Re: Re: Gall Bladder removal > Kate...

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I had my gallbladder out about 6 years ago. I was in awful pain the night I went home. Maybe I'm just bad with pain! I had a stent put in my bile duct so had to have an endoscopy a few weeks late to remove the stent ( a piece of blue tubing about 10 cm long!) Can't remember why I needed the stent?

The worst part of any op, even the endoscopy, was recovery from the anaesthetic.

Once you've had one op, another one doesn't seem so bad especially if it means you'll no longer have to suffer gallstone attacks.

Interestingly gallstones are more common in women and tend to run in the family.

Debra

Subject: Re: Gall Bladder removal > Kate...To: SydBand Received: Friday, 18 December, 2009, 1:46 PM

Hi Kate, I had mine out mid last year, and I went on a girls weekend on the GC a week later... no dramas. You will be fine... and I can assure you, my GB was much easier than my band!

Good luck... let us know when you are home.

Mel

>> Oh Kate> I feel for you! I had my GB out, it was painful... the attack was> hideous - 15 hours of hell! I would have preferred labour, at least I> would have had a baby at the end of it! The recovery was long and slow,> but then I dont know if it was because I had the initial attack, then I> had to wait 6 weeks for the swelling to go down and I think I had> another slight attack just prior and that resulted in my slow and> painful recovery. I know it was slow and painful, because when I had my> second band, I was sleeping on my side that night - so I am not a wimp.> > After my first attack and up until I had the op, I lived on nothing much> but water and Tony Fergusons, I was too scared to eat anything that> might trigger another attack. I think I stuck to bland after the

op too> just as a precaution, but all was good about 2 weeks later.> > All the best for a speedy recovery. Its interesting that lots of weight> loss patience end up needing the GB out, we are usually thinner and> healthier but it does the opposite for our GB.> > >

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