gall bladder removal

hi, I have not had gastric bypass yet, but am curious about the gall bladder surgery.  I have been having pain in my upper right quadrant area, radiating to my back.  It comes and goes, but I'm guessing its my gall bladder. I weigh over 440 lbs. Have any of you of this size had the gb removed prior to weight loss surgery? What could I expect? Thanks!

Sorry I don't have any information, but I wanted to offer you my support.  (((Hugs)))

i had mine removed, but not 'til 14 months after my rny.  best of luck to you!

Sounds like the pain I was having but mine wasn't removed until 4 months after WLS and I had lost 100 pounds, So I was down to 274 at the time of surgery. They told me the day of WLS that it needed to come out but they wouldn't do them at the same time. Every DR is different. My gallbladder surgery was done Lap, and it was nothing - I was in the hospital at 6:00AM ( after an hour drive) and then home by 2:30PM.  I was off two weeks, but didn't need it and played most of the second week. Best wishes to you!

HEY BOBBIE,          BLESS YOUR HEART I KNOW FIRST HAND HOW THAT FEELS UGH... I HAD MINE REMOVED YEARS AGO BEFORE WLS AND I WAS 400LBS. BUT IT IS HARD TO COMPARE MINE TO YOURS OR REALLY ANYONE ELSES TO TELL YA THE TRUTH. I SEEN PEOPLE FIRST HAND GO BACK TO WORK AFTER TWO DAYS, I HAD MINE LAP WISE AND TOOK ME LIKE SIX WEEKS TO RECOVER. BUT....... I ALSO WAITED TILL MINE WAS TERRIBLE. I LAYED AT HOME LIKE A DYING DOG I TELL YA BECAUSE OF FEAR OF GOING TO THE DR. I WAS ALWAYS LIKE THAT. FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN I GUESS YOU CAN CALL IT. BUT THAT IS WHY I SAY PLEASE DONT WAIT. MY ADVICE. ....AT LEAST IT WILL BE OVER FOR YOU SOON AND YOU WILL FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. I WAS AN IDIOT FOR WAITING,. I ACTUALLY WAS THE MAIN REASON FOR ME NOT HEALING AND BOUNCING BACK QUICKLY. SO KEEP US POSTED AND GOOD LUCK... HUGS MARGE          

I had gall bladder surgery in 1999, at about 350lbs.  I haven't had WLS yet.  Your pain sounds like gall bladder, but you should definitely check with a doc.  I let mine go long enough that it turned in to pancreatitis.  I was really sick though, for about 4 months with 1-2 week bouts of nausea and vomiting along with pain, followed by a week of just pain.  My little brother also just had his out (13), he had constant nagging pain in the same area as you but never got as sick as I did - it actually took a year to diagnose because the first round of tests didn't show anything, so they ran every other stomach oriented test available before going back to look at the gb six months later - when the tests showed it needed to come out.  Poor kid.  Be careful, talk to a doc, because symptoms of heart problems can also sometimes manifest as that type of pain.  But if its gb, you'll feel a million times better after its gone!  Depending on your weight and abdominal thickness they most often do it laparoscopically, but now and again still do it open.  I stayed in the hospital for 1 night, my brother and a friend of mine who had it done recently both left the same day.  If everything goes well you'll be sore for a little while, and some foods won't agree with you (in my case mainly fried things, which isn't a bad thing!)  Oh, and I know this is graphic, but when I'd have an attack coming on I'd pretty much always have oily yellow liquid BMs.  That is also a symptom that its not working right.  Best of luck, I hope you feel better soon! Jenn

Thanks for all the replies.  I woke up today with my stomach hurting--feels like gas, though.  Hopefully I will make an appt. with my dr. if I can get up the nerve.  I HATE GOING TO DOCTORS!   Well, thanks again.