Reba -- re. Gallbladder?

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Reba, I have had the same experience, with the excruciating pain behind

the breastbone, along with severe nausea and dry heaves (I've never

actually thrown up since my RNY). It happens to me when I eat something

too quickly, or eat too much at once, or eat something too high in fat

or carbs. I've been told that it's *not* dumping (which I've never

experienced), but to my mind, that's exactly what it is. It seems to be

my body's way of reacting to a " food overdose " , whether in quality or

quantity. Like you, I've found that the only way to get past it is to

ride it out. I've tried Gravol, but it makes no difference -- it always

lasts two or three hours, and sometimes quite a bit longer.

I hate having everything blamed on my surgery too, but I do think this

one is a direct result of our plumbing having been drastically

reworked. I don't have a gallbladder, so I can't blame that, but a

couple of times I've had the pain continue for a couple of days, and

when I've seen my doctor, he's noticed liver tenderness. I'm thinking,

in my uninformed layperson's way, that maybe our digestive system just

overloads somehow, and over-stimulates the liver? Funny what the human

body will do when it's challenged, huh?

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RNY September 19, 2001

Panniculectomy/hernia repair Oct. 15, 2003

Dr. Freeman, Ottawa General Hospital

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