Well, after a weekend at the hospital with Pancreatitis, it looks like I will have to have my Gallbladder removed.
Has anyone had experience with that?
Does anything change after the surgery? Diet, etc?
Thanks everyone.
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Well, after a weekend at the hospital with Pancreatitis, it looks like I will have to have my Gallbladder removed.
Has anyone had experience with that?
Does anything change after the surgery? Diet, etc?
Thanks everyone.
Super VXer
Wifey had hers out long before we ever met. AFAIK she never missed it. They go in through your belly button now so you won't even have a scar to brag about.
Best of luck with the procedure ... Keep us posted.
Our prayers will be with you.
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Put a smiley after you say that Bub.
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The only thing he has ever said is you really have to cut down on the greasy fatty foods as they go through you quick. (just the real bad stuff like real philly cheese steaks)Originally Posted by tom4bren
"Take it up with my butt, cuz he's the only one that gives a crap"
Carter Pewterschmidt
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Between what you posted ... & your siggy - that was one mental image I really didn't need this early in the morning. Sorta like waking up to that colon cleaning info-mercial at 2AM.
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Got your email this morning Jon, sorry to hear it. But hey, if you need more time on the project there's no need to put yourself in the hospital for an excuse!
My dad just had part of his GI tract removed and I believe the advice he got was the same that you might get - don't go on a 3 mile hike right after you eat unless there are porta-jon's all along the way.
Good luck, hope you feel better!
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Thanks everyone for your help.
I meet with the surgeon on Thursday to discuss my options.
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In theory, the gall bladder is why humans eat a couple times a day instead of grazing the whole time. Without the bladder, you can't store up enough bile to process the fats you eat all at once.
In practice, it only holds about a shotglass-worth of bile, while your body makes about a litre a day. So, your diet should probably trend towards low-fat after the surgery. You'll find that balance yourself pretty quickly, since the fat that doesn't get processed is going to be pretty obvious when it comes out the other side. Ew.
Anyway, my mom recently had hers out via the laproscopic procedure. The surgery went perfectly. She had a bit of pain for about a week, including some shoulder soreness that is a side effect of the inflation that they put you through. Odd.
Near the end of the week, though, she had a pretty severe brain bleed that took her out for something like three months. A stroke /is/ a possible side effect of any surgery, though... what are you gonna do?
I realize that saying, "Other than the stroke, the surgery went great!" is a little like asking, "So, other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?" but ... well, you asked.
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Sorry to hear this Jon, hope all goes well! Although it's usually removed due to gall stones, many many many people have had it removed and seem to do fine.
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I should have been more specific...my pancreatitis was due to a gallstone
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OK, now I've got to make a little funny at your expense...hope it gives you a chuckle.......the "usual" patient with gallstones is...the 5 "F"s......Female, Fat, Forty, Fertile and Fair...
"In medical school, the "five F's" help doctors to remember the usual patient with gallbladder disease: "fair, fat, forty, fertile, and female." Sexist as it sounds, it describes the group most frequently affected by gallbladder disease: overweight middle-aged white women with a history of several pregnancies. Excess estrogen may be implicated, since hormone replacement after menopause increases the likelihood of stones."
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Mother-in-law had hers out 2 or 3 years ago, she's good.
Bart
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well thats just Fantastic
I had really bad strep throat for a week before my pancreatitis and the first thing I ate (cuz something FINALLY sounded good) after 4 days of not eating was a couple cheese burgers from McDonalds. I was doing some reading and one cause of gallstones is fasting or crash dieting and I am thinking thats what happened. Then I ate something fatty and called my gallbladder into action only to have stones come out instead. All tests they ran say no stones in the gallbladder right now, just evidence that one had passed through. I have to talk to the surgeon on thursday, but I am hoping maybe this was all caused from not eating, then eating fatty and if I dont do that again, I will be fine.
You sure you dont have acid reflux? I can get MEAN attacks due to acid reflux. Pain can be immense and last for hours. Eating too much at one time, eating too late, high-fat foods, stress, etc all can be culprits and exhibit some of the same symptoms as a gallbladder attack.
Oh, the people I know who had gallbladders out did great afterwards. Always a danger with surgeries no matter what, but gallbladder is on the milder side of invasive surgeries IMHO.
Last edited by Anita : 01/10/2011 at 11:37 AM
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DON'T!
We as a country cut the gallbladder out instead of finding the true source of the problem. Look at any other country compared to ours (yes overall we have a worse diet). No other place in the world removes a gallbladder like out docs do. Its is there for a reason.
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Which is... to process wonder supplements I bet!
J/k, couldn't help but poke a little fun.
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