Enough people for a gallbladder forum perhaps?

I'm not sure Shawn. I think when new members join with questions about post-gall bladder removal surgery, enough members here offer info, links and things to try to make their situations better. I would imagine if you created a new forum for these patients, it wouldn't be a busy forum on a daily basis. But if you are trying to grab new members' attention when they scan down the list of available forums here and the website has the space, why not try it on a trial basis? I know I don't quite fall in line with the IBS group, nor the Colitis one but between the two forums I've been able to glean my own knowledge from both and find my own way. It's been my observation that people suffering from yellow bile discharge after GB surgery, find their own way too because their symptoms often times mimic IBS.

I've often wished there was a forum for people like me - who didn't have the IBS diagnosis or any bowel issue diagnosis, before having my colon resection (in my case from cancer). There are quite a few of us who find ourselves experiencing bowel issues, like IBS, Colitis, but we didn't get here the "traditional" way. I have no idea what name you'd give our forum but I have read more than just a few posts from members who start out their first post by stating they had bowel resections due to......blockage, nicks from other nearby abdominal surgeries, or cancer, like me. And then we have to somehow manage our symptoms to coexist in a normal bowel population. It's frustrating to say the least. Which is why we hang with you good folks!!!! You can relate to what we're going thru....

But I am getting off track.

I say try a GB forum for a month and see if you gather interest. If you start one, please consider having "inape" (I think that's her nickname here), contribute for a first info post, she's a WEALTH of info and sincere help to those that really need it.

Mary/Marsky

Well I sometimes feel as though I don't fit in anywhere. And so want to live as normally as possible. It will be 12 years this summer that my troubles began (after my temporary ostomy was reversed). I guess at times I wish I could find someone in my boat so to speak. But then other times and I should say most of the time I would never wish this situation upon anyone (except for Bin Laden, as I always like to say.....). It's awful to go from having normal bowel habits (1 bm a day, usually) to experiencing multiple bm's per day (you don't even want to know how many it can be....sigh). The only sure fire way I can reduce the # per day is to eat very light or not at all. And you can't go thru life like this. So I eat and foods that I think agree with my now touchy gut and make the best of it.

And we also got a new puppy 2 weeks ago. My life has been literally turned upside down since we got him but oh how we love this little guy. We had become quite lazy and trusting of dogs not to chew (our Golden never chewed). Now we have lamps unplugged, we need to charge laptops and cell phones up high. We have everything put away that he likes to chew on (slippers, etc.). I'm pretty much sleep deprived still but it will get better. He's very cute and is already fast on his way to becoming my new "therapy" dog. Didn't feel well 3 nights ago, got up at midnight to take care of things and knew he could hear me in the bathroom. So I got him out of his crate and he curled up near me in the bathroom. For 3 hours. Now that is devotion!

You'll figure out if we need a new forum or not. Whatever you and the Admin. decide is fine. When people come here with GB questions they are usually answered within a few days.

I agree. I think a gallbladder forum would be excellent.

Another vote for a Gallbladder Forum.