gallbladder out next monday, I need food suggestions for after...

I was able to eat regularly within a few days. Just take it easy on fatty foods- ie- don’t eat burgers and stuff like that. Maybe start out with Crackers, cereal, rice and bananas- stuff that will be easy to digest and go from there. The body adjusts fairly well. Not at all as tough as the pouch surgery. 

Some things are: unbuttered toast, rice, bananas, soup, and pasta

Sorry to hear that Poucho, but it should be an easier surgery than you are 'used' to.  I had either an obstruction or gallstone pain with pain in my upper right abdomen.  So I was researching gallstones & jpouch.  And guess what, we are more likely to have gallbladder issues after jpouch surgery.  Anyway, the good part was no-one who I found with both jpouch and gallbladder removal had any additional problems.  Basically said they couldn't tell any difference.  But, yeah, go back to whatever worked after your first surgeries and add back slowly from there.  

I did find this for you:

Although there isn't a set gallbladder removal diet, the following tips may help minimize problems with diarrhea after you've had your gallbladder out:

• Go easy on the fat. Avoid high-fat foods, fried and greasy foods, and fatty sauces and gravies for at least a week after surgery.
• Eat smaller, more-frequent meals. This may ensure a better mix with available bile. A healthy meal should include small amounts of lean protein, such as poultry, fish or fat-free dairy, along with vegetables, fruits and whole grains.  

I take any *diarrhea* advice with a grain of salt, since I always have it anyway.

@girlunky posted:

Sorry to hear that Poucho, but it should be an easier surgery than you are 'used' to.  I had either an obstruction or gallstone pain with pain in my upper right abdomen.  So I was researching gallstones & jpouch.  And guess what, we are more likely to have gallbladder issues after jpouch surgery.  Anyway, the good part was no-one who I found with both jpouch and gallbladder removal had any additional problems.  Basically said they couldn't tell any difference.  But, yeah, go back to whatever worked after your first surgeries and add back slowly from there.  

I did find this for you:

Although there isn't a set gallbladder removal diet, the following tips may help minimize problems with diarrhea after you've had your gallbladder out:

• Go easy on the fat. Avoid high-fat foods, fried and greasy foods, and fatty sauces and gravies for at least a week after surgery.
• Eat smaller, more-frequent meals. This may ensure a better mix with available bile. A healthy meal should include small amounts of lean protein, such as poultry, fish or fat-free dairy, along with vegetables, fruits and whole grains.  

I take any *diarrhea* advice with a grain of salt, since I always have it anyway.

 

Were more likely to have gallbladder issues??? Dang, as if we have not been through enough already lol. I guess we just gotta keep on being resilient! 

Check in with us too after you get it done! I hope everything goes well! 

@girlunky posted:

Sorry to hear that Poucho, but it should be an easier surgery than you are 'used' to.  I had either an obstruction or gallstone pain with pain in my upper right abdomen.  So I was researching gallstones & jpouch.  And guess what, we are more likely to have gallbladder issues after jpouch surgery.  Anyway, the good part was no-one who I found with both jpouch and gallbladder removal had any additional problems.  Basically said they couldn't tell any difference.  But, yeah, go back to whatever worked after your first surgeries and add back slowly from there. 

I did find this for you:

Although there isn't a set gallbladder removal diet, the following tips may help minimize problems with diarrhea after you've had your gallbladder out:

• Go easy on the fat. Avoid high-fat foods, fried and greasy foods, and fatty sauces and gravies for at least a week after surgery.
• Eat smaller, more-frequent meals. This may ensure a better mix with available bile. A healthy meal should include small amounts of lean protein, such as poultry, fish or fat-free dairy, along with vegetables, fruits and whole grains. 

I take any *diarrhea* advice with a grain of salt, since I always have it anyway.

that's my fear, it will be worse and I will leak more and have worse issues , I mean its not horrible but I have to use Ilex and wear a small pad as sometimes I get a nickel size spot. I know a should stay away from fat and grease but needed options.

You should be ok after a week or two.  If you do have any longer term problem with bile acids you can ask your dr about cholestyramine.  It is a bile acid sequestrant.  I took it for a while after my takedown surgery when my output was burning so much.   I went off after a while, either my system calmed down or I just got used to it?  (It's also a cholesterol lowering drug, but that is not why I took it. )

How are you doing after Gall bladder surgery???

hey guys I have an update from my gallbladder surgery. So I had it done just over 2 weeks ago, I just missed a week of work and surgeon was able to do it laproscopically. He stated there was barely any scar tissue, which is surprising for having 10+ surgeries in the past 12 years. Dr Remzi must have did a good job removing them when I had my redo 5 years ago. Oddly enough I still have a pain under my left rib cage that just persists, even though the lapro was done on the right side but main area was right in center under breast bone. hoping its just residual pain from the center going that way? I don't know. I stayed away frim anything fatty in the first week but now I am almost back to my regular diet with no issues from that.

so one good thing and one bad thing from the surgery.. the bad thing is I don't feel anydifferent as far as aches and pains in my abdomen. Dr Shen thought those pains were from adhesions rather than the gallbladder, but still having same pains now. surgeon said he didn't run into many adhesions unless they are just where he wasn't? the good thing is my digestion issues haven't changed. I have always had some minor leakage since my redo 5 years ago and I was afraid that once gallbladder came out it would get worse and I would need a diaper or something, but honestly that hasn't gotten worse at all so that's good. Now I just have the pain of a $4,000 medical bill.. sucks

Well it's good news that you don't have to change your diet, certainly.

Glad to hear you are recovering well from the surgery, but sorry to hear it didn't help.

Maybe it is worth a try to begin a gentle stretching program for several months to see if that helps. 

Do you have less pain when you are fasting or on a liquid diet?   Not saying to starve yourself, just to determine if the pain is coming from intestinal adhesions.   When you fasted for the last surgery, did your pain change?

Yeah I need to start getting active again with stretching and or yoga. I was going to physical therapy for the past 5 months due to lower back pain. Xray showed L4-L5 degeneration. PT helped a little bit but pain doc said he may want to do an MRI so we will see.  the pains don't matter on what I eat. its just weird I am having pain under left ribs cage when the surgery was basically center to right..

I am glad you are doing better and had the surgery! I hope things get better for you! Keep us updated