Lol... Funny symbol!

Outta curiousty, how many sleevers have had their gallbladder removed?

I m considering not only getting the sleeve, but to ask the surgeon to remove the gallbladder.

Reason: When you have drastic weight loss the gallbladder tends to grown stones in it, causes lots of pain and indigestion problems.

If I have to get it removed, might as well get it done now once and for all.

What do my fellow sleevers think?

I had my gallbladder removed years before my sleeve. I had dieted and lost 110 pounds and bam! there went my gallbladder. So, now that I have my sleeve, that's one thing I don't have to worry about.

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Sleeved and down 114 from my high weight. no gallbladder issues. All has gone surprisingly well. No issues or complications.

Your doctor will do that? I asked my doctor to go ahead and remove mine but he refused. I figure why not do it when I'm under for the sleeve...now I have maybe another operation down the road to worry about??!!??

I had my gallbladder removed years ago !!!!

Yeah my doctor agreed to doing that... He realizes eventually we may have to undergo Cholecystectomy (surgical gallbladder removal). I excited to get that removed too ????

Still have mine. No gallbladder issues here.

I had my gallbladder removed ages ago before I got VSG

I had my 6 month stomach ultrasound and they found gallstones. I have had a couple attacks and now wait for surgery in Canada. I have tried to adopt a lower fat and low carb diet so I don't have to deal with any pain. So far so good. They said it will be 3-6 month wait for the surgery.

I am down 80 pounds since May 2014. My Dr thinks I should have done more but I am very happy though I do feel stuck a little. New goal to be under 200 by April 1 and 100 bounds by May 1. I must admit that I don't exercise consistently and do graze a bit. I am very happy with my sleeve. Also I am beginning to get a lot of loose skin - especially at the top of my legs but my stomach is coming down and my arms.

I had really bad gallatones before surgery. I had to have a gallbladder removal surgery before the sleeve. My doctor said its not practice to remove the gallbladder and do the sleeve at the same time because it increases the risk of infection. So I had the gallbladder removed then the sleeve.