Gall stones

Scrooge McSam · 04-30-2010, 02:02 PM

Ewww, so sorry to hear about this. Hoping you don't have too much pain before you get a resolution, sphincter boy.

What?

Yeah, I said it

I believe I even started it way back when.

Seriously though, I've had a couple of friends have the surgery and they both came through it with very little problem.

I'm sorry you're hurting.

3894 · 04-30-2010, 02:31 PM

Git R Done, sceagles.

I had mine out three or four years ago. While waiting the two weeks or so for the surgery, I had to eat a Bananas Rice Applesauce Toast diet and nothing but.

The surgery can be the full abdominal unzip or laproscopic. I had the laproscopic and now have a small scar on my belly button, one at the right ribcage and one mid-tummy on the right side.

If you have laproscopic surgery, it will be outpatient. You have to be able to urinate before they spring you from the hospital. If the pain meds freeze your bladder, you stay overnight. The surgeon, who is a good one, told me I'd be back to normal activity within a week. This didn't turn out to be true because I picked up viral pneumonia while in the hospital.

After maybe six weeks of healing, you go back to see the surgeon for a check on the incisions. At that time, he handed me my gallstones. Want to know what they look like?

Spoiler:

You need to watch fat intake for several months after the surgery. As I say, it's been several years since my surgery and I can eat ice cream or french fries or whatever with no problems. I am very happy that I had the operation and you will be, too.

04-30-2010, 02:02 PM	#1
Scrooge McSam What? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,635	Ewww, so sorry to hear about this. Hoping you don't have too much pain before you get a resolution, sphincter boy. What? Yeah, I said it I believe I even started it way back when. Seriously though, I've had a couple of friends have the surgery and they both came through it with very little problem. I'm sorry you're hurting.
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04-30-2010, 02:31 PM	#2
3894 Next Stop: Funkytown! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cheeselandia Posts: 1,907	Git R Done, sceagles. I had mine out three or four years ago. While waiting the two weeks or so for the surgery, I had to eat a Bananas Rice Applesauce Toast diet and nothing but. The surgery can be the full abdominal unzip or laproscopic. I had the laproscopic and now have a small scar on my belly button, one at the right ribcage and one mid-tummy on the right side. If you have laproscopic surgery, it will be outpatient. You have to be able to urinate before they spring you from the hospital. If the pain meds freeze your bladder, you stay overnight. The surgeon, who is a good one, told me I'd be back to normal activity within a week. This didn't turn out to be true because I picked up viral pneumonia while in the hospital. After maybe six weeks of healing, you go back to see the surgeon for a check on the incisions. At that time, he handed me my gallstones. Want to know what they look like? Spoiler: Like jellybellys made out of earwax. You're welcome. You need to watch fat intake for several months after the surgery. As I say, it's been several years since my surgery and I can eat ice cream or french fries or whatever with no problems. I am very happy that I had the operation and you will be, too. __________________ "I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder." - Flynn Rider, "Tangled"
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