Guest guest Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 Actually, it wouldn't surprise me a bit... we kind of have the odds against us, eh? I fit the bill of female fat and 40, and have also lost almost 100 pounds in a year... My gallbladder was left in because it was the picture of health before my surgery. Started having upper right quadrant abdominal pain a few days ago, very reminiscent of kidney stone pain. but in a different place. I figured it was my gallbladder. Went to the walk-in clinic at my regular doc. Had blood drawn and scheduled an ultrasound for Monday(everything ELSE including B-12 is fabulous...). My amylase is elevated, which also points to gallstones. I'm wondering though, if there are other post RNY reasons (like the extra protein that we drink) that could cause elevated amylase. Odds are I probably do have gallstones, but I am just curious. Doc says if he was a betting man he would win this one... I'm too bust to have my gallbladder out right now! :-) Thanks, Deb Post op proximal RNY Dr Simonowitz 12-31-01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 Those darned GB are doomed, one way or another. They're gone if we're heavy, gone if we diet, gone if we lose wt for any other reason,, and gone if we're bypassed. Wish they took 'em out with the WLS. It was n/a for me since I donated in the dark ages when I was just a kid (23). They told me pick from the 6F's, any 5. fair fat female forty flatulent fertile I was not 40. Thanks, Vitalady, Inc. T www.vitalady.com If you are interested in PayPal, please click here: https://secure.paypal.com/affil/pal=vitalady%40bigfoot.com Possible Gallstones... > Actually, it wouldn't surprise me a bit... we kind of have the odds against > us, eh? I fit the bill of female fat and 40, and have also lost almost 100 > pounds in a year... My gallbladder was left in because it was the picture > of health before my surgery. > > Started having upper right quadrant abdominal pain a few days ago, very > reminiscent of kidney stone pain. but in a different place. I figured it > was my gallbladder. Went to the walk-in clinic at my regular doc. Had > blood drawn and scheduled an ultrasound for Monday(everything ELSE including > B-12 is fabulous...). My amylase is elevated, which also points to > gallstones. I'm wondering though, if there are other post RNY reasons (like > the extra protein that we drink) that could cause elevated amylase. Odds > are I probably do have gallstones, but I am just curious. > > Doc says if he was a betting man he would win this one... I'm too bust to > have my gallbladder out right now! :-) > > Thanks, > > Deb > Post op proximal RNY > Dr Simonowitz > 12-31-01 > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 > Those darned GB are doomed, one way or another. They're gone if we're > heavy, gone if we diet, gone if we lose wt for any other reason,, and gone > if we're bypassed. Yep, I was in college when I lost mine. I had spent 6 months doing ' " Deal a Meal, " and lost probably 40 pounds, when the gallbladder trouble set in with a vengeance. I held out until summer break so I wouldn't miss any school, and lived on crackers and jello, then had the darned thing out. And of course as soon as I could eat real food again, I gained back most of the 40, but I've never been wild about jello since then. And I had the darndest time convincing the staff at Pacific Bariatrics that I really COULD skip the gallbladder ultrasound that everyone has to have before their RNY surgery. PB makes it a practice to take it out if it's mildly questionable, since they do mostly open procedures anyway, and these poor girls in the office with their checklists were have a hard time understanding why I just would not get that ultrasound! I finally showed 'em the scar, and told them to ask Dr. Tanaka if I needed an ultrasound on the gallbladder that wasn't there. He cracked up over it, and it takes a lot to get him laughing! ~~ Lyn G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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