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A 47-year-old female asked:
What can i expect 3 months after gallbladder removal?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Creighton Wrightanswered
surgery 58 years experience
Good: Most pain should be gone, appetite better.
May still have some different bowel habits.
May exercize, get weight in order.
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Dr. Arthur Helleranswered
Gastroenterology 45 years experience
Overall better: Some have diarrhea, which typically resolves. Pain should resolve. May ;#40;likely;#41; get internal scars ;#40;adhesions;#41; which usually cause no problems, but might cause pain. Rarely recurrent stones. Most people feel much better.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
What to expect for gallbladder removal?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Robert Uyedaanswered
General Surgery 47 years experience
Surgery these days: Is laparoscopic, so you should have little pain. You should take off from work for a few days, depending on how physical your work is, up to a week. You might get some intermittent food related pain for few weeks, up to two months. But after that you should be near 100% normal. More importantly, you will get no further gallstone attacks.
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Last updated Feb 27, 2018
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