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In accordance with Lounge rules...gall bladders, who needs them?
April 5, 2016 at
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So I get mine removed in the morning. I hear it's more or less routine and that we don't technically need them. So I'm giving mine up.
I'm going to ask that the put it in a jar so I can bring it home.
I'm going to ask that the put it in a jar so I can bring it home.
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After several bouts the past 2 years of extreme abdominal pain and vomiting, I had to have emergency surgery last week to remove my gallbladder.
Was told it was the worst case any of the surgical team had ever seen. Extremely inflamed with several stones, and one stone that had passed, was blocking a bile duct. Pain was so bad after surgery that I had to be restrained from throwing myself out of the window of my room. Spent 5 days in the hospital. Unable to eat and barely able to sleep. A stent was put in to help with the stuck bile duct stone, and it has to be removed in a few more weeks.
Does this get better? I still can't sleep more than an hour or so at a time sitting upright. Can't lay on my side. No appetite and usually stop at 6-8 small bites. Anything I eat goes right through me. The pain is still pretty bad, and not managed well; they are blaming staffing shortages for this and every other mistake.
Anyone else unable to eat the first several weeks?
I hope for your sake, you get relief very soon. It's definitely painful.
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I hope for your sake, you get relief very soon. It's definitely painful.
I can't eat at all and have lost 10 pounds since surgery a week ago. Food either isn't appealing or just goes right through me, and I'm not doing any fatty foods at all since they still need to go back in and remove a stent.
The pain is unbearable. I got a lecture about pain and medication and then, in the same breath, the resident acknowledges again how bad my gallbladder was and tells me not to compare my operation to anyone else's. (I keep hearing the pain should've subsided more than it has.)
Can only catch an hour or two of sleep sitting in an upright position. Everything else hurts.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
I was fortunate my gall bladder removal and recovery was completely non-eventful. I rather strictly followed their guidelines, and took complete and total rest for two weeks afterward.
Been over 2 years since removing mine and still getting used to it.
Yesterday I woke up after 9 hours of sleep. So I slept well. Ate breakfast and it went right through me. Was miserable and in bed the rest of the day. When the food goes right through you, it fatigues you and also your heart rate changes and you get hot and sweaty... But most of that goes away except for the extreme exhaustion.
I was fortunate my gall bladder removal and recovery was completely non-eventful. I rather strictly followed their guidelines, and took complete and total rest for two weeks afterward.
So far, 95% of my time has been spent trying to find food to eat (you'd think this would be easy for a vegetarian) and in the bathroom passing loose or watery stool. The idea of going through another surgery in 3 weeks is sheer anguish.
So far, 95% of my time has been spent trying to find food to eat (you'd think this would be easy for a vegetarian) and in the bathroom passing loose or watery stool. The idea of going through another surgery in 3 weeks is sheer anguish.
They'll likely remove the stent via ERCP, i.e., a scope down your gullet.
Hope you start feeling better!
SIDE NOTE: Whatever happened to The Raddish?
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Hope you start feeling better!
SIDE NOTE: Whatever happened to The Raddish?
Donde esta el Raddishio? Indeed.