gallbladder pain with no gallbladder.

[Bemla]

I had my gall bladder remover 10 years ago and was fine for the next 8 1/2 years. I have now started to get pain in my gallbladder area which feels like the attacks i had when i had stones or feels consentley tender/ bruised. I have had a endoscopic ultra sound and there are no stones in my duct- my belarubin levels are always slightly above normal when tested. Any ideas anyone what could be happening i think the doc now think i am nuts!!!

[Bemla]

thank you have had a read of the link and it definatley sounds more than possible.

[CalGal]

Try this:

http://www.hopkins-gi.org/GDL_Disease.aspx?SS=&CurrentUDV=31&GDL_DC_ID=320F4EDD-0021-4952-83D7-8B0C67B47BFF&GDL_Disease_ID=7AB086B0-AB01-446E-B011-2E67CAFEF96D

[CalGal]

You should be looking at the docs like they're nuts, not you. Docs should know (and they don't but don't seem to pass it on to patients) that changes can occur far after the surgery is done. The ultrasound may not have been sensitive enough to pick up changes in the bile duct. It's possible to have sludge or in some cases spasms of the bile duct or sphincter of Oddi that can cause gallbladder-like pain immediately or long after surgery.

You're not nuts. Follow-up on this. You're probably going to have to push to get anything done about it, so make sure you're armed with information. There's a decent link. I'll go find it and post it for you.