Gall Bladder Surgery Today

[shues138 35]

I had my GB taken out in September, hope you're feeling better! Did they give you a stool softener to take? Sometimes that helps if you're having that problem. Also, just an fyi sometimes your body adjusts to not having a gall bladder, and it happened to me. We always hear about roux en y pts getting "dumping syndrome" that's what it felt like I was going to the bathroom 5X a day. Anything I ate that had a little bit of fat sent me to the bathroom! I'm fine now, actually I recovered so well I gained 30 pounds in three months! I always thought I had heartburn so I could never eat salsa, gravy (sauce, whatever), margaritas and now I could have them all, and it showed! Back on the wagon, pretty much lost all that weight that I gained (13 lbs to go) but what a wake up call!

Get well soon!

[Meduseld 29]

Tell them to get over it! You could be gone, sitting at home, and letting them compensate for all the work you do.

[Cindy C 150]

Shues, thanks for the heads up. I will definitely be keeping a closer eye on the scale. If I see the numbers going up I will certainly do all I can to nip that in the bud! Work went fine yesterday. When I got there, I really wasn't sure I was going to make it all day but by early afternoon I was feeling almost back to normal.

[shues138 35]

Yeah going back to work was tough for me since my job was a lot of getting up and down I was exhausted but after a week I was back to normal!

[Cindy C 150]

So, I went for my follow up today. I'm still swollen and 4 or 5 pounds higher than I was. Still can't get my rings on. Bruising is going down and incisions are healing but I have quite a bit of tenderness internally. He said everything is normal. He also said that my gall bladder was really bad...full of stones and probably should have been removed years ago. I asked if he looked at it when he put my band in (4 years ago). He said it was normal then and that rapid weight loss can cause it.

[shues138 35]

Glad to hear you're doing alright, you're going to be sore for a while, hang in there!