Gas, Gallbladder ??

Hello to everyone I am 9 months out on the 16th and I have had NO problems at all. BUT this week has been a very painful week . I am wondering if its the greasy foods or my gallbladder... With all these hoilday party`s I have noticed that in the last week I have had Pizza, fried chicken, alfredo sauce, teriyiki sticks, etc.....I am very gassy . Its very painful and everytime I eat I double over in pain, the pain goes around to my back and up my chest I am a bad girl. Does anyone know the systoms of a gallbladder attack, last night I almost went to emergency but the closet one is 30 miles away.Sometimes I get nauses. Help?? thank you Janice 231/150/?

Janice, Sorry to hear you're not feeling well. I'm surprised your surgeon didn't remove your gallbladder. I thought it was normally removed at the time of surgery if it wasn't already. I had my gallbladder removed years ago. My attacks were after eating spicy foods. Extreme pain on my lower right side. It wouldn't happen immediately after eating it was about 2 hours later. It was very painful and felt like food poisioning. If I were you, I would call your surgeon and check with them. good luck, corgimom

This is soooooo scary as I have never had a problem with this surgery....I am hopeing that this is just GAS......But I dont think so. Thank you for your response Janice

Janice, I had to have emergency gallbladder surgery before I had my gastric bypass surgery and the were up high in my chest and down both sides of my abdomen. You feel real sick and I ran a fever but had infection all around my gallbladder and my liver and spleen but all in all I recon everything is fine now. But the afterpain after my gallbladder was more severe than my gastric bypass. But if I were you I would atleast ask my family practioner. But you might want to ask your sourgen also. I still can't eat fried chicken. I,ve tried 3 times and I throw-up everytime. Hamburger meat does the same thing. Pizza is ok but just the toppings unless it's thin crust the reg. crust seems to feel like doesn't want to go down so I just don't bother with it, but can,t eat more than 1 piece. I had my gastric bypass surgery March 01,2005. Pam Ray

This Pam Ray again just realized you are a day care provider I am too and have been for 11 years. wow!!!! Pam Ray

That sounds like gallbladder attacks. Especially eating the greasy food will do it. Call your doc and get an appointment. I've been lucky so far, no problems in that area at all. Definitely call your doc and have it checked out. Toni

Whatever it is---don't ignore it toooo long----I was having symptoms at 7 mths out---doc said to let them know what I wanted to do---thought I would play it off--try to control it with diet etc---and thought I could wait till spring and have a TT at the same time ---WRONG---I called them back within one week and said "Its got to go"--so just prior to my 8 mark the old gallbladder and small hernia had to go---It took a little recovery time---sort of like learning to eat again--but now back to normal---just now tend to get more gasy than I did before GB removal--so please check it out---it can be painful----I was nausea, having pain in my mid to upper right back--and literally thought I would die---not a good feeling---Now I can look back and be grateful that old sucker is gone---and Not all surgeons take it out at the time of bypass--mine don't and I didn't have a sickly one prior to surgery either---Just this dang weightloss---got the best of it! Best wishes and hope you feel better soon! Lisa

I had my gallbladder out in 1996, and had just one attack. It was after eating egg salad. I had a kind of dull, but harsh persistent pain just under my right rib, more towards the center of my body than my side. It was intense, but not stabbing or throbbing or anything. It lasted for hours. I went to the ER after about 6 hours of it. I figured it was my gallbladder. I had 2 stones, each the size of a robin's egg, and my gallbladder abscessed, so I had to be on antibiotics for 10 days before they could take it out. I don't remember the pain moving around as I moved, but mostly I was lying in bed (it hit about midnight) so I was curled up in a fetal position on my side. Now, gas is another story. I get horrible horrible gas pains if I eat even slightly too many carbs. I don't dump much (but I don't eat sugar anymore) but the gas is intense. WAY more painful than my gallbladder ever was, and it can last for days. Walking helps me fart it out, but generally it has to work itself out. I would not hesitate to get your pain checked out. If it's your gallbladder you want to get it addressed before you abscess and get a big infection, and if it's gas you need to know that to prevent it in the future. Good luck. Mary Ellen

that sounds exactly like a gallbladder attack, i had mine out when i was about 3 months out and had very similar symptoms. it's common to have attacks after eating greasy foods, and gas is also a symptom.

Hi Janice, What a coincidence! I just had a weird experience yesterday where I was awoken from a sound sleep at about 4am with SEVERE pain in my lower right abdomen. I thought it might be gas so I went to the bathroom. I did have some gas, but the pain kept on for about 90 minutes. I took a few sips of water and immediately got the heaves. I tried to sleep in my recliner and was basically curled up in ball. I fell asleep for 30 mins and the pain was gone when I got up. This scared the crap out of me! I called my surgeon's office when I got to work but they were on vacation. I stayed on the line and the answering service operator asked me if my call was of an "urgent" nature. I said yes, and had my surgeon call me back. He told me he was glad I called, and said that while it might have just been gas, gas could also be a symptom of gall bladder problems. He told me to schedule a CAT scan and ultrasound of my gall bladder next week, so I will do that. He told me if it happens again to go to the emergency room and have him called. I had eaten slightly spicy food the night before, something I usually am careful to avoid due to some earlier gastritis. Also FYI I had to go to my PCP office for a shot today, and I mentioned this episode to the nurse. She told me that if it was my gall bladder, the pain usually radiated around the side to the back. I honestly don't remember anything except my lower right side hurting. I notice your pain sounds just like what she described. I hope you are feeling better and not having any more problems. Do come back and let us know how it's going, OK? I will do the same Have a great holiday! Kathy