Anyone else had their gallbladder removed?

I had my gallbladder removed about a year or 2 before UC.  The surgeon said back then that I may have "minor" problems needing to go to the bathroom after eating certain things, or too much.

I used to take Immodium before going out, and all was ok.

Now that I have UC, I am sitting here wondering how much I am blaming on the UC that may be from the lack of a galbladder. 

Has anyone else here had their GB removed?

 

Quincy, I don't know what those are. Can you explain?

I had it wrong....it was Questran I was thinking of....it's a bile salt sequestrant which absorbs excess bile salts/acids.

This question/answer article explains it well...maybe that's part of your problem at this point since you don't have a gallbladder.

http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/diarrhea-after-gallbladder-surgery.html

q

Had my gallbladder out about 5 years now.  I still have problems proceessing fats and stay lowfat diet because of that.  My "symptoms" got better getting rid of it - the pain under my ribs, etc. (I have one huge stone and inflammation bad).  I have found that it is hard sometimes to decide whether symptoms are UC or digestive - IBS, etc.  There is where WHAT I eat makes a difference.

ElaineNY

There is a girl in the IBS forum who said for that issue to take Caltrate 600 with Vit D one tab with each meal for a few weeks and that solves that problem...  Check it out might be on page 1,2,3 of IBS forum, they all talking about it.

-V

I had my gallbladder out 2 years ago. I knew that I had stones prior to that, but they were "silent" until they made their presence known with a vengence. At that time, I had also been experiencing upper digestive problems, food would sit heavy in my stomach - especially meat (disproportionate to the amount eaten). After the gallbladder was removed, I felt really good for about a year. So I thought the digestive problem was related to the gall bladder. When I started having bleeding nearly a year ago, which turned out to be ulcerative proctiits, again my upper digestive system caused problems and I had canker sores during this whole time. The doc says the two problems (UP & upper digestive) are unrelated & I'll be having an endoscopic exam in a couple of weeks to see if there is an obstruction, which is the theory at this point. Interestingly, but loosely related, I have been on azathioprine since February and I have started growing additional scalp hair, which had been thining for several years (no family history of hair loss - my brothers have more hair than I do:( . Some forms of alopecia are due to faulty immune systems. So maybe for me the hair loss was like the 'canary in the mine', an early sign of problems with the immune system. Anyway, just some thoughts on the matter.