Yes, that was my experience. I gained about 8 pounds and I didn't think much of it. I had had such terrible stomach pain before finding out what the problem was I assumed I was just eating more 'cause I felt better and that everything would even out. The weight stayed.....
I had terrible gas, bloating, and diarrhea right away after the surgery. It was uncomfortable and embarrassing. I went back to my doctor and he said he didn't know what the problem was and had never had another patient experience this. He told me to take over-the-counter bulking products (such as Metamucil) and that just made it worse.
Then, after a few weeks passed, he called me and asked me to come back to his office. He had called other doctors and surgeons he knew and they had had a few patients like me. He was told to put me on a very small amount of Questran everyday. It is a prescription cholesterol medication in powder form. (It actually looks just like a large can of powdered baby formula.) He said it is rare but a few patients cannot handle the digestion of fats the same after their gall bladder removal and the Questran helps by taking the fats past the digestion process and right to the bowel. I have been taking 1/8 teaspoon dissolved in a small amount of fluid for years now.
There are still some foods that I don't digest well, for example corn, but I take vitamins every day and eat what I want to. It may take a little while, but you will probably even out and things will get better.
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