Gallbladder Removal

[KeepOnRockinMe 6]

Hi everyone. I'm super bummed. I had the sleeve on June 24th so I'm about 3.5 weeks out from that. Last week I got really sick. Couldn't hold anything down. I got dangerously dehydrated and was hospitalized. My gallbladder was removed on Friday. Now I've got more incision sights and I feel like I'm back at square one with pain. I've got 2 weeks of lifting restrictions again too. Anybody else had these surgeries so close? I'm kinda feeling sorry for myself. Any tips? I'm terrified to eat or drink now. It's like I can't stop thinking about how bad I felt last week. My dehydration was so bad I couldn't walk because my muscles in legs would cramp up so bad. Now my arms and legs are so sore from the cramping. I feel like I got hit by a train.

[Elode 8,093]

Dang! Poor girl! I didn't have that happen to me but I defiantly feel for you. I Hope you get to feeling better soon. God speed!

[KeepOnRockinMe 6]

Thank you so much! This has been so rough on my family. Especially my 16 month old daughter who is still breastfeeding. I'm ready to feel normal again.

[The Candidate 3,215]

Man that's a double header bummer! Hope you're feeling better.

[KeepOnRockinMe 6]

Now I'm having an allergic reaction to the antibiotics they put me on so all 8 of my incisions are itching like crazy.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Yes, I had my gall bladder removed 4 weeks after my VSG surgery.

I actually did pretty well. My VSG surgeon did the gall bladder removal, so he knew what he was working with and around. I didn't have any of the itching you describe. I just napped. (Note that I don't have a 16-month-old child to care for ... wow!)

It took me only about a week to "catch up" to where I was pre-gall bladder surgery.

And as far as the new scars are concerned, in a year you'll be hard pressed to find ANY of your scars from either surgery.

Keep your eye on the prize. That's the only thing that matters.

[KeepOnRockinMe 6]

Thanks! Yes the same surgeon did both of my surgeries too. He's very thorough so I redid the EGD and swallow test and had the ultrasound for the gallbladder. He wanted to double check that it was just the gallbladder causing me trouble.

[Riz2006 242]

I just had my gallbladder out about a week ago. So it's been about 4 months since my sleeve. The itching around my incisions from the tape, O.M.G.

[KeepOnRockinMe 6]

It took 2 weeks for my itching to go away, but mine was from the surgical glue the doc sewed me up with. If you take rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball and go over the places where the tape was it'll get the extra glue off. I'm also allergic to adhesive in tapes and bandaids.