Did anyone have this?

Ok, I had my gall bladder out two years ago.
Before I had surgery everyone said it would be no big deal. The doctor said that only 5% of the people have a problem. Well..........low and behold I was in that 5%. After they took out my gall bladder, the doctor thought he saw some stones, so when I woke up they told me I had to be put back out so they could preform a ERCP. While doing that procedure, I woke up gagging they knocked me back out. Anyway long story short, I went home that night only to wake up in horrible pain. Went back to ER and was told that I was having a severe case of pancreatitus. They told me a normal lipase count is 200 and mine was 20,000. The good news is, I did recover and have not had a problems since.

Now,  I told you all of that to ask if anyone else has had any problems with their pancreas and still went through with the surgery? I'm scared that something will go wrong again. Yes I spoke to my doctor but thought I'd ask the forum to see if anyone experienced any problems.

Sherry

Dear Sherry,

I'm sorry to hear that you had such a difficult time when you had your gallbladder removed. I had mine removed, but without incident. I can understand your concern and think that talking with your surgeon about the likelyhood it would occur again and what would be done if it did would probably be what I would do. Even if I had the experience that you had, I'd probably opt for the surgery, but want to know what can be done to keep it from happening or to mitigate any issues if it does. 

Wishing you all the best,

Thanks Barbara,

I didn't really expect that many people to respond because as I said, it's those people in the 5% chance range. But I appreciate your response.

Have a great day,
Sherry

Hi Sherry,

Like you, I always seem to find myself in that .05 percent. I had a punctured colon when I had my RNY... rare, but it happens and it happened to me. That said, I'd do it again. 

Hope all goes well,

Count me in the 5%.  I had exactly the same gallbladder experience minus the pancreatitus.  Sorry, I can't help you there.  Just wanted to chime in and tell you your not alone.  I even woke up during the ERCP.  I just remember the Dr yelling at whoever was in charge of knocking me out to "Hurry the hell up and get her back to sleep"!    

There is a risk for pancreatitis with any ERCP, from having to shoot dye into your Common Bile Duct. It is small and located very close to the pancreatic duct, so the dye sometimes makes its way into the wrong duct and causes pancreatitis. They are not working with you bile duct or pancreatic duct, and do not inject any dye so I do not think the risk of pancreatitis is a complication from a RNY.

Not sure if that hepls ease your fear or not, but I wish all the best to you,
Audra