Getting Nervous! Gallbladder Surgery In The Morning

[donna12 742]

I'm more nervous about this than my lap band surgery, guess I don't want to anticipate the pain, grrr. And recovery! Hope I can sleep tonight, if not it will be a long night and a date with my Kindle. Got to get up at 4:45 a.m. and I'm so not a morning person. Maybe I should call one of the high school bands to come play outside my window to wake me up...bahahaha Had to find humor in it somehow.

[louisab79 6]

U will do fine I had mine removed 10 yrs ago. Good luck and I hope u have a speedy recovery

[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

Mine came out when I was 30.... You will be fine... Recovery similar to the band...maybe a little longer.

Best wishes

[donna12 742]

thanks ladies. I think I'm headed to bed now, getting sleepy as I got up early this morning for church and have done a lot today, errands including the task of Walmart on a Sunday afternoon, whew, the dog a bath, washed 4 loads of laundry, changed bed, cleaned house and all of this done after 1:00 and before 7:00 tonight. Walmart was a madhouse but got a few stocking stuffers for my mom/brother/sister-in-law. I will try and get online in a few days. nighty night.

[Maddysgram 6,159]

Keeping you in my thoughts & prayers Donna! Just think before long you can really enjoy band and feel well doing it.

Keep us posted!

[donna12 742]

thank you all for the prayers and well wishes. Got up this morning at 4:45, still sleepy but I did get 5 hrs sleep. Not so anxious now that it is here.

God Bless

Donna

[JerseyShoreDisneyDiva 113]

thank you all for the prayers and well wishes. Got up this morning at 4:45' date=' still sleepy but I did get 5 hrs sleep. Not so anxious now that it is here.

God Bless

Donna[/quote']

Hope you are doing well.

[lousianalady 44]

I am thinking of you. You will be okay. Said a prayer and hope to see you online again soon

[donna12 742]

well, I'm back! Oh my goodness, what an ordeal this has been. I got to the hospital ok, got in a holding room for surgery and it was suppose to have been at 8:15 but I didn't get into OR until 9:00. What was supposed to have been a rather easy and short 30 min operation ended up taking him 2 hrs. He said that my gallbladder was so diseased and full of gallstones that no wonder I had been sick from day one of my lap band surgery. I mean literally I had been living on Dramamine practically every day along with other symptoms. He said that he had to cut my gallbladder away from my liver and I started bleeding really bad and he had to get that under control. With all that said, I had to spend the night in the hospital Monday night and had a drainage tube draining blood and Fluid. It was along night, got only 2 hrs sleep that night, just in an awful lot of pain that night and was cotton mouth so thirsty so I kept drinking Water therefore had to potty every hour on the hour. Let's just say I was worn out by the time I got home late yesterday afternoon. It was good to sleep in my own bed. Experiencing a lot of gas and gas pains like the lap band surgery and let me tell you I would rate this right up there with my hysterectomy, a lot more painful than lap band. Today I took a nap for about an hour. And here I go again on the severe Constipation road. Haven't gone since Sunday and feel really bloated. Have taken stool softeners and laxatives but if I haven't gone by morning I will drink a small amount of Mag. Citrate to get things moving along.

Good to be back online. Well I'm off to take a pain pill. Thank you all for thinking of me.

Donna

[blpchick 50]

I had mine removed the end of October and for me gallbladder surgery recovery was way easier than lap band recovery. I had a lot of port pain and horrible nausea after my band surgery though.

[lousianalady 44]

So glad to see you back. I was worried. Hope you feel better. Keep us posted