has been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. I am not saying that is what you have. However, asked about sphincter of oddi dysfunction. This can cause the exact pain of a gallbladder attack. What happens is the small spincter muscles at the end of the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct can be too tight and cause a ballooning effect, which causes severe pain.

Good luck!

i too have had my gallbladder removed1996, due to pancreatites. How ever I was deveststed that it didn't go away. I knew it immediatley after I camr e out of surgery. I was livid, because they said 70% sure thats what its was. Well my problem was caused by steriods, prednisone, solumedrol.. Everytime my asthma is sever I take prednisone and my pancrease flares up, but doesn't sshow up on blood work. But it does show up on ct scan, you just need to eat something that irritates it the night before, in order to show what the pancrease is doing. Signs of pancreatites is not just pain, but nausea.. Don't give up , keep fighting, try eating fresh pinapple, amazing results. Less attacts, down to 3 a day from 7 .. Keep it up and let me know how your doing?? Wp

hi, I had my gall bladder removed nearly 3 years ago & have been experiencing the same pain. I have since had 3 ultra sounds, 2 endoscopies, an ercg, an mri (which showed up 2 duodenal diverticulums near the pancreas, also showed I was born with a divided pancreas) a barium meal (which showed a 3rd diverticulum). My cousin had her gall bladder out & also has a diverticulum. My sister-in-law had her gall bladder out & has been experiencing the same pain. Pain in the gut, radiating to the back. These pains occur every 6 weeks, with a build up of small pains occuring in the 5th week. I am at the moment on a soft diet (no grains, pips or seeds.) the gastroenerologist I am seeing first told me the pain was caused by the diverticulum, he thought he could remove 2 of them , but the 3rd was too close to the bile ducts to remove. Now he has put me on this diet to prove that it isn't the diverticulums that are causing the pain, but he thinks it is my pancreas. In other words, if I go on the diet & I still get pain ,it is not the diverticulums.Frustrating, I feel I am getting no where, but I am persisting. The pain is so severe , my husband wants to phone for an ambulance. But I tell him I have to ride it through. Some times the pain lasts between 1 & 4 hours. I hope I have given you something you can take to your specialist & he may send you for more tests. Please keep in touch & let me know how you go. I will also keep in touch & hopefully soon I will get some results. I do not go to the specialist until the middle of may. In the meantime he has given me some endone tablets to take the edge off the pain when I get a bad attack. All the best, anne

Hello,

if you are having multiple attacks per day it could very likely be caused by sod - sphincter of oddi dysfunction. This is where the pressure is high in either the common bile duct or the pancreatic duct. The only way to determine if this is the cause is to have an ercp done at a teaching hospital. Generally speaking they are the only facilities to have the equipment to measure pressures. Normal pressure is less than 40.

Also please note: morphine and morphine derivatives will make the pain a lot worse and should be avoided in those with sod.

No one knows what causes sod. Whether the pancreatitis or the sod comes first is also unknown. But the pain and other symptoms are the same.

The best doctor in the country for ercps with pressure measurement is Dr. Lehman in indy. If you would like his contact information please let me know.

Reeann

Thank you for your help. I will check it out, but I can't see the same doctor as you as I am in australia.