Pain After Gallbladder Surgery - Driving Me Crazy!!!

I had my gb removed 6 weeks ago & am still experiencing some soreness. Some niggles under my ribs from time to time & also some soreness around the main incision in the middle of my ribcage. I saw the surgeon today who told me that some soreness was still to be expected. Its good that the drs are looking into why you are still getting this discomfort. Could be a slight problem with the common bile duct, which can be sorted out.

I had my gallbladder out 4 months ago and have continued to have pains as well. Most of the time they are mild nagging pains in my upper right quad, but I get attacks of severe pain. Also have had problems with acid reflux since the surgery. They tried giving me cramping medication to treat for ibs and that didn't help. I got a blood order to test my liver enzymes while I was having an attack. They were very abnormal. Now they're telling me I have spincter of oddi disfunction. They'll do and ercp to do further tests.

I just had gallbladder surgery last wed.the21th of march. I came home that evening feeling good. The next day I started feeling very sick. I started having gas pain's so bad!!! I had my son buy some baby gas drops for me to take. I took the whole bottle to help. It didn't. The pain got so severe I really thought I was dying. I could hardly speak. My son ran and got a neighbor who is a nurse. All I kept saying was am going to die. I was laying on the floor of the kitchen because the cool ground felt good against my sweating body. My neighbor said I was having anxiety and was scared I was really going to die. She started rubbing my back to help take my mind of the burning pain I had in my stomach. My rib's hurt so bad, my chest,and I just kept burping. I was taken to the emergency room. They put in a drip. 11:00pm that night I got a room.
Pain medican and nausea medican was put in the drip- the next day the doctor had ordered a cat scan. It showed nothing> I came home that evening. I still feel sick suffering with gas in between the shoulders always burping and feeling sick inside. My sister did some research on the net. My 8 year old Godchild who wants to be a vet. saw several gallbladder surgeries on horses and told my sister the gas had to come out though the shoulders. It is a different kind of gas. My sister told her she didn't know what she was saying. When she looked on the internet she was right. I'm still suffering with this gas pain. I saw on a site to take active charcoal. Does anyone know if this helps?

man your makin me nervous, i have my gallbladder removed april 5th 2007, i dont wanna be miserable all the time afterwards. SOme people say they feel alot better after the surgery some i guess not suck luck i hope im one of the few lucky ones lol.

LAST NIGHT I STARTED TAKING TRAMADOL A GENERIC FOR ULTRACET THE PAIN WENT AWAY. EVERY 4-6 HOURS I'M TAKING IT NOW. I WAS TOLD THAT IF THE DR. GIVES YOU A SHOT OF TRAMADOL AFTER SURGERY YOU WON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM...MAKE SURE YOU GET THE SHOT. THE PAIN IS CAUSED FROM THE CARBON DIOXIDE THEY BLOW YOU UP WITH TO TAKE OUT THE GALLBLADDER. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR SURGERY. I'LL SAY A PRAYER FOR YOU.
P.S. GET A MASSAGE ON YOUR SHOULDERS AND BETWEEN THEM ON YOUR BACK IT HELPS TOO!!

I HAD GALLBLADER SURGERY ABOUT 15MONTHS AGO AND EVER SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT I HAVE IBS BUT I KNOW I DONT HAV THIS BECAUSE MY GRAND MOHTER HAS IT AND I HAVE LOOKED UP ON THE INTERNET AT THE SYMPTOMS AND THEY ARE NOTHING LIKE THIS. IT FEELS LIKE SOME ONE IS STABING ME IT HURTS SO BAD.

PLEASE HELP ME IF ANY ONE HAS THE ANSWER TO THIS.

There are several reasons to have pain following gallbladder surgery. One is that the body has simply gotten into the habit of sending pain signals to your brain from that area, and your body needs some time to re-adjust. Another could be simply post-surgical pain from poking around in your insides. Additionally, there could be gall stones trapped in the bile duct, so you should ensure with your surgeon that this was looked into. Pain associated with fever and flu-like symptoms could be signs of infection, in which case you should contact your surgeon directly. The risk of post surgical infection diminishes sharply after 6 weeks. The other caus for this pain could be post-cholcystectomy syndrome, or spasm of the sphincter of oddi, or bile duct dysfunction-but these conditions are fairly rare, affecting a small percentage of patients. Physicians are not likely to diagnose this until 6-12 months after surgery if you are still having pain. If your pain continues, notify your physician or gastroenterologist. Do not let them say "I have nothing to offer you". If they do, then ask to be referred to someone who CAN help. It is important to note that most pain medications cause the bile duct to spasm. Morphine, Demerol, Vicodin, and percocet have this side effect. This makes bile duct dysfunction very tricky to treat. But please remember that you have a right to appropriate pain control and your physician has a responsibility to provide this to you while you are being worked up. Good luck to you.

I had my gallbladder removed on 4/13. since then I have been experiencing an intense pain in my chest area right above the top incision from my gallbladder removal. It is not the incision that hurts. It is a strong stabbing pain right where my rib cage connects under my chest and goes in to my back. It gives me shortness of breath and I cant get comfortable. My hands feel numb some too when it happens. It had been waking me up in the middle of the night, but now happens at different times. My doctors have given me an anti inflammatory med. to take. so far does not help. They also gave me pain pills that do not help. Any ideas? I also have had very high liver enzymes lately, one of the reasons why I had gallbladder removal since it was only funtioning at 12%. What is this pain I am having and should I be concerned? When will it go away? Why are my doctors not concerned? I am only 27. HELP!

I had my gallbladder out laparscopically 8/28/06. Everything was okay, surgeon was really nice and said that would have pain up to a year after. Well, I've been getting naseous lately, and last night had what felt like the attacks used to - pain between my shoulder blades, to the point where I couldn't get comfortable. DH rubbing constantly for 15 minutes finally helped. Strangely, it came on right after drinking a Mike's Hard Berry, which I rarely do - boy did that kill the buzz! LOL
I have an appointment with a gp next Wednesday, mostly just to see what they say. I probably will have to go back to surgeon, but I'm a wuss - it will be hard for me to tell him that I'm in pain and I need something done.
Did anybody still have pain and have to have something done afterwards?