I have suffered from severe gallbladder type pain for 11yrs. i had it removed 9yrs ago and still suffer. what could be wrong?

May be: Post cholecystectomy syndrome. Surgeon or gastroenterologist can evaluate you.

May be: Post cholecystectomy syndrome. Surgeon or gastroenterologist can evaluate you.

Get re-evaluated: If your gallbladder was removed years ago, but you still get the same pain, there are 2 possibilities: sometimes a gallstone gets left behind in a duct outside of the gallbladder, or else the pain was from something other than the gallbladder all along (liver, pancreas, ulcer, gastritis, irritable bowel, etc.). A family doctor or internist can ask questions, examine you and run tests to find out.

Liver sludge: The problem that caused gall stones is still there. Liver produces the bile which needs b6 as pyridoxal 5 phosphate and phosphatidyl choline. Once the bile flow normalizes pain will stop.

Sphincter oddi: May just be functional but disorders such as sphincter of oddi dysfunction or even recurrent acute pancreatitis vs chronic, should be considered.