Today I did my consent for surgery with my surgeon. During my abdominal ultrasound they saw a small < 1 cm polyp on my gall bladder. So today he said he would like to remove it (the gall bladder) during the VSG procedure.

This is not a stone. My husband and mother are both freaked out by the idea of two procedures; I feel like if it would save me issues down the road why not? I definitely need to check to see how this will affect my insurance. I was approved by Aetna for the VSG only.

I would appreciate any thoughts? Thanks!!!

Btw surgery is on August 13th.

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Today I did my consent for surgery with my surgeon. During my abdominal ultrasound they saw a small < 1 cm polyp on my gall bladder. So today he said he would like to remove it (the gall bladder) during the VSG procedure.

This is not a stone. My husband and mother are both freaked out by the idea of two procedures; I feel like if it would save me issues down the road why not? I definitely need to check to see how this will affect my insurance. I was approved by Aetna for the VSG only.

I would appreciate any thoughts? Thanks!!!

Btw surgery is on August 13th.

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I don't know about how it would affect your insurance approval, but it's not terribly uncommon to have your gallbladder removed at the same time as the sleeve being done. I think some doctors also like to do it because it is a preemptive strike against gallbladder issues down the road, which is really common for WLS patients.

I already had my gallbladder out when I had my sleeve done, but a couple of people I know had their gallbladder out at the time of the sleeve surgery. It took them a little longer to recover and they described a little more pain that people who had the sleeve alone, but otherwise, they haven't had any issues.

Good luck!

~Kat

The materials provided to me from my doctors office and the research I did showed it is rather common to remove the gallbladder.

Thanks for the input!!!