Hello everyone..

I got my gastric sleeve surgery done in may of 2016. Best decision of my life, lost all the weight, yaay and all that.

So about a couple of months after the surgery, I started experiencing pain that I later understood to be gallbladder related. I don’t go to the doctor often so I ignored the pain until recently when I had a couple of very bad episodes while I was at work. The typical pain under the left rib, sweating me throwing up at times with occasional bloating and all that. It got to the point where I didn’t know what was triggering it and I became pretty much scared of eating anything and everything.

So last week I finally went to the doctor and told her everything. A couple of months ago I had gone to her for pain in my chest in the middle of the night with trouble of breathing.. she said everything was alright and gave me a look as if I was a hypochondriac of some sort. Anyways; last week I go to see her and explain the pain even though she is giving me the same look as the last visit, she sends me for blood work and an abdominal ultrasound which thank God, came back, suggesting I have not one or two but multiple gallbladder stones. Also, my liver enzymes are 10 times the regular level. She gives me a letter, telling me I should go to the er today or tomorrow to get the surgery done.

Now I don’t know if she knows she fucked up when she dismissed me a couple of months ago when I was having chest pain or if the elevated enzymes level is really bad.. I can’t find anything on internet suggesting how bad 10 times high is.. as any regular person of my age (30), I have responsibilities and a job. I survived this pain for over two years, I am sure I can survive it a week or two until I make arrangements for time off from work and what not??

Has anyone been through this?? Any suggestions?? If I go to get the surgery done, how long before I can go back to work??

Help please!!

No no and no. Go to the ER, your gallbladder can rupture and spill all the contents and thst will poison your system, people frequently die from that. A gallstone can block liver bile ducts. Please do not wait. Read below.

Gallbladder problems may develop, which can lead to gallbladder perforation, or rupture. ... Gallbladder rupture is life-threatening, and symptoms warrant immediate medical attention. ... Infection inside the abdominal cavity from a ruptured gallbladder may cause symptoms of septic shock.

definitely go in for the gall bladder issues - they may need to remove it

as for liver enzymes, it's not uncommon for them to be elevated for a couple of years after WLS, because rapid weight loss is really hard on livers. But 10x more than average seems really high (at least to me - but then what do I know?) - I'd ask someone about that.