Posted on 03/27/2019 10:53:53 PM PDT by Romans Nine
Be well. It does run in families. My dad, his sister and my cousin had it removed. They were all thim. I have had an attack, but no removal...yet.
My gall bladder exploded in 30s.
Somewhat fat and a male.
Over the years i’ve had two immediate next door neighbors have acute gall bladder attacks. In each case I saw them stagger doubled over in agony make their way to vehicles for trip to ER. Good luck!
Wow prayers your way sir. May you find relief quickly and be back on your feet in no time!
I suffered my entire adult life until age 55 with unknown - and apparently undiagnosable - occasional drop to the floor pain and persistent stress, sufficient to keep me in a constant state of near panic. That went on for 35 years. Finally, after a 6 hour bout of steady state cat 10 pain I was seen by a triage nurse who asked if I had pain between the shoulder blades. “Yes” resulted in a cat scan and surgery 2 ours later. I awoke to bliss. “It’s quiet,” was my first impression.
Have had no issues since other than diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and their attendant conditions. Besides 5 way bypass and a pacemaker, removing my gall bladder was the best thing I ever did. I highly recommend getting rid of the beast.
Get well soon, friend. God bless.
My good friend and Co-worker put his wife in the car and drove her to emergency room instead of calling 9-11. She unfortunately had a heart attack and passed on the way. They wouldn’t touch her at hospital. Take a lesson- call for help! They arrive quickly, have oxygen and meds at the ready, could have saved her.
Good advice. Broke my hip last summer. Wanted to go home and rest. Was at a tropical fish club meeting. Friends called an ambulance. 6 months later I am doing great.
My gallbladder was removed about 10 years ago. The surgery is very easy and I went home that day. No problems ever since.
A year ago my daughter had hers removed at age 29. She is thin and very active. She had minor complication because she was thin. Doctor misjudged incision and cut into intestine.
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that makes no sense.
In surgery incisions are made in layers.
Laparscopic.i believe they enter three places with probe like devices.
I had mine removed in 1972 six weeks after having my second child. It started out as a dull ache in my side and then I woke up with the worst pain of my life.
The surgery, back then, was a little more involved and I had to spend an entire week in the hospital . The recovery wasn’t bad and the doctor told me I could go back to eating anything I wanted. He lied. Fatty foods are a no no and ice cream will cause be big problems. Let’s just say I know where the rest room is everywhere I go. Almost 47 years later, I still have some digestive problems but I know how to deal with them.
Good luck on your surgery.
As I understand it, the gall bladder does nothing but store bile which is used to digest those fatty foods, probably in that first minute or two. After you ingest some fatty foods the brain gets a message that it better produce more bile and everything is okay.
My own gall bladder removal was a result of being diagnosed with hereditary spherocytosis. (Enlarged spleen was the symptom, but no pain was involved.) This causes my red blood cells to be more spherical than egg shaped which in turn caused my spleen to remove them more rapidly than it otherwise would as they age. When it does this it produces bilirubin which can form gall stones. In my case these were observed via xrays when they were about to remove my spleen and so I never really has the problem that you had; but I might have. (The liver takes over the function of getting rid of old red blood cells, so not having a spleen hasn't been a problem for me though my doctors tell me it reduces the effectivity of my immune system.)
ML/NJ
Good luck mate.
Missouri.
I’m with this brother here.
Prayers to you and your family. It sounds like they have treated you well and you’re fortunate not to have a socialized system.
I hope you’re back on your feet quick. I’m not many years behind you. We’re still young, you’ll bounce back quickly.
Ping
As an Octogenarian I feel pretty lucky but I have to give all the kudos to the Cabernet.
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