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My surgery was for the 24th of this month. I went yesterday for my pre-op and my post of class. I was getting so excited that my time was coming near.

I got a call from one of the nurses after I got home and she told me that they need to hold off on the band and remove my gallbladder the 24th. I need to wait six weeks after that, so my band will be placed on March 17th. I was devastated at first when she told me, but I got over it fairly quick, so now just bummed. :)

I was so nervous about having any kind of surgery to begin with and the thought of having to go under twice just makes me crazy.

Has anyone else gotten their gallbladder removed and if so, how did you feel after-wards?

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why cant they do both at the same time??? seems if they are already in there they could do both at the same time.. and also your insurance might like that better and you would have less out of pocket to pay... at least that is the way it appears to me..

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They said that they normally do both if I was having the by-pass. The reason why he wont do it the same time is because of any risk of infection to the band.

If I was to get the band first and then months down the road did the gall bladder, they said that there could have been a chance the band could have gotten infected and then it would have been removed. It all make sense and I appreciate them looking after my well beings.

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