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I had it the first week.

And fwiw, my pre-surgery scan of my gb was clear...No sludge or stones at all (which is why my surgeon left it alone). Here I am, 3.5 months later and having attacks 2-3 days a week of increasing severity...ultrasound shows sludge and stones. Hida scan didn't even show my gallbladder at the end of the hour, so I had to come back for more pictures...which means it's not working the way it should. I even have attacks on days where I been been so afraid to eat, I just have fruits and veggies. For some people only fats and dairy is a trigger. Others are bothered by acid. Everything bothers me since mine just doesn't seem to want to work!

My doc says about 30% will have their GB out. Actigall works if you're willing to take it forever...he doesn't blanket prescribe for everyone. Some people will just have problems. Several sleeved folks I know have had gb out despite actigall and following physicians diets (I've seen people here be snide and say you only have gb probably post-surgery due to not following your diet and that isn't true).

Thanks so much everyone! I have a second opinion scheduled for next Tuesday and then my sleeve surgeons office moved up my next appt to next Wednesday so he could see me as well. I hope gb recovery isn't worse than sleeve...my sleeve was awful! I'd never had general anesthesia before and was so ill. I also couldn't tolerate the liquid hydrocodone when they took me off the pump, so I just went without pain meds. It sucked! I didn't have gas pain...just lots of nausea and incision pain for a couple of weeks.

Thank you! My husband's gallbladder was almost as bad as yours was, many years ago, so I knew going into this that I wasn't facing quite the same he was. And they still managed to do his laparascopically. It took a lot longer, but still they avoided fully opening him up. I appreciate your feedback...I was second guessing myself and wondering if I was being a ninny about this. You definitely helped me!

Pre-surgery testing, my gallbladder was great...showed nothing. Over the last few weeks, I've had increasingly bad attacks...a CT scan during an ER visit showed it was enlarged and bloodwork showed elevated liver enzymes, but no other issues. No fever, no aches or chills...just pain on the right side and nausea/vomiting. Averaging a couple of attacks a week, and finally my hospital appt for an ultrasound and hida scan rolled around. Ultrasound showed sludge and stones, so they canceled the second part of the hida (CCK) and just did the first part, so I don't know EF and it doesn't really matter because at the end of the test, my gallbladder wasn't showing, so I had to wait around for another 45 minutes and do another series of photos. PCP says it has to come out. I go to referred surgeon and he keeps referring to my surgery as a "bypass" (and I keep correcting him), and he tells me he has to do the gallbladder surgery OPEN instead of laparascopically, because he knows I will have lots of scar tissue and he is sure I have an infection in my gallbladder. But then tells me he can't do it for 2 weeks b/c he is going on vacation. And he doesn't do any bloodwork or put me on antibiotics for this alleged "infection" or anything. I've requested a second opinion, and am also going to ask my sleeve surgeon when I see him next week (he is 4.5 hours away, so initially, I didn't think it made sense to involve him...but he may be my best option, even if it involves more travel). So my questions for those who had their gallbladder removed post-sleeve: 1. Was it automatically open for fear of your new anatomy and scar tissue? 2. If it wasn't scheduled for open, did it end up being open because of unforeseen issues? I know that there is always the risk of having to be opened up when you have surgery, but I thought they did everything they could to avoid it and was really put off by this guy saying he was going to do it open because it was such a concern to him, yet he wasn't concerned enough to get it done before his vacation or to do any bloodwork or antibiotics or anything while I'm waiting. Seems like a $$ to me.

Thanks yall!

Hooray!!! I'm so happy to join all you guys on this side. I was in the hospital for 4 days (details on my blog: http://healthyfitforme.blogspot.com/). I haven't had the best experience pain/nausea-wise, but every day gets a little better and a little easier and I am fully embracing this new chance at life.

Right?? I am very grateful for insurance. I know some people spends tens of thousands more than my measly $2k. I am very very grateful.

This morning, I got the phone call from pre-registration wanting my money. The actual cost of my surgery as billed will be $63,201. Insurance allows $18,909. So I'm on the hook for my deductible ($500) and 20% coinsurance to a max of $1500. I've already met quite a bit of that, so they just took a grand from me and I will pay the rest when the bill comes and all the dust settles with other claims that are pending. I was shocked at what the actual bill will vs. insurance though, and I know I've seen other people ask for those numbers, so here are mine.

Just an FYI...they are. SPLC has had them on their hate group watchlist for YEARS. Pure evil.

Im scheduled for 4/11. I sent you a pm Khloe!

Best username ever.

I'm flmama80 on MFP!

THIS is the way to say you prefer to tell vs. not telling. Thanks for sharing with us!