To hospital or not? Help

[drmeow 323]

I am so sorry you've had to go through all this, especially with little family support. I am a single mom too but my kids are older (2 in high school and one in the Marines) which makes things a little easier. I had my gallbladder out about 15 yrs ago, but it took 8 yrs of pain before that to get the diagnosis! I had multiple ultrasounds but no stones, so each time they'd say it wasn't GB. I was scoped for ulcers, ultrasounded for "female" problems etc before a new doctor finally had me do the HIDA scan. I had surgery a week later and luckily did very well with it - had it on Thurs and went back to work on Monday. BUT, I was much thinner than now and had not recently had other GI surgery. I can't imagine having to go through it so soon after the bypass. However, I developed adhesions from my GB removal (mine had ruptured by the time it was removed) that are quite painful, and I just found out today that when I have the bypass they can remove the adhesions as well. So thankful for that.

I hope you are able to get the rest and pain relief you need.