Anyone had their gallbladder removed?
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Yes. I had over 10 stones when they did the ultrasound, but when they eventually operated on me only one was left and it was the size of my gall-bladder. The pain at passing a stone is horrific. I was hallucinating with the pain. I couldn't eat at all, I lost 6 stone in 3 months and the surgeon told me after the op that I would have had only 2 weeks to live if they hadn't operated. I looked anorexic, and a lot of my friends thought I was. My GP at the time forgot to put in an emergency referall. Bugger nearly killed me.
Now I can't eat cucumber, bananas, fatty food etc because of reflux. I have started eating some spicy food, but I do pay for in later.
Oh and I often throw up excess bile in the back of my throat. Horrid and gross.
I had mine removed as an outpatient in 2002. I have no idea how many there may have been, only that they or it was to large to pass. They are extremely painful. It is good to avoid fatty foods after having your gall bladder removed because you no longer can digest fats. They tend to do bad things to a person with no gall bladder no---lol, just the truth.
I haven't personally - although I was booked in for the operation but managed to avoid it by dramatically improving my diet and lifestyle - a much better thing to do than under go surgery me thinks!! I still have to watch my diet though but all the pain is gone.
My grandma had hers removed a few years ago - it was a tiny operation done by keyhole surgery and she has been absolutely fine since.
I had my gall bladder removed about 12 years ago.Also took my appendix out at the same time. Did not have stones that I know of, it was the bladder was infected.I was not able to have keyhole surgery so had a laparotomy,which means cut from top to bottom . I was in hospital for a week and It took me about a month to be reasonably fit again. I have not followed any diets or needed any medication. I have had tummy pains,like a sharp tearing sensation, apparently these are quite normal after major abdominal surgery and are called adhesion's/ It is the growth of scar tissue ar the site of the wound and now and again the scar tissue attaches to a muscle and can be painful. It usually sorts itself out over two or three weeks.No generally speaking I have no after effects at all. A PS , Your body still produces gall in your liver and which forms part of the digestive process. The gall bladder is purely a storage vessel for the gall produced and is released into your stomach when you eat,and is largely involved in the digestion of fats. After your bladder is removed, gall is still is present to form part of your digestion, but does not get the surge which the gall bladder supplies. The gall bladder is not an essential organ, I was not told to restrict my diet in any way. though I understand some people restrict their fat intake.It might be that I am a relatively slim person and not overweight.
No, but I am waiting to have this operation, I already have had some stones removed, as they caused my bile duct to become blocked and both became infected, don't know how many stones were involved tough, but extremely painful indeed.
not me LOL
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