RVasconi

Hi, I lived with a bad gallbladder for years without knowing it. I've complained about many problems to my doctor and he never picked up that it was a gallbladder problem. I'm a diabetic and my blood sugar levels were in the 300 to 500's. I felt terrible from that alone. My blood pressure was very high and I had unbearable stomach pains and much pain in the back. All that is gone since I had my gallbladder out. My sugar levels are normal, blood pressure is down, no more stomach problems and no more back pain. I just want you to know that the gallbladder has many different affects on your body. If you are having lab-band surgery, they should do an ultrasound of your gallbladder as one of the pre-test. That's how they found out that I had a bad gallbladder. Good luck!

About 6 weeks ago I had my gallbladder out. They found that I had gallstones as part of my pre-opp test for lap-band surgery. I've been having serious trouble with my gallbladder for years. I've had stomach nausa after I would eat, sharpe stomach pains (where I was hospitalized) after taking antibiotics, feeling blah, sick and not enegy, and I've had a very sharp pains in my upper back and right shoulder blade for years. Well, after my gallbladder was taking out, all those problems went away, even the back pain. There's a pressure point in you back that goes to the gallbladder causing that pain. While my doctor was taking out my gallblader, he looked at my liver and said it was very large. I'm now loosing weight to reduce the size of my liver before I have lap-band surgery. Good luck.