My surgeon wants to remove my gallbladder. I don't want him to. The ultrasound showed that I had "a little bit of sludge" and a "slightly dilated common bile duct."

I am on cholesterol lowering drugs, which can cause some sludge and sometimes small stones.

I didn't feel myself passing a stone and I won't be losing more than 1-3 pounds a week and I chose the LapBand specifically because I could keep my stomach in one piece.

I'm scared that he will turn me away if I tell him to leave my gallbladder alone.

I don't think it is right to remove organs when they are operating as they should and there is a good chance that once I lose weight and my cholesterol goes down that it will function 100% again.

So is it a good idea to say NO at this point?

Here's what irritates me. People come here and ask for advice and opinions. When it's not what they want to hear they get upset, read too much into something that's said and then attack the very people they asked help from. If you don't want to hear it, don't ask it! If you want to experience the pain of a gallbladder attack (which most women say is worse than labor) then you go right on ahead and keep that gallbladder. But remember, you asked for opinions on a public forum. And for the record, nobody called you stupid or even implied it.

Edited August 4, 201016 yr by Shay7997