Gall bladder surgery

[briefs199 337]

I had a very slight gall bladder pain on Christmas Eve and after a sonogram I was told I have gall stones.

I'm going to meet with my surgeon soon (no further pain since that one time for about 10 minutes) but wondering if I had surgery would I have to get my band unfilled before?

Also anyone have advice on whether I should just bite the bullet and get it out now or wait to see if it will get worse?

[jboys83 17]

I would definitely talk to your surgeon. When I met my surgeon he mentioned that if they go in amd find that the gallbladder is in bad shape they would be taking that out as well.

[TinyTink 268]

It's usually better to have your gallbladder out when you aren't having an acute problem. See what your doc has to say about it but personally I'd try to find a doable time frame in your schedule. If you've started having issues, it's unlikely to stop. Good luck.

[butterfly23 423]

I don't usually like to tell someone what to do or not do, but please take this very seriously!

Eight months after my WLS, I had massive pain and ignored it, and ended up in the ER with a bad gallbladder infection. It turned into pancreatitis and was so infected they couldn't take it out right away, so I suffered for awhile until they could operate.

I was stubborn and thought I didn't have the time (graduate school and work full-time) but my gallbladder decided for me.

Please discuss options with your doctor and take the pain seriously. Good luck!

[bahuber5477 88]

I am a nurse and I have an awesome friendship and working relationship with my surgeon. I also had my gall bladder out about a year post op lap band surgery. One thing I will say about it is that for me I was very nervous for anyone to touch the level in my band because at that time it was about perfect. I left mine alone, i felt amazing after surgery because prior I was very ill and nauseated and i was back in the gym the next day using the treadmill and elliptical (NOT recommended) but I felt so much better after surgery I just had to get t there and get some walking and physical activity in!

Good luck to you! For me the surgery went well and I felt immediately better!

Good luck to you,

Brittany

[briefs199 337]

Thanks. Talked to my sister who also is a nurse. She suggested getting it out before I have an attack

[DeborahDav 17]

You should be able to have it removed by lapo surgery & no issue with the band.

Im surprised they didn't remove it when they did your band??

[briefs199 337]

Met with my doctor and she suggested that I get out my gall bladder now when I'm not having issues and it's not inflamed etc. it would have to come out eventually.

So I will be making an appointment to get it out in the next few months. No rush.

[grandmaofone 411]

My gallbladder was taken out Dec 29,2015. I started having pains and would also feel sick after I ate. I went to my six month check up and my WL surgeon said if it got worse to call. I called my family dr and got a sonogram the next day and the general surgeon said it needed to come out now. This was Tuesday before Christmas and I asked if we could put it off until after Christmas since it was my grand babies first Christmas and I ended up in bed most of Christmas wishing I would have just had the surgery. I had surgery on the 29 and since I had meet my out of pocket I didn't pay anything and I have been fine since then. The pain for gallbladder surgery is nothing like my sleeve surgery, I run a home daycare and was back to work the next day:) good luck and don't wait, it can/will cause further issues!!!

[Mommyfrid 12]

So I'm curious about people that started to have gallbladder problems after being banded. I was banded exactly 1 year ago, almost to the day. Around mid-Dec I started getting really nauseous. I thought it was my band. The band that I have never had any problems with. No nausea even right after my surgery. I started to wonder if my band had slipped, but I don't have any problems eating, no throwing up or anything. Just nausea that some days is horrible. Actually in mid dec when it started, I was nauseous basically everyday for 2-3 weeks. Then I started to wonder if it was acid reflux. So I started taking a look at what I was eating and decided it was time to get back on track. Since I started eating clean again, the nausea has subsided quite a bit, but I've been reading a lot lately about nausea being a side effect of gallbladder problems. So I'm just curious if any of you have had gallbladder with nausea being the main symptom?

[briefs199 337]

Go get an ultrasound. I don't think nausea is a side effect but usually pain is. However everyone is different.