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Kellyk2511    282

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Had my gall bladder taken out today. Yowza! I also had an internal hernia and twisted intestine fixed a month ago, and my surgeon told me recovery would be similar to that. For that one I felt great, down for a day or 2 and then great. I'd compare this one to the RNY. Anyone have any advice or want to share their gall bladder story? I'm hoping this passes soon. The incisions, my insides, and the gas pain are awful.

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terry1118    1,274

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Had my gall bladder taken out today. Yowza! I also had an internal hernia and twisted intestine fixed a month ago, and my surgeon told me recovery would be similar to that. For that one I felt great, down for a day or 2 and then great. I'd compare this one to the RNY. Anyone have any advice or want to share their gall bladder story? I'm hoping this passes soon. The incisions, my insides, and the gas pain are awful.

No story to share yet. I'm having mine out in a couple hours at 10am. Doc says it'll be easier than RNY...

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DebbieG    262

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Ughhh, I just had my stitches removed yesterday. I'm 6 months rny post op and had extreme pain in my right side going to my back. I had emergency surgery for gallbladder removal, but when I woke up the surgeon says, you also had an obstructed bowel. Ughh, it was extremely painful. I had to take pain meds around the clock for 6 days. Good luck and prayers for a quick recovery. Rest !

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BBdoodle    483

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6 wks after RNY surgery I had my gallbladder removed. I had one really bad attack, I called my surgeon, had a ultrasound and found lots of tiny stones. They were there way before surgery, I wish I would have know about this because I would have had him take out the ol' gallbladder while he was in there doing the RNY. My advise to pre-op people !!! if your insurance pays, get a ultrasound done BEFORE surgery. Or to make the insurance pay...just say you had a really bad attack.

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kespy74    103

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I am currently Pre-Op and one of the things I had to do was get an ultrasound of my gallbladder. My PCM office called and let me know I have gallbladder disease, so I am assuming that my surgeon will remove it when he does the RNY. So glad that this was a requirement because I would hate to have to have another surgery down the line. I am guessing that an ultrasound is not always required preop for some places?

I hope you feel better soon.

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vicki s    146

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Im having mine out on the 16th.... :o

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terry1118    1,274

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Just got home from the hospital. Gallbladder's gone. They also found a hernia so I got a bonus hernia repair. Pain was bad but much better now - gotta love narcotics. Super tired - goodnight! :-)

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bloreorbust    286

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Just got home from the hospital. Gallbladder's gone. They also found a hernia so I got a bonus hernia repair. Pain was bad but much better now - gotta love narcotics. Super tired - goodnight! :-)

Aaah drugs. Enjoy :-).

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terry1118    1,274

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I slept pretty good last night. This morning painkillers had worn off - ouch! - so I took more. Goal is to stop them by Monday. I come from a family where 5 out of 7 of us are substance abusers. It's my biggest fear to become one myself so I ditch the pills as soon as pain is tolerable.

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Kellyk2511    282

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Ok so I'm on day 3 and it's killing me, with drugs! Reminds me of the RNY & c-sections.

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bloreorbust    286

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I slept pretty good last night. This morning painkillers had worn off - ouch! - so I took more. Goal is to stop them by Monday. I come from a family where 5 out of 7 of us are substance abusers. It's my biggest fear to become one myself so I ditch the pills as soon as pain is tolerable.

I come from a similar family. Thankfully, painkillers give me weird dreams and disturb my mind so I was more than willing to give them up once it was time.

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KristinaRnY    455

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I just had my bloodwork and urine analysis done yesterday, they are supposed to be calling me to schedule an ultrasound of my gallbladder pre op, I have already had issues with it and have been to the ER twice so I'm hoping they just get rid of the damn thing

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Dorian    683

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I thought having my gallbladder out was a piece of cake compared to RNY. I had hardly any pain and was back to normal very quickly. Hope you all are feeling better soon ! ;)

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heather200202    73

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I personally had more pain with my gall bladder surgery then with my rny. Bad gas pains and just overall felt like crap for days.

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Ok folks, about this gall bladder stuff, what kind of pains do you get or shall I ask what are the symptoms? Right at this minute for past two hours I have had pain come and go on my right side underneath my chest.

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