A change of plans. Thanks gallbladder !

[MustangAli 9]

Hi everyone! I was supposed to have my gallbladder removed & get my sleeve on Monday January 3rd. But...my gallbladder decided it no longer wanted to be in me. I went fir my pre op on December 30 and was in so much pain that my surgeon sent me directly to the ER. He said it looked bad & he couldn't help me. I ended up having emergency surgery on Friday morning. I have a new date to get sleeved. February 22, 2011.

I'm nervous & I'm having doubts now. I didn't want 2 surgeries. Do I want to go through that again? The anesthesia is this scary part.

I'm at home recovering from this one and I'm stressing about the other.

[deletedelete 0]

I am sorry your gallbladder decided not to co-operate. I hope your recovery is going well. My gallbladder surgery was so much more painful than my lapband. As far as having two surgeries... sometimes we just cannot plan what happens in life. You are still recovering from your emergency surgery... I am sure you will feel differently in a week or two.

I had my lapband surgery 01/08 and then had my gallbladder removed 08/08. My gallbladder "almost" didn't co-operate either. I was in the ER a week before my surgery and luckily I was able to wait.

[AChristian 112]

I don't have a gallbladder . It was taken out years ago. And from what I understand, it is best to not have one going into the sleeve surgery anyways!!!! So your one step ahead!! My surgery is scheduled for 1/21/2011. I'm so excited! It will be o.k.

[M2G 1,836]

Darn gallbladder. I had mine removed about 12 years ago, so as my WLS dr. said "one less thing to worry about". It's funny now that I have fresh scars from the VSG I cannot even FIND my old scars from the gallbladder.

I'm sure you wouldn't have picked having 2 surgeries back to back, but hopefully you can heal and move on. OH and congrats on -23 lbs woo hoo!

[Becca 108]

So sorry that happened, but I will say one important thing: THE SLEEVE IS SO WORTH IT! Any pain I had from the surgery is just an afterthought. I love my sleeve!