As some of you will have read from earlier posts, my RNY has been a dream run. An absolute dream.

But, A glitch in that, and here I sit in hospital, awaiting further tests. 10 days ago I had a bad experience -it just felt like bad bloating at the start, but became really quite bad pain in upper stomach (navel to rib cage) which made me retch, but not vomit. I ended up curled in a foetal position on the bathroom floor in pain (thank heavens for under tile heating!) and then *click* just like throwing a switch it was over. 45 minutes of pain, then as if nothing had happened. But it did make me wonder if I was developing gallstones, the dreaded RNY risk.

So, two nights ago, bed time, it started again. But this time the waves of pain went on, every 45 minutes regular as clockwork, all night. Exhausted, I came here to hospital yesterday morning - bedside ultrasound showed a gallbladder full of grit - sand sized stones. But more alarmingly, the liver enzyme tests showed me on the verge of liver failure from damage presumably caused by 12 hours of bile flooding through the liver. In hindsight, I got sick in China a month back, thought it food poinsoning but now think that was my first all-night-gallstone-event, and probably the start of the liver damage.

Sigh. So now I sit here in a hospital bed feeling fine, awaiting an MRI to look at the condition of the bile duct and pancreatic duct which look enlarged, and awaiting bloods to see if the liver is stabilising. If not - urgent surgery to remove gall bladder and investigate liver, but if so, go home and return for non-acute surgery and keep my fingers crossed I don’t have another event.

Advice - if you have that top-of-tummy pain (which can refer through and feel like back pain, too) get it sorted quick, before liver damage occurs!!

On 06/12/2018 at 13:25, Little Green said:

It's not like she's a trained medical professional in one of the best hospitals in the country who's done hundreds of cases under this protocol or anything, so obviously everyone should get an extra medical procedure that their insurance may or may not cover instead.

Dude, you wonder why people don't react well to your posts You have a lot of good insight to share but you are not smarter or more knowledgeable than my surgeon for f-ck's sake!

And wait, are you suggesting that having an Ultrasound is an “extra” medical procedure. I’d much rather my surgeon CONFIRM the diagnosis than put me on medication without knowing the real problem. And you can’t diagnose gallstones without one. Not to mention, nearly all insurance companies pay for ultrasounds, especially for diagnostic testing, it’s one of the most minimally invasive tests there are.

Anyway, back to me... ?

Anyone here been doing post bypass eating and then had a gallbladder out?

What changes did you make to your eating choices, once gall-bladder less??

Hope you feel better soon! Mine comes out on Monday. Not because of stones, but because it's non functioning. Has been since before my sleeve last August. just wish I knew it back then. Good luck!

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21 minutes ago, GassyGurl said:

Hope you feel better soon! Mine comes out on Monday. Not because of stones, but because it's non functioning. Has been since before my sleeve last August. just wish I knew it back then. Good luck!

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Oh bummer! Post op no gallbladder and non-functioning gallbladder are the same. But what a pain, having to have another surgery! Laparoscopic I assume, so just that nasty gas to deal with. 24 hours later, I am just on paracetamol. It is manageable as surgery goes.

On 06/12/2018 at 16:13, Biddy zz said:

Oh bummer! Post op no gallbladder and non-functioning gallbladder are the same. But what a pain, having to have another surgery! Laparoscopic I assume, so just that nasty gas to deal with. 24 hours later, I am just on paracetamol. It is manageable as surgery goes.

I’m curious as to what the doctor will prescribe for a diet afterwards? Keep us posted. I know a lot of people who have problems with certain foods once they have it removed.

Sorry @Biddy zz! So glad to hear you're recovering well and not too much pain.