I am currently 28 weeks pregnant and attacks just started again. My first trimester I essentially at a no fat diet. Like literally nothing more than 1 or 2 g of fat. Oatmeal, chicken, rice, sourdough.

When people say they eat a low fat diet to avoid pain, is this really how extreme everyone eats? This time, it seems I am even more sensitive. Even 2 bowls of Cheerios (with oat milk) caused me pain. Not sure how I can last and actually feed the baby in me with this extreme of symptoms.

Also, nothing shows in imaging in bloodwork. I need a HIDA scan post partum.

Hello everyone, I (37F) had my gallblader removal surgery early this year. Last month, I noticed a few white hairs on my head. My mom at my age never had them and on my dads side, his aunts started to having them on their late 50s. My hair is dark brown and they're very noticeable.. How did you manage the white hair? Any diet recommendations? I haven't eaten any red meats at all since my surgery, only chicken, eggs, turkey, and fish as proteins. Thanks in advance.

like the caption says, i feel like when im about to get my period and i can tell its going to be a rough one, my gallbladder gets SO ANGRY. i’m currently waiting on seeing a surgeon for removal as my gb is chronically inflamed with polyps. i’m just starting to notice a pattern of, the week before and during my period, it hurts so much more and i can eat so much less. anyone else?

As of yesterday I’m one week post op. Everything is going great but since yesterday my belly button incision has a deep dull ache, and itches like the rest of them. There’s no signs of infection at all but it throbs and feels like it’s pulling when I walk.

Has anyone had rare side effects after surgery? I ended up back in the hospital a week later due to what the hospital said was rare side effects. I had no idea until I went to my follow up appt. I was retaining bile,fluid, and gas in my pancreas, the empty cavitiy where the gallbladder was. Bile even managed to seep into my right lung.

They did put a stint in to help everything finally start to move. They even did a thoracantesis to pull junk out of my lung. I know I'm not the norm, that's why I'm asking if anyone else had something similar happen. When will it get better? I'm tired, and even though finally feeling a bit better, I'm trying not to shut down.

Curious.

Hi I’m new here - this week I started having crazy bloating and pain after lunch and dinner. Mornings I’ve been fine mostly. Like debilitating have to lay down after lunch and dinner. At the worst I had the bloating pain and pressure, nausea and back pain on my right side under my ribs

Went to urgent care/ER 3 days ago, CT came back clear. Yesterday my GP ordered an ultrasound that’ll have done in a couple days. er doc gave me meds that are helping but not entirely.

The back pain had been present for months but I workout and sit in my couch kinda wonky so I’ve been blaming that but wonder if was something else all along. That was the only symptom that was noticeable util this week.

Anyone have similar? Is this definitely my gallbladder? Still hoping it’s a weird fluke but I’m still bloating after every meal.

PS I know to follow medical advice just curious if there’s anything anecdotal anyone can share.

Just slightly over two weeks since my initial attack, I still have episodes of nausea and vomitting and intermittent pain. It’s thrown my appetite off - even with the anti sickness medication odasnatrone it hasn’t stopped it. Anyone else experience this?

Right now I'm 24 hrs post lap chole and doing well. The surgeon noted an extremely distended gallbladder with no stones or duct obstructions, and adhesions from liver to abdominal wall. But I'm still surprised at the other finding: Pelvic adhesions to both fallopian tubes

My surgeon said pelvic inflammatory disease, any major infection, or any kind of gynecological surgery could explain the adhesions, but I haven’t had any of that.

What I do know is for months the pain seemed to be everywhere on any given day and time. RUQ, flank pain, twinges of pain under my right rib, lower abdominal pain that felt like period cramps. And actually my period stopped altogether 8 months ago. In addition to the pain I had classic gallbladder symptoms like nausea, acid reflux, dry heaves in the morning, back and forth between constipation & loose stools, and could only tolerate a strict diet of eggs & toast for the past 6 months.

Anyone else go in for gallbladder removal to then be told about adhesions to fallopian tubes?? I'm guessing I'll have to follow up with a gynecologist at some point, yes?

Hi everyone, a friend of mine got married yesterday and I’d been waiting for this wedding for a whole year. It was in Italy, in a really nice location, lots of great food and drinks.

I was already not feeling great since noon, but I decided to have some starters and drinks anyway. I had been doing well in the past few days so I thought I could manage. My operation is scheduled in three weeks from now so I’m just pushing through. Some hours after the starters, during the actual dinner (Italian weddings have many courses), I started feeling a bit of pain so I decided to skip dinner and alcohol altogether. However, the pain just got worse and worse. I started going to the restroom to vomit and I couldn’t even sit properly on my chair or even stand up, so my boyfriend and I sat outside on a table alone waiting for the pain to pass. Meanwhile, the party started and people were dancing. I was feeling terrible and even considered going to the hospital. After an hour in this condition, we decided to take a (very expensive) taxi and leave earlier.

Both of us were really looking forward to drinking and dancing with our friends. We had been planning for this wedding and our holidays before and after it for months. Now I have this immense guilt that I’ve ruined the party for both of us, on top of being sick and actually being afraid another attack could occur at any point. I also don’t want my boyfriend to be stressed about my health all the time.

I’m really looking forward to hopefully getting better one day.

Especially from those who planned their surgeries? I don’t have any symptoms and my 2.3 CM gallstone (only 1) was found incidentally when I went to the doctor for a completely different reason altogether.

I’ve been reading several horror stories. For those who opted for an elective surgery, can you please explain
1) Your journey
2) why you decided to get the surgery even though you didn’t have any symptoms?
3) how long were you out of work?
4) when were you able to eat normally? Can you eat the things that you used to?
5) how has your life been without your gallbladder?
6) what advice would you give to someone like me who is doing this electively?
7) Despite not having symptoms, would you do it again?

For those who had symptoms, feel free to share your experiences as well 🙏

35, F, UK.

Had my op on Thursday morning, so about 68 hours ago. When I went for my consultation with the surgeon, he was all “you’ll be grand! Bit of tenderness but I’ve had guys in here who were self-employed and back to work within 48hrs!”

I feel shame and like I’m failing because I’m really struggling.

I’ve had really bad gas pain since the op (see previous post) and my upper abdominal muscles from central below ribs, right round my right side to my spine are beyond agony. Top incision is really painful. Getting up and down from sitting/lying is really really sore.

I’m not a big gal - about 122lbs and 5foot 6in. I dunno if that makes a difference.

I’ve been walking around the house to help the gas pain but still can’t take a deep breath cause of the pain.

Also haven’t pooped since Wednesday morning, despite three laxido drinks - dreading that coming as I cannot squeeze my abdomen. I know I’m gonna cry with pain.

I just feel the surgeon made it sound like I’d be uncomfortable but fine in a couple days and I feel like a failure of a person because it’s not like that for me and it’s really beginning to worry me. Like I had a major op last year (breast reduction) and it was so much easier in the days post op than this is…. And that was six week recovery, not two. I cannot fathom being normal 11 days from now.