gallbladder removal
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Anonymous
| I got them from pregnancy, had a bunch of stones pass very painfully but ultimately they went away. I probably would have had surgery but it was Covid so everything was slow and also I really didn’t want to go to the ER with a baby so I toughed out some attacks where I probably would have gone in before. I’m glad I didn’t have the surgery if I didn’t need to, but I know it might come up again. |
Anonymous
Surgery has a lot more risk than the possibility of surgery. |
Anonymous
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I've had mine out but was also having repeated attacks which were very painful. I tried eliminating fat but it was still happening. I'd wait until you have an attack - maybe you won't if they are small.
To the PP who said they are the result of an unhealthy lifestyle, I don't think that's always the case. I was in my early 30's running 10k's regularly, eating a healthy diet, rarely drinking, normal weight, no health issues. |
Anonymous
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I had mine removed and it was outpatient laparascopy and NBD whatsoever. I had a few stones and the lining of the gallbladder was thickened, which was indicative of some chronic issue.
Up to that point, I had been thin and been running 1/2 marathons. As well as a vegetarian. For the person saying it is "lifestyle." |
Anonymous
Surgery has a lot lower risk than gallstone pancreatitis, which has a 15% risk of death on admission. Or did when it happened to me. Schedule the surgery, OP. |
Anonymous
What are the main risks of laparoscopic surgery? I thought it was much easier than open surgery? |
Anonymous
You avoided the question. |
Anonymous
| I have 4 friends all in their 30s who had to have an emergency removal during an extremely painful attack around 3am. Seems like the right thing to do is have it removed now before that happens. |
Anonymous
Estrogen dominance is not a medical term. It’s something people tell you is a thing when they want to sell you a supplement. |
Anonymous
the question being how did I discover? abdominal u/s performed because of consistently high bilirubin (Gilbert’s syndrome). |
Anonymous
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Pregnancy can trigger them (my first attack was when my only child was 3 months old) age (female over 40) and so can many other factors. Obesity and high fat diet can cause but rapid weight loss, extremely low fat diet, can also trigger.
But most people with asymptomatic gallstones stay asymptomatic. |
Anonymous
And by the way: though the surgery was ultimately laparoscopic and easy as pie (discharged the next day), the eight days NPO in the hospital until the pancreas had calmed down enough that I was allowed any oral intake (and the surgery) was not. I would not mess with this, OP. |
Anonymous
| I had my removed. the 3 Fs are fertile, female, forties. I don't think it necessarily comes from bad diet. |
Anonymous
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I had my gallbladder removed laparoscopically and nearly died. They missed some and it formed two quart-plus abscesses in my abdominal cavity. I had to spend 10 days in the hospital and had six surgeries. Now I have bile dumping disorder—a common post-removal side effect which results in the runs every day, multiple times a day for the rest of my life. Fun.
I wouldn’t have it removed until it causes a problem. |
Anonymous
They sometimes add “fat and fair” all of which describe me. I had mine out but had terrible attacks and reflux which resolved after removal. My friend nearly died from pancreatitis due to a gallstone so I was not hesitant. If I was asymptomatic and doctor wasn’t suggesting it I may have skipped it |