Well after great Saturday or was it Sunday I don't remember, I had Emergency Gall Bladder removal ...
anyone else have any experience of this?
anyone else have any experience of this?
Father 15 yrs ago and Father in law 5 years ago. Both made full recoveries, and eat what they want.
Get well soon.
Thanks Backwoods. Well that's a good thing they got her prepared.Wife came close to having it done quickly but she was so weak they had to wait. Hope to get that fixed soon though. Also hope you heal quickly.
Ah ha another cyclist. ... yes, I'm being sensible, at times the prescrip can make it tempting to try to do stuff one shouldn't. But covering the woodpile and walking around and walking the dog is about it. Heck, just getting out of a chair or bed requires a "situp" which is not taken for granted anymoreHad mine taken out 8 years ago. I was a semi-competitive road cyclist at the time and the gall bladder attacks were like someone thrusting a medieval sword through my abdomen......I'd double over on the bike with pain, seemed like they always hit me when I was putting 110% effort in during training or racing.....
But it definitely helped out. That pain is long-gone, and I still eat pretty much everything I used to. However onions and bread bother me......so I take a Previcid OTC every other day and I've been OK.
Two days after my sugery, I was putting a transmission in my truck, laying down in my driveway, by myself........I don't recommend you do that.
sister and my best friend had theirs go on the same day.
Oddly the urge isn't there yet. Probably the real question is when I can move bits of wood again?You'll be able to drink a beer soon.....I used to love my beer. Yuengling Lager, to be exact.
I don't drink it much anymore, as I said before I ain't good with wheat products. I don't think that was due to the GB removal, I think it's hereditary...
I cant speak for a gall bladder, but I did have an apendectomy last Dec. When I went for my first checkup I told the doc I was a fishermen and I needed to get back on the boat asap. Not lifting more than 20lbs for a month was not an option. Doc told me to try and get a full 2 weeks of rest and then try to ease back in to my routine. By the end of week three I was fishing and splitting wood and doing all of my normal activities with no pain.I guess it depends on what shape youre in and what age you are. Also, I was drinking beer on my third night home,and a few jack and cokes by the end of the week. I think booze works better than vicodin.
That wood is tempting. The day I checked into the ER I was driving around looking for a parking spot and I came across a newly felled silver maple that was bucked into rounds laying next to the curb. It was very tempting even though I felt like I had a knife in my gut. So the day I got out I told my wife to bring my truck and I made her go by the scrounge, but of course it was gone. I was in no shape to be lifting them anyway since I could hardly get in and out of the truck . Hang in there, before you know it the whole thing will just be scars and vicodin clouded memories.Spoken like a true New Yorker. I assume you are not fishing for river perch and minnows
Ha! I like the sound of splitting wood after week three.
Had the country crew up the road here cutting down a tree and I so wanted to ask for some rounds, but there was no way I was moving them anywhere. El Doggo can't tow them either.
Next dog gets fitted for a log cart and a snow plow early in his training!
That wood is tempting. The day I checked into the ER I was driving around looking for a parking spot and I came across a newly felled silver maple that was bucked into rounds laying next to the curb. It was very tempting even though I felt like I had a knife in my gut. So the day I got out I told my wife to bring my truck and I made her go by the scrounge, but of course it was gone. I was in no shape to be lifting them anyway since I could hardly get in and out of the truck . Hang in there, before you know it the whole thing will just be scars and vicodin clouded memories.
Had mine pulled in 2010. Took a long time to diagnose on me. Pain did not match typical gall bladder pain (in back and shoulder) I could literally point to the exact spot that the pain was. Dead center and 1" below my sternum. Pain was enough to put my body into shock, which made diagnosis even harder, and almost take my breath completely away. Multiple CT scans and ultrasounds then the dreaded ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) What a messed up procedure that was. The ERCP failed. They could not get into my bile duct. They tried for an hour. Should have been a 20 minute procedure.
Scheduled for surgery. Surgery went not so well. Gall bladder was so diseased that it had essentially hardened and welded itself to my liver. 40 minute procedure took just over 2 hours. And then I woke up in post-op an immediately started coughing blood. Severely aspirated lungs. Spent 4 days in the ICU on O2 and morphine pump. Finally got sent home......... with a drain tube stuck through my side and a crazy clear "grenade" looking receptacle that kept filling up with random liquid........................ Was a totally, completely messed up fall. And to top it all off, my poor wife was 5+ months into a very stressful and high risk pregnancy. We laugh about it now..........
According to everyone else that I know that has had their gall bladder out, it's a quick day surgery and you are mostly back to normal in a week. Looks like you made it through with no probs. Good stuff!
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