Gallbladder Surgery

[Lizerd]

I had my gallbladder removed on Thursday, and i am so surprised that I have had such a hard time with this one! Honestly, it seems worse than the Bypass surgery! I have been throwing up and otherwise nauseated, I have been having hot and cold flashes and pretty bad pain in my tummy. I also have the gas bubble from hell in my shoulder. At least I did sleep through the night last night, that helped.
I am usually kind of a stud when it comes to surgery, as I have had a lot (25 or so) and so I'm feeling like I am being wimpy.
Anyone else had this?

[MsJacquiiC]

You!?!? Wimpy? Naw. Never!

I think some surgeries take a larger toll than others and seeing as how the gallbladder is in the same region and system as the gastric bypass... Perhaps it was almost like a bit of a double wammy? IDK - I still have my gallbladder. Haven't had any issues thus far.

I tell ya what though - I'm glad to see you recuperating nicely Liz

Jacquii.

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass A type of gastric bypass procedure which combines restrictive and malabsorption techniques - meaning, it reduces the amount of food a patient can comfortably eat (restriction), and also reduces the amount of calories that can be digested in the small intestine (malabsorption). This combination of bariatric methods leads to greater weight loss and the roux-en-y procedure is seen as one of the best ways to treat clinically severe obesity. See WLS Videos for animated surgery technique.

[Lizerd]

I went to see my regular doctor yesterday and told her I was feeling a little wimpy as it had been a week and I was still feeling off, she said "when I was in medical school, we kept people in the hospital for a week!"
She also said, "you're going to need plastic surgery!" (on my belly) well, I said Insurance won't cover it, and she said, oh yes they will! when you are at goal come see me and I will get it covered, because you need it!
Yipee!

[MsJacquiiC]

That is SWEET Liz!
Glad that you have such a support primary! I do wonder how I will fair at goal weight.... I'm fond of saying I have supple skin - so hopefully things will be nice - but if plastics might be needed - I hope my doctor will be as supportive and willing to get insurance approval for it for sure.

Jaquii.

[Lizerd]

Yes, she is a peach. She is ultra supportive. I must say, we'll see when I get there, but a tummy tuck seems like big painful surgery!

[MsJacquiiC]

Oh damn - I know - and imagine the skin stretchin a bit after having been sewn up OUCH! I'm not looking forward to a tummy tuck that's for sure - but if I need it - I certainly hope my doctors can make it so insurance covers it.

Otherwise I'd better hope for lots of luck when playing the powerball

Jacquii.

[Lizerd]

For sure!

[Eternaldreamer61]

what the doctor means is if you have any rashes in the abdominal skin folds that don't heal well or seem to come back all the time they usually justify this. Unfortunately I have never had this problem the skin is just loss so I'll have to pay out of pocket because I'm on Humana Medicare Advantage. I had the Gall Bladder surgury done open incision as an outpatient I went in that morning left the next day they let me stay over night since it was a 5 hour drive to the doctor office kinda silly for a post-op check up the next day so he just checked me then. I'm still having trouble a bit in the common bile duct which before I never had stones just a bad kink. I'm developing stones and they are giving me URSO to take which makes me nauseated its suppose to desolve the stones been on it for almost 9 months now. Hopefully the stones are gone.

Bile A digestive juice that is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and excreted into the small intestine where it helps to digest fat.

Gall Bladder A small pear-shaped sac that stores and concentrates bile. It is connected to the liver (which produces the bile) by the hepatic duct. Sometimes the substances contained in bile crystallize in the gall bladder, forming gallstones. These small, hard concretions are more common in persons over 40, especially in women and the obese. They can cause inflammation of the gall bladder, a disorder that produces symptoms similar to those of indigestion, especially after a fatty meal is consumed. Gallstones may pass out of the body spontaneously; however, serious blockage is treated by removing the gall bladder surgically.

[Lizerd]

I hope your stones are gone too..they were painful! BUT nothing compared to the KIDNEY stone I had yesterday! ANother ambulance ride! Geeze! Those too can be a side effect of the surgery!

Kidney Stones Kidney stones -- also known as renal colic or ureterolithiasis -- results from stones or renal calculi (from Latin ren, "kidney" and calculi, "pebbles") in the ureter. The stones are solid concretions or crystal aggregations formed in the kidneys from dissolved urinary minerals. Nephrolithiasis (from Greek nephros, "kidney" and lithos, "stone") -- refers to the condition of having kidney stones. Urolithiasis refers to the condition of having calculi in the urinary tract (which also includes the kidneys), which may form or pass into the urinary bladder. Ureterolithiasis is the condition of having a calculus in the ureter, the tube connecting the kidneys and the bladder. The main symptom is severe pain that starts suddenly and may go away suddenly: Pain may be felt in the belly area or side of the back Pain may move to groin area (groin pain) or testicles (testicle pain) Other symptoms can include: Abnormal urine color Blood in the urine

[Eternaldreamer61]

Defiantly true because of your increased calcium and because when we tend to eat less we drink less which is a no no with this procedure. Believe me I make myself drink lots of liquid even if its a diet drink. I couldn't drink anythink with carb. for about 6 months which I do good now just burp a lot lol. For your kidneys try drinking a light beer great diarretic if your not on anything. I actually loss weight drinking them. Go figure on that one. I hope you get feeling better. I'm up early this morning can't sleep so was checking on you.