Originally Posted By lesmisfan I woke up in severe pain last night and thought it was kidney stones again but this pain was alot different so i went to the hospital and its gallstones! Yuck! so now i have to have a follow up with my own doctor and then schedule an appointment for surgery. I hope it happens within the next few days so i dont have to miss to much work. First kidney stones and now this!
Originally Posted By nevadarebel oh my, I feel for you. I had my gallbladder taken out 10 years ago and that was the worst pain ever! I had an easy recovery and only missed 2 days of work (had it done on Thursday, went back on Monday). I have had no problems since then until a couple of weeks ago, I too had kidney stones and that was horrible. Try to stay away from fried foods until the surgery for some reason, that is what really bothered me. Good luck and keep us updated, I will be sending good vibes to you!
Originally Posted By Stacers76 I feel for ya lemis! I had the same problem and had my gallbladder removed almost a year ago.....easy surgery! If they can do it laproscopically (which they usually do nowadays) you get 4 little holes and you're in and out. I think my surgery was at 11am, I was out of surgery by 1230p and home by 530p that night. And that's only because the nurses were really busy and forgot about me for a couple hrs. I too only missed a couple days of work....best of luck! And drink lots of water, helps your gallbladder digest and keeps the stones still = less pain hopefully!
Originally Posted By tink2680 Oh man...it's the worst...I think gallbladder pain is worse than childbirth...I should know I had both really close together. nevadarebel is right...no fat...also nothing too spicy. They didn't tell me that and I ate some chili I had made and I threw up and hurt and was extremely sick to my stomach for two days because of it. I hope that you can get it out quickly too. I had to wait 3 weeks because I wasn't in an emergency situation. It sucked because I couldn't eat hardly anything unless I wanted the wrath of an attack. But like everybody else I had it laparoscopically and was up and about in a few days. Good Luck!
Originally Posted By smedley Sympathies lesmis, I haven't suffered myself, but my dad had to have his gallbladder removed, and it was not pleasant for him at all beforehand.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan thanks you guys. the pain and discomfort is tolerable now thanks to vicadin. but i really want to get it out just for the mere fact that i can't miss to much work. I work over at DCA and i really can't afford the points. so im hoping my doctor can write my a note that gets me on disability leave for a few days. but we will see. i have to wait for his call. i called him early this morning and left a message but so far he has not returned my call.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins I'm sorry to hear about the pain you are enduring. Good luck with the surgery and post-op.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I'm so sorry. I'm in the gallbladderless club too. It took them three years to take mine out since I didn't have stones, appearantly I had a problem with the bile duct that was causing the attacks. You'll feel so much better once the surgery is over.
Originally Posted By disney pete get well soon lemis looks like your getting all them yucky things quite young be gone stones.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I too had gall bladder surgery about 6 months ago...much better now...good luck!
Originally Posted By DlandJB Another one here too - gallbladder surgery way back in 1986. I was 25. Unfortunately this was before they did the laproscopy procedures, so I have a great big ole scar and it took 6 weeks to recover. Today they can get you back on your feet within a couple of days. So much better! Don't worry about work - your health is what is important right now.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Doesn't sound like fun. Here is a wish for a easy surgery and speedy recovery.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee I hope all gos well and you start feeling better soon. Sending lots of good thoughts and prayers. Along with a big hug!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan so i finally got a doctors appointment but its not until monday morning, grrr!!! so ill have to call out of work the next few days which is really bad because at disney you get points for calling in sick unless you can get some sort of doctors note and then you can be out for at least three days with only three points instead of three points per day but my doctor can not give me one until he sees me and the ER i went to says they cant give me one that i have to get one from my doctor a kaiser, and i explained to both of them my work situation but there is nothing they can do! they keep telling me that i have to get it from the opposite person. this is getting frustrating!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan ok i was lucky i got a doctors note to get me off until at least wensday. i really want to get in and schedule that surgery as nervous as i am, just so i can return to work and get rid of this discomfort.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 I'm glad you got the doctor's note. At least that will ease some of your worry. Hang in there lesmis, looking forward to seeing you at DCA very soon. =)
Originally Posted By DlandJB Keep us posted. You are going to be fine and you will feel so much better when this is behind you.
