Gallbladder

[kimr 37]

How many of you had your gallbladder removed during surgery. I had an u/s done last week and all looks fine with my gallbladder so we are keeping it in. I'm new to the bypass world (was supposed to have a sleeve done on Tuesday and it got canceled last minute and now moved to bypass 2/3) and wonder what others did.

Thanks

[Sallyawbc 46]

Rapid weight loss creates gall stones and removing the gall bladder prevents a further surgery. 25 yrs ago I lost a lot of weight in Jenny Craig and ended up having the surgery. Nutrisystem's and JC got sued at that time for not advising clients that of that potential. So having the gall bladder during the surgery is very common.

[JeanaLuvsKisses 110]

My sister's surgeon removed her gallbladder at the same time he did her gastric bypass. My surgeon didn't give me that option and I didn't think to ask. He did prescribe me Actigall. I am to take it for one year to prevent gallstones.

Edited January 23, 2014 by JeanaLuvsKisses

[moviechick00 23]

Mine was removed way before my bypass but my surgeon removes it at the time if RNY.

[terry1118 1,274]

Mine was removed six months after my bypass. I knew I had gallstones for quite sometime but never had any symptoms until about ten months before my bypass surgery. I had a pretty severe attack that sent me to the ER. Still I put off removing it but I knew I needed to eventually. It was like a ticking time bomb. My surgeon wouldn't do two procedures at the same time because he said it drastically increases complication risks. So I waited until I had lost most of my weight and had it out in December. It was a much more painful procedure than the RNY surgery. My bypass was almost painless by comparison.