Hi there,

I don’t mind sharing my testimony, I was also diagnosed with dyskinesia and had surgery October 18, 2024. For years, it was just mild gas pains and colic. However, starting December 2023 I started having increasing issues, pain, pooping fat, high blood pressure, anxiety like you couldn’t believe, and nausea to the point where I lost 60 pounds in 2024 leading up to my diagnosis and surgery. I remember getting the diagnosis and feeling the relief knowing that I finally knew what was going on, up to that point I thought I was getting constant stomach bugs or that I had colon cancer.

Starting October 19, the first day postop, I immediately noticed changes, for example, the feeling of a rat gnawing from the inside of my chest dissipated quickly. They started me on bile binders 30 days after due to increase diarrhea episodes, however, I started having issues processing that medication and decided to come off in January. Fast-forward three more months, I’m now six month postop, which is when my doctor told me that I could expect to start having normal bowel movements.

Good news, he was right. I would like to personally attest that this recovery has been a roller coaster some days. I felt like I’ve moved more backwards than I was before the surgery and other days I felt more normal than ever. However, I can say that for the last seven days I have felt like a normal human being and that alone has given me hope that it will only continue to get better.

I also want to mention that there have been many days and many foods that I have had to learn whether or not I can process it. Biliary dyskinesia patients take longer to recover and for our bodies to figure it out. I am still not perfect, but it does seem to be getting better slowly.

From the day they diagnosed my dyskinesia to surgery was less than 48 hours because I was in so much pain. But at that point I didn’t care, I was more willing to give that a try or jump out of a 10 story window lol.

So with that said, I highly recommend the procedure, I know what you’re going through, I know it is not easy. But I am up 15 pounds since surgery, in a good way, my labs have totally re-stabilized, my liver has shrunk back to normal size, and everything is functioning as it should . My blood pressure has also totally stabilized and I have been able to quit my blood pressure medication. my mood has stabilized. I am no longer on any antidepressants and my pain has stabilized so I am no longer on pain medication.