Gallblader stones

[Connie Kilpatrick 0]

Anybody have surgery for removal gall bladder? If so, who did your surgery?thanks

[Frustr8 7,886]

Oh Connue, there have been so many recently. Odd, they routinely order ursadiol after surgery to prevent it, either it's not working or it is even more prevalent than surgeons' have thought

[RickM 1,753]

I haven't needed it, but as it is not an uncommon problem during the rapid weight loss phase, I would expect that most would have it done by their original bariatric surgeon as that is where most will turn for help with any apparently related problems during that time. However, it can be done by most any general surgeon if their original bariatric surgeon isn't local or otherwise available.

[SilviaCC 2]

Connie,

I had my gastric bypass done 10 years ago and 3 years ago I started having pain in my gallbladder. It's stones, but they weren't a problem then, pain would be just on and off. Lately, the pain has been constant so my primary care doctor sent me to a vascular surgeon. I have an ultrasound scheduled for Monday morning. Most likely, I'll have my gallbladder removed quite soon. Not looking forward to it, but I don't believe this will get any better with time, but worse.

In fact, I joined this forum today to read what others that have GBP surgery have gone through will gallbladder removal. (Hello everyone!)

You might want to call the doctor who performed your GBP surgery or otherwise your primary care physician. Get things checked out. Good luck!

[Frustr8 7,886]

Had my GB out 35 years ago last mobth, back,in the Bad Old Days when everything was open incision. In fact when I had my pre-surgical last year I told my surgeon I would rather have an open than no WLS surgery at all. He looked at me with an amazed look, said "Do you know how long. it takes to heal an open incision?" Flipped up my shirt, showed him my Right Paramedian, 2 inches above, 3 inches below waist. He laughed and said " Point taken, but I almost always do laparoscopic" and I have 7 little scars, at 7 months,you would be hard pressed to find, well you still can see the top one a little, where he put the liver retractor, because I don't have stretch marks there to cover it up. But they are sikvery, pretty , and I wish he could give lessons to the doctors that sewed up other places on me, some of them are super- evident.