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11-23-2013, 05:50 AM | Topic Starter |
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Gallbladder Surgery
Mine's not playing well with others and me. Tell me more. Debating how much more I want to deal with this.
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11-23-2013, 06:17 AM | #2 |
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DIY save some cash
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11-23-2013, 06:48 AM | #3 |
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Don't wait for it to suddenly flare up and force you into unplanned emergency surgery. When that happened to me it was the worst day of my life, and the doctor told me later that I could have died. My gallbladder had turned necrotic and pumped so much poison into my body that I was in agony by the time I made it to the emergency room. I was in so much pain that I thought I was dying.
The surgery to remove the gall bladder is simple and you recover quickly. Get it done. It's a no-brainer. |
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11-23-2013, 07:02 AM | #4 | |
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11-23-2013, 09:22 AM | #5 | |
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Stop being a pussy. Just go get it taken care of. Laparoscopic surgery is so easy and non-invasive that you'll wonder why you put it off. |
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11-23-2013, 12:03 PM | #6 | |
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11-23-2013, 12:32 PM | #7 | |
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I spent 24 hours in the hospital on antibiotics and painmeds waiting for the inflammation to go down before they could operate. Apparently laparoscopy becomes a less likely option the larger your gallbladder gets. Also, nobody warned me about this or explained laparoscopy to me at the time (pretty out of it on meds), and it kinda freaked me out. Apparently they pump air into your abdomen to make it easier to see and move around inside you. When they're done, they release as much as they can, but you often get sewn up with air bubbles still inside that can move around your body. When I first woke up and couldn't yet move, I had a horrible pain in my shoulder. I thought they dropped me off the operating table or something. Apparently it was just a gas bubble, but it hurt like hell. |
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11-23-2013, 07:25 AM | #8 |
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Go ask Your lover, Tyler Bray.
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11-23-2013, 07:29 AM | #9 |
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It's laproscopic, you'll be home in a day or two at most. Sometimes same day.
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11-23-2013, 07:51 AM | #10 |
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot OVER!
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In and out. 5 hr. ordeal. Was eating a double cheeseburger 15 minutes after leaving hospital.
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11-23-2013, 09:30 AM | #11 |
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11-23-2013, 07:54 AM | #12 |
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Surgery itsself takes about half an hour. Single small incision. You'll be back to work in 2 days. Just get it done before the misery sets in.
My wife had an attack while we were in Mexico, and they got her meds to make her comfortable. She didn't have surgery, and a couple of months ago had another attack, much more severe. Since she is pregnant, she can't have the surgery until the second trimester or preferably after birth. |
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11-23-2013, 08:36 AM | #13 |
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Use a discount coupon at a local surgical center. Go for the cheapest rate.
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11-23-2013, 09:02 AM | #14 |
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Easy surgery. Two or three little 1/2 inch incisions. Out of the hospital same day.
Maybe they can get your pap-smear done at the same time. |
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11-23-2013, 09:09 AM | #15 |
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot OVER!
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