Farewell Gallbladder

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I was scheduled yesterday to have my gallbladder removed next week. It was inevitable given the pain I've gone through the last month, so I wasn't surprised. Still, I'm going to miss the ol' bile blaster. I'm not looking forward to getting sliced open, but it's either that or go through pain forever and possibly destroy other organs.

Anyone else had theirs removed?
 
Gallbladder was a good CAG. He traded me his Season 3 and 4 BSG DVDs for my copy of Super Paper Mario. I forgot the manual and he didn't even care, he just laughed it off. Gallbladder was good that way, always quick to forgive and laugh it off.

Gone, but not forgotten. RIP GALLBLADDER.
 
I had mine removed in 2003. The surgery wasn't too bad. I was definitely glad to not have to deal with the pain that my gall stones were giving me.
 
What kind of pains and other symptoms were you having?
 
Are they actually going to cut you open? My mom had hers removed like 5 years ago at least and she had it done laparoscopically.
 
[quote name='nasum']christ we're old[/QUOTE]

im only 28!

[quote name='Blackout']What kind of pains and other symptoms were you having?[/QUOTE]

pain is the biggest one, its very obvious and at its worst its just brutal. im talking bent over in pain not moving or doing anything. but i also get a lot of back pain (which apparently is common), nausea, upset stomachs and fatigue (which is mostly due to not getting enough sleep).

[quote name='Rocko']Are they actually going to cut you open? My mom had hers removed like 5 years ago at least and she had it done laparoscopically.[/QUOTE]

they are going to do it laparoscopically, but my surgeon told me that men tend to have open surgery more often than women for gallbladders and they wont know if its needed until theyve already started.
 
I had my appendix removed last year, but almost wound up getting my gallbladder removed by mistake. Apparently, the consent form the nurse gave me to sign (while I was on some nice painkillers :drool:) incorrectly had me getting my gallbladder removed instead of having a laparoscopic appendectomy. Luckily, the anesthesiologist saw me just minutes before the surgery to introduce himself and asked what I was having done. My reply sent him and the nurses scrambling for answers and new paperwork before anything was done.

The lesson: Make sure everyone involved is on the same page before the gas knocks you out.
 
I think I may have appendicitis,sharp pains upper right of the belly button.No insurance or money.So,how much would something like that cost?
 
[quote name='mrx001']I think I may have appendicitis,sharp pains upper right of the belly button.No insurance or money.So,how much would something like that cost?[/QUOTE]

Considering appendicitis will kill you I'd say go to a free clinic for an exam or go to an ER if the pain is very bad.
 
I had my appendix removed at 14 and then got my gallbladder removed at 15. I had to go trough all these tests over the course of 3 months before it got removed. So much pain, they ended soing some test that I had to lay still for 3 hours while something was running. Found out my gallbladder only worked at 30%. My brother got his gallbladder removed at 16 as well for the same reason. Apparently there must be some hereditary aspect to it, or we both are really unlucky. The only pain I've had that was worse than that was a kidney stone.
 
My wife had her gallbladder out 2.5 years ago and I had my appendix out 1.5 years ago.

It took the doctors a while to figure out that it was her gallbladder because she was having pain on the side opposite from where the gallbladder is located. She had hers laparoscopically removed through her bellybutton. She spent a night in the hospital and went home the next day. She was sore for a week or so but felt better pretty quickly.

Once you have gallbladder out, you'll have to be careful about eating fatty foods. With no gallbladder to hold and regulate the bile, when you eat fatty foods, your body will digest them very quickly and send you to the bathroom soon afterward. For some people, it's temporary (~6 months) until their body adjusts and for some, it's permanent.

As for my appendix, it was a relatively simple surgery too. The surgeon made a 1-inch incision a couple of inches to the right of my bellybutton, spread the muscle apart with her fingers rather than cutting through it, and pulled it right out. Since the cut was only through the skin and not through the muscle, I was up and walking six hours after surgery and pretty fully recovered after four days.
 
Well the surgery was a success. I'm in a bit of pain, but that will pass soon enough, plus they gave me Norco to help. I haven't been able to test the waters with any foods yet.

Doc said I won't be able to play golf or softball for about 3 weeks though. bummer!
 
[quote name='Wet Ninja']
Once you have gallbladder out, you'll have to be careful about eating fatty foods. With no gallbladder to hold and regulate the bile, when you eat fatty foods, your body will digest them very quickly and send you to the bathroom soon afterward. For some people, it's temporary (~6 months) until their body adjusts and for some, it's permanent.
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My GF had her gallbladder removed some time ago, and to this day, if she eats the wrong stuff, it's off to the races. Sometimes it doesn't hit her right away, and while I know I shouldn't laugh, I sometimes can't help but tease her. It reminds me of the Family Guy episonde where Peter has to poop while they're driving and end up stopping at the casino. "Hooooold it! Hoooooooold it!"

I'm semi-lactose intolerant and that's bad enough. I couldn't imagine going through what she goes through.
 
[quote name='sp00ge']My GF had her gallbladder removed some time ago, and to this day, if she eats the wrong stuff, it's off to the races. Sometimes it doesn't hit her right away, and while I know I shouldn't laugh, I sometimes can't help but tease her. It reminds me of the Family Guy episonde where Peter has to poop while they're driving and end up stopping at the casino. "Hooooold it! Hoooooooold it!"

I'm semi-lactose intolerant and that's bad enough. I couldn't imagine going through what she goes through.[/QUOTE]

It's a bit too early to know if I have the same problems, but I've read that eating a probioric can help. Do you know if she has tried this?
 
[quote name='sp00ge']My GF had her gallbladder removed some time ago, and to this day, if she eats the wrong stuff, it's off to the races.[/QUOTE]

Yep, we can no longer eat Thai food unless we get takeout and eat it at home.
 
[quote name='cochesecochese']Do you get to keep it in a jar after the surgery?[/QUOTE]

Nope. But they took a couple of pictures that they let me have.
 
I got mine out when I was sixteen. My sister, who biologically is very similar to me when it comes to diseases and body structure, got it out when she was eighteen. Definitely hereditary in our case.

Wasn't too bad. The only bad thing was they shaved the area of hair beneath my belly button, and from then on I had a patch of dark and long man hair between my pubes and belly button. It's NOT an old wives' tale.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqfSub088jE
 
I had mine removed shortly after a summer semester in college. The night after my final class was done at about 1am I had to go the hospital for pains in my side and they said I had gallstones, so about a week later they removed it.

I didn't get any pictures of it, but I do have 2 screws in a cup that they took out of my ankle when I shattered it into 5 pieces and separated my fibia from my tibia. Needless to say it was an epic break.
 
[quote name='cochesecochese']Do you get to keep it in a jar after the surgery?[/QUOTE]

My girlfriend is an interesting story.

She had hers out but woke up immediately after the surgery. It turns out she has hyperthyroidism which I guess lets her metabolize the anesthesia more quickly than normal. When she woke up she was border line manic. She was super hyper talking a mile a minute.

She also works in the hospital she had it taken out at, so in her crazed hyped up stupor she pulled on her clothes and ran down to the lab and just scanned her badge in and went and watched as the med techs dissected her gallbladder. She then kept the gallstone (huge).

She used her camera to take pictures of them doing it. When I had to drive her home she was high as a kite. "Let's go get something to eat" "I feel great" "Let's go for a walk" "Look at my eyeballs" .

I finally got her home and then she crashed like a 2 yr old. She didn't feel as good for the next month as she did right after waking up on some nice meds.

Oh yeah. I forgot she gave me a present. I got the stone. She wants me to do something with it. I'm not sure what she thinks I should do. Schlack it and make it into a fine pendent?
 
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