gallbladder removal

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Anonymous wrote:Also put down the fork and pick up a glass of water.

Such an idiot. Is this rfk jr?

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Anonymous wrote:I had my removed. the 3 Fs are fertile, female, forties. I don't think it necessarily comes from bad diet.

Don't forget Fat. Fertile, Female, Forties, Fat

All I had going for me was female!

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Anonymous wrote:otherwise healthy 40 year old woman who has discovered my gallbladder is completely full of stones. no obvious symptoms related to this, but would it be proactive to have it removed?

Stones are the result of an unhealthy lifestyle.

My 98 year old mother had gallbladder issues when she was in her 40s as did several of her sisters. I did too at the same age. My aunts were all very healthy and lived well in to their 90s. No one was overweight and just for a little more amazing info my 98 year old mom has never had any major medical issues. Her cholesterol has been amazing her whole life and she's on no medication.

Yes, there can be a significant hereditary component.

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Anonymous wrote:No! Why? Why would you do that if you don’t have to?

I can only see this if you were going to live in Antarctica or something.

because it’s an easy surgery and better than ending up in emergency surgery later?

Surgery has a lot more risk than the possibility of surgery.

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.

I had gallstone pancreatitis, do not recommend. Definitely best to schedule the surgery, OP, rather than risk an emergency.

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Anonymous wrote:No! Why? Why would you do that if you don’t have to?

I can only see this if you were going to live in Antarctica or something.

because it’s an easy surgery and better than ending up in emergency surgery later?

Surgery has a lot more risk than the possibility of surgery.

What are the main risks of laparoscopic surgery? I thought it was much easier than open surgery?

FYI I asked my surgeon about robotic surgery and he said he could make smaller incisions than the machine. He did and it worked well.