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chowchows

By chowchows, in Gastric Plication Surgery Forum

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chowchows    100

chowchows
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Just curious if anyone on here has had gallbladder surgery? If so, did it totally get rid of the pain right away, or did it still take awhile for everything to settle down?

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Jenn    27

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Before my lap band and plication surgery I had a gallbladder test. The results came back fine so I did not need to have it removed. However my doctor said that if I ever need it out, he would also go in and check the sutures from the plication and stitch it if needed to make my stomach tighter.

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mednar    26

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I've never had issues with my gallbladder or gallstones, and it was never brought up by the bariatric doctor.

I've had issues with kidney stone formation since being a teenager. I'm hoping the long term changes to diet I've made because of this surgery help me produce less of them, though I've already had to have one blasted post surgery.

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TijuanaPlication    87

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This thread may interest you http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/24691-gall-bladder-surgery-92011/page__pid__209509#entry209509

It's still surgery, so I guess you're going to feel sore, but it sounds like it's a lot less to deal with than the plication.

HTH

Kidney stones sound really scary! Is the pain instantly gone after they zap them?

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chowchows    100

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LOL, I was just looking at this last night after I posted on our board. Great minds think alike. Honestly, at this point I am almost ready to take it out myself with a butter knife. :blink:

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TijuanaPlication    87

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Poor you! sad.gif I hope you get surgery soon. You'll have to let us know how you get on.

LOL, I was just looking at this last night after I posted on our board. Great minds think alike. Honestly, at this point I am almost ready to take it out myself with a butter knife. :blink:

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chowchows    100

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I'm not really scared of the surgery. I had a hyst many years ago and that was easy, so not too scared...just worried that the pain might not go away immediately since the pancreas has been affected. When you google abdominal pain you find all these stories of people who have had on-going, untreatable abdominal pain for years. Of course that just gets my imagination working overtime! I need to step away from the computer, lol!

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TijuanaPlication    87

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Why don't you try posting into that thread over on VST?

I'm not really scared of the surgery. I had a hyst many years ago and that was easy, so not too scared...just worried that the pain might not go away immediately since the pancreas has been affected. When you google abdominal pain you find all these stories of people who have had on-going, untreatable abdominal pain for years. Of course that just gets my imagination working overtime! I need to step away from the computer, lol!

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mybaby    5

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As soon as I had surgery the pain was gone and never came back. I've had mine out for 30 years now.

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