Gallbladder surgery!

[Daisy Girl 38]

I am 8 months out from my sleeve surgery and have had two really bad gallbladder attacks (at least from what I've read they are textbook gall bladder attacks). I know this is common with large weight loss. I lost 80 pounds and made goal in January. The first one scared me but the second one was worse. Luckily by the time I realized that I needed to get to a hospital, the pain subsided. I did so well with my WLS, hardly had any pain at all, but I'm not looking forward to this. I am going to Doctor this week. Anyone else have to go through this? Is the surgery/healing process similar to the sleeve surgery?

[DaisyAmy 561]

I had mine out years ago, before WLS, but the recovery is not bad at all. You'll do great.

[Kindle 8,667]

Exact same thing happened to me. Had my first attack 8 months out. Incredibly painful....curled up on the bathroom floor, just trying to breath. Had 3 more attacks over the next 14 months. Each one lasted just around 2 hours. One was close to 2 1/2 hours and I had called someone to take me to the ER but the pain subsided just as they got to my house.

My pancreatic enzymes became elevated after the last attack, so I finally scheduled surgery. Had my gallbladder out 23 months after VSG. Wished I hadn't waited so long because recovery was a piece of cake. Surgery at 8am on Wednesday. Discharged at noon, went to the grocery store on my way home. Thanksgiving dinner at grandma's the next day and I was pretty tired but totally back to normal by Friday. Pathology reported 15 stones in my gallbladder!