Gall Bladder?

[moneal 3]

I'm 5 weeks out and have a terrible pain under my right side ribcage area. I'm not sure if it is gall bladder issues or bowel issues. Anyone experience this post op?

[hillgirly 228]

Call your doctor. I had some discomfort, was sent in for an ultrasound and it was my gallbladder. I had it out at the end of July - a cake walk after the VSG surgery! Doctor said especially after WLS, any discomfort in upper right abdomen, the gallbladder is immediately checked. I had one gallstone at the ultrasound, but 3 when they took it out a few weeks later. Thankfully I never had a full blown attack. Good luck & let us know!!

[BitterSweet* 835]

Honey, let me tell you. Get your gallbladder checked, because if that is the culprit, a full attack will have you wishing for a quick death! It is horrible! They just need to do a blood draw for a LFT (liver function test), and an abdominal ultrasound. Don't wait, get it checked.

[gomekast 559]

I echo the others. Call your dr. I lived with that pain for about 8 months, maybe more. Finally had it removed the end of July and I've not had the pain anymore. However, there will be a period after removal where you will need to be in close proximity to a bathroom to run to at a moments notice. That's usually temporary tho.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

I'm three weeks post-op VSG. Ten days post-op I had my first ever gallbladder attack. It wasn't awful, but the bariatric nurse at my surgeon's sent me running to the emergency room to get an ultrasound done that night.

Yup. There were more than 2 dozen bright, shiny little gallstones in my gallbladder.

I'm having the sucker out this coming Monday. Same surgeon as VSG (he's great). Same hospital. Same early morning elevator ride up to the 3rd floor. Same little scrub brushes to shower with the night before and morning of. It will feel like old home week in the surgery.

Oh ... and I don't even have to spend the night in the hospital this time.

This surgery thing is starting to feel old-hat.

[Kindle 8,667]

Ditto to what Bittersweet said. A full blown attack is probably one of the most painful things you will ever experience. I've had two and they leave you absolutely inconsolable....curled up on the floor wishing you were dead, barely even able to dial your phone for help, much less actually speak. My mom said she'd rather have 100 childbirths than another gallbladder attack.

And yet, here I am, still with my gallbladder. . I've had the bloodwork (totally normal) and an ultrasound (sludge and thickened walls, but no stones) it's not really a matter of IF I get it removed, but WHEN. Just figuring out how to fit it into my crazy busy work schedule. Maybe a third excruciating episode will motivate me to move it up my priority list.

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[millergirl314 168]

Yup don't wait. I had 4 attacks and then I went to the doctor. It was stupid of me to wait that long. Don't wait. I had to have emergency surgery on one day and then another surgery on the next day and I'm still taking medicine for a possible pancreatic infection. Like I said don't wait girl, it can be more dangerous than people realize. And no one needs to have that pain either.

[kyrickchick64 468]

So right! I had my attack and thought it was a heart attack...so did the paramedics. They gave me a nitro pill(that alone gives you there worst headache you will ever have short of an aneurysm. Get it checked out asap