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Bye-bye gallbladder

Dani257969

By Dani257969, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Dani257969    0

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I finally went to the doctor about the backpain I was having after eating. Turns out I have developed gallstones from the rapid weight loss and have to have my gallbladder out. This really sucks but at least I know what the problem is now. On a happier note, I have passed my halfway point in my weight loss!

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Mimilou2004    13

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I am glad you got diagnosed and there is a fix. You will be more comfortable when it is taken care of.

Congratulations on your wt loss.

Mimi

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SpideyMom    1

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Dani, I don't know why I didn't think of that before! I had the same thing happen to me 8 years ago after I lost 70 lbs. on WW. The back pain was right between my shoulder blades. It's a very common diagnosis after a large weight loss.

I'm glad you figured it out b/c gallstones are NO fun! If a stone tries to pass, it can feel like you are having a heart attack. But once you have it out, you will feel like a new woman! Try to avoid fatty foods until your surgery. That will help prevent an attack.

And btw, the GB surgery is a walk in the park compared to WLS. Easy-breezy! Do you know when your surgery is?

Good luck to you! And congrats on being more than halfway there! :smile2:

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I had my gallbladder out on Friday and everything was going smoothly until I had my first solids on Saturday and all of the pain returned. I was in agony for 8 hours and even the IV pain meds didn't make it go away. I had horrible back and chest pain that radiated up my neck to my jaw. It felt like I was having a heart attack. I stayed on liquids until I saw my LAP-BAND® surgeon on Monday and it turns out my band was too tight. I don't know how it got that way, maybe dehydration. They said when it it too tight it causes the pouch to spasm and cause the pain I described. They took 1cc out and it has made a world of difference. I actually ate some eggs this morning! I haven't been able to do that in so long! I am just hoping I don't start to gain weight now that I have less restriction but I am sooo glad to be pain-free!

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SpideyMom    1

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So glad it all went well and you are now pain-free! :sad::thumbup::wub:

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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