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How soon after vsg can gall bladder problems occur?

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Rainydayz    27

Rainydayz
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I'm almost 6 weeks out. I've lost 36 lbs. Today after eating I have an achy pain under my right ribcage. I feel a little nausea. Could this be gall stones this soon? I guess they could happen anytime though. Does that sound like what this is?

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SeattleSue    25

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I'm almost 6 weeks out. I've lost 36 lbs. Today after eating I have an achy pain under my right ribcage. I feel a little nausea. Could this be gall stones this soon? I guess they could happen anytime though. Does that sound like what this is?

Could happen immediately because of rapid weight loss from pre-op dieting. Keep an eye on it. I don't remember much at all being 'mild' 'dull' or just 'achy'. An inflamed gallbladder feels like someone is stabbing you through the ribcage with an ice-pick. Gallstones felt like someone was tazing me on the inside...and passing a stone made me induce lamaze breathing, I turned white, I was shaking with pain, and perspiring with "contractions" that wrapped around my body in waves. Yeah, not pretty.

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Rainydayz    27

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OK, thanks for the info. Sorry you had such a rough time, that sounds terrible. Maybe mine was just gas or something. It finally passed and hasn't come back.

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I've seen it as early as 4-6 weeks out. Mine took 8 months post-op for me to finally have it out. I had ignored the symptoms for 2 solids because I was getting into maintenance, and thought the symptoms were because I was introducing new foods. Low and behold, it my little gallbladder getting all pissy and forming stones.

I chose to NOT take the Actigall which is sometimes prescribed to help prevent gallstone production. BUT, it's not a guarantee, I've seen people take it for 6 months, and then still have their GB removed around the 9-16 month post-op mark. There are some liver contraindications with that drug and for my own medical history, I chose to not take it.

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SeattleSue    25

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OK, thanks for the info. Sorry you had such a rough time, that sounds terrible. Maybe mine was just gas or something. It finally passed and hasn't come back.

LoL Or maybe I'm just a whimp!! hahaha Mines been gone for 2 years this March--and I'm thankful that my sleeve surgery was much easier to recover from!

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decamom    31

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I had my surgery on May 2 and was back in the hospital on May 11 to have the gallbladder out.... My pre op ultrasound showed nothing but right after surgery, I had sludge in there. I had turned yellow and had pain and nausea.... Every one is different. That is just how it happened with me.

Living the dream,

Laura

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SarahS    13

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You can have gallbladder issues at any time. Call your dr or go in. I just had my gallbladder removed on 10/23/11, 1yr and 3 weeks post op, but I had symptoms for 4 months before this. I just ignored it because I thought it was gas. The pain was pretty bad, but it would be over in 30 mins or less, so I tried to ignore it. This last "episode" would not go away, and I could not ignore it. Very painful. I had to go to the ER and have it out in a few days. I had to stay there for a few days until they could get it out. My liver enzymes had to come down first. I was pretty sick. I just posted it about this, so your thread caught my eye. I would get in to your doctor soon and just have it checked, it cant hurt. Don't compare yourself to others, everyone can have different symptoms and experience it differently. I wish I would have gone in sooner, so maybe I could have planned my surgery date! Keep us posted!

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lifechanges    3

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I was sleeved on 4/11/11 and had my gallbladder removed on 6/30/11. It was not a fun ride! Passing the stones was the worst pain of my life. Glad all that is over now. Good luck to you!

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    • Alisa_S

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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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      1. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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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      1. summerseeker

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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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