Mine needs to come out very soon, I have read people have had no changes, and then others stating it made pouch function worse?
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Hi Poucho,
I had mine done about 4+yrs ago after years of trouble...it was a huge surgery, not even remotely what my surgeon expected.
But post-op I was a lot better...some mild changes in output due to fat absorption problems but other than that, did just fine.
Is there any change? Maybe less liquidy output but that may just be a question of the age of my pouch (nearly 40).
Nothing that could possibly be blamed on my poor gallbladder.
Fear not...
Sharon
skn69 posted:Hi Poucho,
I had mine done about 4+yrs ago after years of trouble...it was a huge surgery, not even remotely what my surgeon expected.
But post-op I was a lot better...some mild changes in output due to fat absorption problems but other than that, did just fine.
Is there any change? Maybe less liquidy output but that may just be a question of the age of my pouch (nearly 40).
Nothing that could possibly be blamed on my poor gallbladder.
Fear not...
Sharon
so your output was less liquid? everywhere I have read said it could be worse?
Not sure what the other people are feeling...my output got thicker (a problem with a k pouch) but other than that...nothing really different. I do not handle fats as well as before (but then again that could be age)...
skn69 posted:Not sure what the other people are feeling...my output got thicker (a problem with a k pouch) but other than that...nothing really different. I do not handle fats as well as before (but then again that could be age)...
When you say you can’t handle fats as well, what exactly does that mean? Moves through quicker and diarrhea? Or pain?
Neither. I am a Very, very bad eater according to the French. I tend to eat a high fat/high protein diet meaning chunks of cheese, cherry tomatoes and olives for lunch. Grilled or cooked meats and green veggies for dinner...mostly very little in the carb department and when I do it is with butter and cheese.
So the fats tend to send me into spasms. Sort of like a cramping around where the gallbladder used to be. Phantom pains. I've had ultrasound, been checked for liver enzymes, nothing doing, nothing there. So I figure it must be the fats.
My phantom gallbladder comes back to haunt me whenever I overdo it!
There is a simple cure for it though...stop eating a high-fat diet...but I don't because my pouch loves it...so I am stuck with the pain.
Sharon