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    Went to the hospital this morning in extreme pain. I figured it was either a really big kidney stone (I'd had them before and this pain was similar but worse) or something entirely different.

    It turned out the pain was actually from gallstones, though I also have small kidney stones in both kidneys! I have to follow up with a gastroenterologist and a urologist, and from the sound of it there's a good chance I'll have to have my gallbladder out, but it's not an emergency yet.

    Make room in the Unofficial CS Missing Gallbladder club!
    The fact that jellyfish have survived for 650 million years despite not having brains gives hope to many people.

    You would have to be incredibly dense for the world to revolve around you.
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    Hope your surgery goes better than mine did.
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      I had my gall bladder out a few months ago. Doctor said I had the biggest gall stone he'd ever seen and I was probably only hours away from a rupture when they operated. Worst pain I've ever experienced. The surgery was laparoscopic, so healing was pretty non eventful. Biggest change I've noticed is that I'm not experiencing, er, gastrointestinal distress nearly as often.

      Hope you're able to get your stones cleared up with a minimum of fuss and no complications.
      You're only delaying the inevitable, you run at your own expense. The repo man gets paid to chase you. ~Argabarga

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        I see many amusement park visits in your future...

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          I had ONE gallbladder attack, and they were like "Yup. This has to come out. like NOW. but we will give you until next week to make arrangements with work".

          Wasn't too awful of a surgery, within 10 days I was back at work. My advice is to buy OTC ranitidine or Omeprazole for heartburn (I had heart burn for about 2 years after the surgery, off and on) have a cozy pillow to hug to your stomach if you have to cough or sneeze and buy laxatives if pain meds hurt your stomach.

          Oh and stretchy waist pants. I lived in sweat pants for the entire 10 days I was out.

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            Quoth TheSHAD0W View Post
            I see many amusement park visits in your future...
            Funny enough, my stepdad sent me the same link when he found out! I asked him if he was hinting as to what my Christmas present was going to be this year...

            My biggest challenge right now is dealing with diet changes. Until I see the GI specialist the advice I have is "no fatty or greasy foods." I've come to discover that that's actually not a lot of help, since salad dressing or cheese could be considered fatty but doesn't seem like the kind of thing to set off my gallbladder. Hopefully this trial-and-error thing goes well until then. When you combine that with my limited diet for the kidney stones and the fact that we went grocery shopping for the month literally the day before yesterday so we've already used up most of our grocery money and we're stuck with what we've got, my diet has been salads and... well, salads.
            The fact that jellyfish have survived for 650 million years despite not having brains gives hope to many people.

            You would have to be incredibly dense for the world to revolve around you.

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              The no fatty or greasy foods thing is more of a guideline (at least after removal) according to what my doctor told me. He said lots of people who've had their gall bladder out don't have to make any dietary changes at all, and to monitor my own responses and adjust accordingly. My experience has been that I only have troubles if I eat a lot of fried foods, which I don't do often in any case. I can see where it would possibly cause more trouble before the gall bladder comes out, as the stones might be blocking the ducts (which get hooked directly into the intestines when the gall bladder is removed- its job is just to concentrate the bile your liver produces to help break down fats).
              You're only delaying the inevitable, you run at your own expense. The repo man gets paid to chase you. ~Argabarga

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                On my second project with the And Sign, a coworker had to miss her first two weeks because of gall bladder surgery. She seemed to be well after she returned to work.
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                • #9
                  Had mine out after lil Ray was born...oh, I hurt up til then, but thought it was normal after pregnancy pain. After the surgery, I felt so much better!

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                    Fortunately, I'm managing the pain just fine for now, and the diet changes are (slowly) getting easier. The only time I needed one of my heavy-duty pain pills was when Little Ara decided to wake me up by plopping down on my back (she's 2 and was trying to play, so I don't really blame her for it). I'm still waiting for the insurance company to get back to me about seeing the GI specialist but I think I'll be okay until then.
                    The fact that jellyfish have survived for 650 million years despite not having brains gives hope to many people.

                    You would have to be incredibly dense for the world to revolve around you.

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