Gallbladder free and alive!

G'day! I'm back....   

Much better anasthetic this time.  Which has meant I have overdone it by going out shopping too often... but luckily pain is quick at letting you know when to slow down or stop.

Dr said I can't use my exercise bike   for a MONTH!!!!!!!  I nearly fell over at that prospect, and said "At this time of year? with all the Christmas goodies? Can't I even go walking?"

I was imagining the figure I've worked so hard for taking on a seasonally appropriate santa shape.

  

Thankfully he said I could walk '10km if you want'. Phew! But, with a tender tummy I think I'll start slowly.  Very slowly....  

Em  

Good to see you back and glad everything went ok. Kathy

Thanks Kathy.

BTW- that's one CUTE puppy doggy!

Em

Yes, it will be hard! But you will do what you need to do. After knwoing how hard you will work to drop 5#, it takes a bit of wind out of those happy hands reaching.  Good to see ya!

Thanks Neece

I'm already strengthening my resolve in preparation for those temptation moments.

I agree, it certainly leaves an impression on you when you know how hard it is to get rid of it later.  I keep reminding myself that little tastes are a normal part of enjoying the season... big tastes are a not!

Em

 

glad it went well for ya! i was back working within a week of having mine out. the tender tummy doesn't last that long. :)

I must say, I do feel remarkably well.  It's just the weird swollen angles of the skin near the incisions.

I have finished for the year at work, as my surgeon said no lifting and I work with small children who need lifting. So I get an extra long holiday this summer.  

     

Em

 

funny thing with me and my gallbladder surgery...........my best friend had her gall bladder removed about a yr before i had to have mine removed. her belly button incision got infected and just looked plain nasty. when it came my time, i was more terrified that i would end up with an ugly belly button than i was of the actual surgery.

I was scared of the anasthetic more than the surgery.

I told the anesthetist that I would put up with the pain and not to give me morphine under any cir****tance- they think that's what I may have reacted to last time.

My bellybutton is thankfully looking pretty much as it always had- I am sure the excess skin helped them strech it through!  LOL!

Em 

Thanks Em. That's Dusty. He is our dog who has epilepsy. Kathy