gall bladder

Post by **Underpants?** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:15 pm

Anyone know someone / have had this removed themselves? I'm curious, is the recovery a bitch, usually? Any complications?
I know these are usually questions for a surgeon / doc, but so far of the people I've asked, I've had several different answers, which irritates me. I feel sometimes as if doctors dumb down the explaination of procedures and in doing so, omit certain important details.

Post by **Captain** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:16 pm

An aunt of mine just had hers removed a couple weeks ago. She spent a week here as she needed to be taken care of. By the looks of it, the recovery is pretty much a bitch with extreme fatigue and stomach pains.

Post by **Underpants?** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:20 pm

Captain Mazda wrote:An aunt of mine just had hers removed a couple weeks ago. She spent a week here as she needed to be taken care of. By the looks of it, the recovery is pretty much a bitch with extreme fatigue and stomach pains.

God Damnit
She was fairly immobile, then? In good shape, physically? Any aversion to pain meds or was she still in that much pain despite taking them?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:24 pm

Underpants? wrote:
Captain Mazda wrote:An aunt of mine just had hers removed a couple weeks ago. She spent a week here as she needed to be taken care of. By the looks of it, the recovery is pretty much a bitch with extreme fatigue and stomach pains.
God Damnit
She was fairly immobile, then? In good shape, physically? Any aversion to pain meds or was she still in that much pain despite taking them?

he neglected to tell you she's already a cripple.

Post by **Underpants?** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:38 pm

oh well, then that changes things, sorry to hear it tho'.

Post by **Canidae** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:39 pm

Someone who posts here said that they had their gallbladder removed.

I think its similar to having an appendix removed except you need to watch what you eat after being without a gallbladder.

Post by **Underpants?** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:47 pm

Hmm, interesting point, am I understanding that the GB main function is storing bile? So maybe shying away from food saturated in fats would be good, then?

Post by **Canidae** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:53 pm

Yeah, thats what I heard.

Post by **S@M** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:06 pm

its day surgery - laproscopic so should need a day or two for recovery, expect some mild pain that should be coverable by OTC meds, if not, theres a problem.

You dont need to regulate your diet at all, just eat healthy food, fatty foods and spicy foods are fine too though. You may get the trots post op, thats normal and will clear up by itself in a day or so

gl

Post by **Underpants?** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:26 pm

Good info, thanks for sharing your knowledge fellas, the lucky patient is already recovering and I'll be visiting shortly.
Thanks for the wishes, too sammy

Post by **Scourge** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:13 pm

My wife had hers removed years ago. I'll ask her about it when she get's home.

Post by **demonglitter** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:21 pm

My mom had hers removed quite some time ago. All I remember is something about they forgot to leave a drainage tube and from the waste she caught jondice. Had to stay in the hospital a long time after, cause she was really sick. Leaves a huge scar too. But like I said that was a long time ago and I am sure procedures have changed......

Post by **Scourge** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:40 pm

My wife had hers done laproscopic and was fine the next day. She said her shoulders hurt a bit and she felt a bit puffy, but that was it.

Post by **demonglitter** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:18 am

The reason her shoulders hurt was because when they are doing surgery in the abdominal region they pump you full of this gas, so that they have more room to move around with out puncturing organs. The gas has no where to escape once they sew you up, so it travels in the body and mainly gets trapped in the shoulders. This last surgery I had two weeks ago, which made surgery number six, my experince with the gas wasn't as bad as my surgery before that. Feels like your shoulder is jammed up and you cant get any relief what so ever. It eventually goes away, takes longer in some people rather than others. I cant remember if my doctor suggested I lay flat or elevated to help with the gas pains. Good luck if you are about to have surgery.... Hope all goes well

Post by **Scourge** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:19 am

That's pretty much what she said.

Post by **saturn** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:30 am

demonglitter wrote:The reason her shoulders hurt was because when they are doing surgery in the abdominal region they pump you full of this gas, so that they have more room to move around with out puncturing organs. The gas has no where to escape once they sew you up, so it travels in the body and mainly gets trapped in the shoulders. This last surgery I had two weeks ago, which made surgery number six, my experince with the gas wasn't as bad as my surgery before that. Feels like your shoulder is jammed up and you cant get any relief what so ever. It eventually goes away, takes longer in some people rather than others. I cant remember if my doctor suggested I lay flat or elevated to help with the gas pains. Good luck if you are about to have surgery.... Hope all goes well

Just to get you informed and clear up things like "gas trapped in shoulder" nonsense.

Laparoscopy requires insufflation of the abdomen with carbon dioxide gas to create a working/viewing space. This causes hyperextension of your diaphragm muscle which forms the upper border of your abdomen which sensory input is delivered through the phrenic nerve. Irritation of this nerve can lead to referred pain in the C4 dermatome. Shoulder area!

FYI, the abdomen is desufflated at the end of the operation before the surgeons SEW you up. Some carbon dioxide gas remains there, but is absorped into the bloodstream and exchanged inside your lungs quite rapidly.

Post by **saturn** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:32 am

oh yeah, mostly it's the right shoulder that's hurting

Post by **Underpants?** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:37 am

Interesting information, my Dutch-Asian friend.
thanks for all the pointers people, it was just like Splourge's experience, no big deal although the damned thing was so stoned it was nearly double in size and the duct was fuct, so it took a bit of finesse from the sound of things.
Frickin' sweet pictures.

Post by **Geebs** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:45 am

Saturn's competely right; I'd also add that a) cutting out fat from your diet is a good way of avoiding the symptoms of biliary colic while you're waiting for operations, b) many people who have chronic gallbladder problems have a gallbladder which is permanently scarred up and full of stones, and won't miss it - don't need any change in diet after it's gone, and c) many of the middle aged females who've had their gallbladder out are mental and their stomach pains tend to carry on after the op :-)

Post by **S@M** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:46 am

Scourge wrote:My wife had hers removed years ago. I'll ask her about it when she get's home.

lmao - it sounds like she has not been back since the surgery :icon25:
tell me it aint so

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:04 am

don't you think you've had enough removed?

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:13 am

S@M wrote:
Scourge wrote:My wife had hers removed years ago. I'll ask her about it when she get's home.
lmao - it sounds like she has not been back since the surgery :icon25:
tell me it aint so

lol

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:54 pm

Underpants? wrote:Interesting information, my Dutch-Asian friend.
thanks for all the pointers people, it was just like Splourge's experience, no big deal although the damned thing was so stoned it was nearly double in size and the duct was fuct, so it took a bit of finesse from the sound of things.
Frickin' sweet pictures.

glad you're back on your pony. :icon14:

Post by **Underpants?** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:48 pm

Thanks Juggy, it was a close relative who had it done, to be precise.
The good dr. geebs is some kind of freaky visionary--I can almost feel this in my bones as the absolute truth unless she changes her lifestyle.
oh and

get

fucked doombrain, you pencil-necked prick

Post by **Wabbit** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:26 pm

I had my gallbladder removed and I was fine the next day.

My only advice would be...don't eat a single thing with any kind of fat content whatsoever. No hamburger, nothing.

I live in NJ but had to have emergency surgery in Florida (best hospital ever). I walked out the next day, was fine. Went to stay with friends. She made fecking hamburgers and said "should be no problem, they're very lean". I was sick as a fucking dog, throwing up. After that, I was a bit gun-shy so for the next few days I had oatmeal, white rice and dry cereal.