Gall-bladder surgery, no more diahorea - Gallbladder Message Board

BCcowgirl · 09-22-2007, 03:26 PM

I am very relieved however, I am very puzzled that I no longer have chronic diahorea after having gall-bladder surgery. I was prepared for a worsening of this condition but the opposite happened. Can anybody explain why I now have normal bowel movements after surgery? My doctor says it doesn't make sense.................

dixiepeep · 09-25-2007, 12:12 PM

I am also having normal bowel movements to everyones amazement. I told my doctor and he seemed to think that later in recovery I would have runny stools. In fact he laughed about it which ****ed me off. I am at 3 weeks post surgery. I am doing very well.

BCcowgirl · 09-25-2007, 12:43 PM

Well at least I'm not the only one!

The only thing I can think of is that perhaps my Gall-bladder was not functioning very well in releasing the bile which maybe caused the diahorea in the first place, and now it is just being released from the liver and not obstructed??? I asked the surgeon and my primary doctor and they both just raised their eyebrows like I was nuts.........and say that it is unusual. I am now 6 weeks post-op and doing great! Glad to hear you are as well. Have you resumed eating a regular diet?
Cheers to unexpected benefits

dixiepeep · 09-25-2007, 12:48 PM

yes, I am amazing everyone in my family (who have all had their gallbladders removed) because I don't have the runs and I can eat what I want. I ate some salad at lunch that made me feel a little bloated but maybe I ate too much. I even ate Ice Cream which I could not eat at all for months before surgery. No nausea. I was in Heaven. I just keep waiting till the diareah begins but so far nothing. You give me hope. Thanks so much. Maybe we are just blessed!!!

Did you have the laporascopic surgery (belly Button kind?) I did

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Originally Posted by BCcowgirl

Well at least I'm not the only one!

The only thing I can think of is that perhaps my Gall-bladder was not functioning very well in releasing the bile which maybe caused the diahorea in the first place, and now it is just being released from the liver and not obstructed??? I asked the surgeon and my primary doctor and they both just raised their eyebrows like I was nuts.........and say that it is unusual. I am now 6 weeks post-op and doing great! Glad to hear you are as well. Have you resumed eating a regular diet?
Cheers to unexpected benefits

BCcowgirl · 09-25-2007, 01:02 PM

Yep, Belly button for me too! Although the recovery wasn't the breeze they suggested it would be..........Had the surgery at 10am and was released from the hospital at 2pm, the 45 min. ride home was not great......and the tylenol 3 they gave me were useless

My primary doctor gave me better stuff which did help though

I am so glad that a friend stayed with me those first two days. The only thing that is a little wierd about the recovery is that I had a knot about the size of a baseball above the belly-button. My doctor thinks it is a hemotoma(?) or in other words a big blood clot. It is slowly going down in size but am scheduled for a ultra-sound next week to confirm this. How easy was your recovery?