Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | had gallbladder surgery in march

The surgery itself is very easy. I had very little pain in the days after the surgery. I think it depends on whether they make the main incision above or below the navel. Below causes more pain than above.
As for the D after surgery, yep, I had it big time! I did take the questran for a while, but eventually was able to go off of it after about a month or so. I took it mainly so that I would be able to return to work. I lost quite a bit of weight (55lbs) during all the problems over the last 9 months (started having gallbladder attacks in Dec.) but I'm very overweight, so that is not a big deal for me. Whether you decide to have yours taken out is a choice only you and your dr. can make based on the information you have available. I'm an IBS A, so I knew that the D was going to probably be a big problem for me. Several other friends have had the surgery and had the same type of problems. I think it's just more pronounced if you already have digestive problems to begin with, but the questran helped for me in the short term. I still have bouts of severe D (been having that the last couple of weeks) but now it really isn't any different than it was before the surgery. I'm back to my own personal version of "normal." lol

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