Question:
I know this is gross, but I saw someone ask about yellow stool

Does yellow stool indicate something wrong with your gall bladder? I still have mine, but the last week I have had yellow stool and although it's not runny, it's pretty soft. Hrm, maybe I should be posting this under ANONYMOUS. lol    — Paula Prichard (posted on September 2, 2002)

September 2, 2002
I had yellow stools for 5 or so months, nothing wrong with my GB. I was told that it was from the food passing through the intestines so fast. It has actually stopped now (so has my weight loss, below goal) Hope this helps!
   — Sherry C.

September 2, 2002
Well I tried several times to post questions on "yellow stool" and they never would post them for me. Yet someone else was kind enough to post it for me and they'd do it for them. ;) Anywho, my doctor (not surgeon) told me I had yellow stool. I never could find out why from anyone here. I'm assuming it is "fat" in the stools passing out and that the WLS is working. Don't know if I'm right. By the way my gallbladder came out on March 1st. And I don't know if my stools were yellow before that or not.
   — Danmark

September 2, 2002
The light colored and yellow stools are what made my doc think I was having gallbladder troubles a few years back. It wasn't, at least not that the diagnostics found. I still have it at times and think its from things passing through way too quickly, like an irritable bowel type thing. One thing more I learned is that if you have extreme diarhea that is yellow it can indicate an infection and will need to me treated my your doc.
   — Shelly S.

September 4, 2002
I had yellow stools too - for about 8 weeks. Then I had a nasty flu that was going around and I got put on antibiotics. Since then, Ive had non-yellow stools... except when im under ALOT of stress. I had my GB removed years ago.
   — Valerie H.