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Last night, for the first time in my life, I had a gallbladder attack! It lasted 2 1/2 hours and I would have rather been giving birth with no drugs!!!

I'm scared! Does this mean it has to be removed?? What can I do to prevent surgery?

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How did you know it was your gallbladder? Could you please describe it for me because I have been in a lot of pain lately.

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First I thought I ate something bad. About 30 minutes after I ate there was a sharp pain under my ribs. I layed down and it made it so much worse. The pain radiated from under my ribs to chest. No matter how I moved it hurt. When the pain started subsiding I could feel that it originated on the right side under my ribs.

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How did you know it was your gallbladder? Could you please describe it for me because I have been in a lot of pain lately.

Interesting I wonder if the pain you have been having is gallbladder?!?

Nicole :(

I'm so sorry to hear this, I know my doctor had me take actigal for 5 months but it really was a moot point for me because my loss is so slow.

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First I thought I ate something bad. About 30 minutes after I ate there was a sharp pain under my ribs. I layed down and it made it so much worse. The pain radiated from under my ribs to chest. No matter how I moved it hurt. When the pain started subsiding I could feel that it originated on the right side under my ribs.

Can you still eat ok?

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Does that sound like your symptoms, Aussie?

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I just had a granola bar this morning and I feel ok now. But you've been having these symptoms for a while, right? And May 3rd, I'll be 6 months out.

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I just had a granola bar this morning and I feel ok now. But you've been having these symptoms for a while' date=' right? And May 3rd, I'll be 6 months out.[/quote']

We were sleeved almost on the same day!

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Interesting I wonder if the pain you have been having is gallbladder?!?

Nicole :(

I'm so sorry to hear this' date=' I know my doctor had me take actigal for 5 months but it really was a moot point for me because my loss is so slow.[/quote']

Laura, nice to see you. 4010 posts! You must be a winner there woman. What's happened to our good friend Fyre?

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Laura' date=' nice to see you. 4010 posts! You must be a winner there woman. What's happened to our good friend Fyre?[/quote']

Yeah to many posts,

I've read here that the attacks are worse when you eat foods that has a higher fat content?

So that might explain the granola bar going down easier for Nicole..

Fyre who knows? Hope he's off being happy

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My PCP told me that nothing really helps with the gallbladder. I have read posts where people ate low fat diets and that helped contain the symptoms..... I had my gallbladder out 6 weeks ago and it was a piece of cake. Nothing like being sleeved. No pain actually which made me really happy...... :)

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I knew I should have inquired about actigal! *cries*

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I had gallbladder attacks after losing a lot of weight on WW.

It was excruciating. Worse than all 26 hours of labor I had with my daughter.

No relief until it was over. It hurt so bad I was gagging.

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Do you still have your gallbladder, Amanda?

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