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Gallbladder Question

Are you having your gall bladder removed when you have your sleeve done?

I heard it's pretty much a must for sleevers. My dr. didn't mention him removing mine. Any thoughts on this would be helpful.

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  • traceyinflorida
    traceyinflorida

    No, but at one month post op my doctor gave me ursodiol to take for the next six months to guard against problems with the gallblader associated with rapid weight loss. He said that I may have no pro

  • LOL one thing i find kinda amusing about this place is how easily y'all can part with body parts.. if my doctor told me he wanted to remove my gallbladder, i'd be like... you better not be getting sla

  • RawrrAshleex3
    RawrrAshleex3

    I asked mine to remove it at the same time (problems and removal run in the family). He said no as double surgery =increased risk for complications. Funny part is I had a surprise 2nd surgery as I had

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No, but at one month post op my doctor gave me ursodiol to take for the next six months to guard against problems with the gallblader associated with rapid weight loss. He said that I may have no problems at all, but it is better to be safe than sorry.

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I am actually tempted to email my dr. and ask him if he could remove it. But then I really don't want to sound like a fool if he asks me why..

LOL one thing i find kinda amusing about this place is how easily y'all can part with body parts.. if my doctor told me he wanted to remove my gallbladder, i'd be like... you better not be getting slash happy inside my body.. i want as many parts as i was born with as possible.. i even still have my tonsils! lol these things are here for a reason! why remove something unless it's absolutely necessary?.. and if one doctor told me i needed to have something removed, i'd be getting 2nd and 3rd and 27th opinions.. freaks me out to think of getting rid of body parts... like.. HEY! i NEED that!.. i know someone on the black market that could use one of those!!! :P lol (the last sentence is a joke, of course) :)

I asked mine to remove it at the same time (problems and removal run in the family). He said no as double surgery =increased risk for complications. Funny part is I had a surprise 2nd surgery as I had a sever hiatal hernia that didnt show on my endo. Apparently years ago it used to be standard to remove it with wls but insurances don't cover it anymore.

2 months later, guess what had to be removed immediately? -___-

I tried to do the same thing- ask doc to take it out and was told no due to increased risk. Thankfully my doc requires a gall bladder ultrasound for all patients. Surprisingly I had gall stones and didn't know it. So, he ended up removing my gall bladder at the same time afterall.

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