Gallbladder

[indygphib]

Originally Posted by AGDLynn

I had mine out a couple of years ago. The dr. was very surprised how bad/diseased mine really was.

Yea,you don't feel like moving for a while but it's not as bad as I thought it would be.

I knew I had to have surgery when the nurse who gave my HIDA scan results said "Whoa! I've never seen THAT number on a HIDA scan before!"

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by indygphib

I knew I had to have surgery when the nurse who gave my HIDA scan results said "Whoa! I've never seen THAT number on a HIDA scan before!"

Yep mine was laparoscopic. They didn't say whether mine was diseased or not. I just know that there were no stones and it wasn't emptying normally. What was your number on your HIDA? Mine was 14 and they said normal is over 30. I had to lay for an extra half hour because it just wasn't emptying.

I can't wait for this pain to go away! Did pain meds help the gas pains?

[indygphib]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Yep mine was laparoscopic. They didn't say whether mine was diseased or not. I just know that there were no stones and it wasn't emptying normally. What was your number on your HIDA? Mine was 14 and they said normal is over 30. I had to lay for an extra half hour because it just wasn't emptying.

I can't wait for this pain to go away! Did pain meds help the gas pains?

Mine was 2. Yeah, those were fun times. Even eating something as neutral as toast was throwing me into massive pain attacks.

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

My first thought: How addictive is GC that someone is on here the day after gallbladder surgery?

I had mine taken out 5 years ago. I pretty much slept for the first 2 days, would wake up, take pain medicine, eat a sandwich and go back to sleep.

I haven't had the food problems described, but on 2 different occassions, I have had the same exact type of pain that I had with the gallbladder attacks. The dr. can't explain it.

Not addicted, just insanely bored. I can't take this anymore and it's only been 3 days!

Originally Posted by indygphib

Mine was 2. Yeah, those were fun times. Even eating something as neutral as toast was throwing me into massive pain attacks.

2??? Holy crap I thought mine was bad.



I just ate some dry meat loaf and small boiled potatoes with light butter. So far I just feel like I over-ate, a little bit of a tummy ache. So far so good!

[carnation]

Here's a link to an old thread about gallbladders.

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=54894

[PM_Mama00]

I guess I'm one of the lucky ones who can pretty much eat whatever now! Dairy has always had a weird affect on my stomach and it's a little worse now, and garlicy stuff still gives me the same achey affect.

How long did you wait to start lifting things? Or how about sleeping on your stomach?

[ADPiLove]

I had mine out roughly a month ago over spring break - what a way to spend it! I remember the first time I had the pain, back in September. It first began right after I got the first HPV shot, and would be a nuisance for a few days, then stop completely...until the next HPV shot 2 months later. It always seemed to be connected to the shots until I had a horrendous attack near Christmas in which I thought I was seriously going to die. I was definitely hysterical on the phone to my parents, who freaked out - funny enough, though, I didn't go to the hospital to get it checked out until later in January.

My surgery went faster than expected, and the pain was bad, but I was able to get out of bed on my own after a few hours. What was the worst was the pain in my shoulder from the Co2 gas - the pain made me practically hyperventilate, which increased the pain in my stomach because I would tighten it. I actually went to work that Thursday night (I had the surgery on Tuesday) because I felt so much better. Wednesday wasn't that fun, but by the next day I was sooooo bored.

My instructions were to not lift over 10 pounds, dance, or run for about 3-3 1/2 weeks after it. I started dancing again a few weeks ago, and everything is going well, except I've been bad and have eaten some fatty foods, which makes me regret it a bit later. It really depends on what your doctor advises - they gave me some leeway on dance because they said I was young and healthy. Listen to your body - it'll tell you if something is hurting, so take it easy.