Gall Bladder had to come out

Well I had a fainting spell at the beginning of the month, probably due to stress but my dr ordered a bunch of tests for that. When I had the abdominal scan they noticed I had gall stones. I was having some pains to the right of my incision but I never thought it was my gall stones. So I saw my surgeon on Tuesday for my one year appt and he said my gall bladder has to come out before it gets to bad and I cannot bear the pain. I had the surgery yesterday and I am home recouperating. I have 2 weeks off of work. I am really pretty good on the pain level. This is a piece of cake compared to the bypass. I think since I had a lot of pain with that one this has not been that bad. I did not even need any calming meds before the surgery. I was calm as a cucumber, I trust my surgeon a million percent. And when I woke up I did a great job and I did not need any pain meds. I guess weighing 145 pounds less really helps. They all told me this was common about us that have had the surgery. I just wanted to share my experience with you. I hope everyone is doing well. I am just 5 pounds from my goal, of course this puts a kink into things since I am swollen. LOL Suzanne 300/155/150

I hope you heal up quickly! Sounds like the surgery went very well for you~that's great!!! Tracy B 328/161/??? 5'9"

Hi Suzanne I am glad to hear that the surgery is not that bad. I have to have my gallbladder out on Thursday the 23rd. I am also looking at two weeks out of work. Eianne

I have to say that the pain is much worse today than yesterday but the vicodin has been helping with that. I did manage to get out today and shop a bit which was nice. I am able to get around so much better this time around. He was able to do it laproscopically because I did not have ton of scar tissue from the surgery so hopefully it will work out that way for you too. Suzanne

The doctor will be prescribing lortab for me. She said she can do it laproscopically as well. Has the surgery affected your eating? Right now, I am usually nauseous. I am hoping that following the surgery, the pain in my "gut" for lack of a better word, and my nausea will go away. I am glad that this is working out for you. Take care of yourself. Dianne

I have been able to go back to normal eating without a problem. I was never nauseous before surgery so I was lucky about that one. Keep me posted on your progress.

Hi Suzanne! I'm glad to hear that you are doing well after your gall bladder surgery. I hope you don't mind me asking, I had WLS on January 10, 2005 and my surgeon had me take Actigall for one year to prevent any problems with my gall bladder. Were you also taking Actigall after your surgery? This crossed my mind since I wondered if the Actigall truly prevents problems with the gall bladder. Aloha, Pat 261/148/125

Nope. My Dr. did not have me on anything to prevent this from happening. I knew in the end that it would have to come out sooner or later because of the weight loss. I read alot about it when I was doing my research into WLS. Suzanne

Suzanne, Glad to hear that everything went fine with your surgery. I sometimes feel like a ticking time bomb when it comes to my gallbladder because most have them taken out and I still have mine. I feel like it could start giving me problems at any time, although I haven't had any problems with it so far. Okay take care of yourself!!! Becky

Hi Suzanne I'm home. Had the gallbladder out yesterday. I was supposed to come home last night, but I flunked the pee test. I've put on 7 pounds in two days..prabably the IV drip. I am pretty miserable today. Oh and the kicker, the nurses went out on strike yesterday...a 2 day strike. One could take this personally but me Nahhhh. Tell me it gets better! Dianne