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Just got those dreaded gallstones and will need to have my gallbladder removed next week, not surprised that I got the but I'm so surprised by how soon. I'm 16wks post op, 60lb loss. Anyone else had gallstones this soon?

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Just got those dreaded gallstones and will need to have my gallbladder removed next week, not surprised that I got the but I'm so surprised by how soon. I'm 16wks post op, 60lb loss. Anyone else had gallstones this soon?

I was 6 months post op

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I knew I had gallstones before my RNY because I'd already had a pretty bad attack. My surgeon wouldn't combine procedures so I had mine removed six months later, in the same year so my deductible was already met. It was a freebie. I have to warn you, though, I found the pain level much higher with my gallbladder removal. My RNY was a piece of cake by comparison. Even so, by one week after I was feeling much improved and glad not to have the threat of a gallbladder attack hanging over my head anymore. :-)

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I have had gallbladder issues for over a year so my surgeon will be removing it along with my RNY in August. I think I may be more excited about finely having that gone then the WLS right now lol ..... those attacks seriously suck!

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Getting my gallbladder out was super easy compared to this rny surgery.

I got gallstone attacks every week for about 7 weeks when I was pregnant with my twins. Couldn't eat anything w/o triggering one. Lived on Slim Fast drinks only. Had to get twins heartbeats on monitors before they would give me the demerol/phenergan cocktail, then wait two hours to get another dose for the pain to stop. Every. Single. Time. I wanted to die.

7 days after emergency csection at 33 wks (severe preeclampsia) the duct got blocked. 3 days later my gallbladder came out. The next day all three of us went home.

Gallstones suck!! Good riddance!

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Just got those dreaded gallstones and will need to have my gallbladder removed next week, not surprised that I got the but I'm so surprised by how soon. I'm 16wks post op, 60lb loss. Anyone else had gallstones this soon?

Help. . I got my gallbladder removed June 19 I've had enough but problems I'm in excruciating pain anytime I drink something or eat there is stabbing in sternum through my back and my shoulder blade literally dropped me to my knees mean I got a CT. An MRCP there is no stones left behind as the report show I do have Fluid on the fossa area. so I'm at a complete loss they're going to send me now to another GI specialist to have a scope done. is anyone else experiencing I do not have any gallstones in my gallbladder however it was three times its normal size and was full of infection. ????????????

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Help. . I got my gallbladder removed June 19 I've had enough but problems I'm in excruciating pain anytime I drink something or eat there is stabbing in sternum through my back and my shoulder blade literally dropped me to my knees mean I got a CT. An MRCP there is no stones left behind as the report show I do have Fluid on the fossa area. so I'm at a complete loss they're going to send me now to another GI specialist to have a scope done. is anyone else experiencing I do not have any gallstones in my gallbladder however it was three times its normal size and was full of infection. ?de26?de26?de26

You need an gallbladder ultrasound

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You need an gallbladder ultrasound

Not sure how a HIDA scan would help. The GB has been removed, I've had a US done n CT which found the sludge, making cholecystectomy a must. Now the pain has warranted the MRCP which only shows fuild. I'm wondering if it could be SOD, it does show, dilation od the CBD.

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