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Gall-Bladder surgery anyone?

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Staceyinpa

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi,
has anyone had this surgery? I went to the dr yesterday, after 3 weeks of excruciating pain,and found out that I need to have my gall bladder out.
I am a single mom, and I'm wondering about the recovery time with this. Is this a 1 day thing, or a hospital stay? What is the pain like after surgery? Are there any changes I will need to make after surgery?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

Draheid

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Staceyinpa: This topic was discussed earlier this year but has since archived. If you would like to see the previous discussion, I would be happy to send you a copy or post a link to it for you if you would like. Just let me know.

Note: If you prefer a link, I will have to post it on a web server I use and provide you with a link to that. It would only be available for a few days as I try not to leave too much on that server.

Staceyinpa

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Draheid:
Yes, if you would be so kind as to send me a copy, (that way you don't have to use your server space)
Is there a way to PM my email address to you? I don't want to just post it.
Thank you!!

Draheid

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Stacey, are you familiar with .zip files? Can you 'unzip' such a file if I post it here? That would be the easiest or I don't mind hosting it for a short time.

Staceyinpa

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 10:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
yes, I can unzip files...
Thank you very much!!

Draheid

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 10:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Stacey, I just noticed I didn't get all the files in here. Let me try again in a couple of minutes. Sorry.

Tabbyking

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 11:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
stacey, i have added a post to the earlier 'gall bladder problems' thread to bring it up to near the top for you to read it over.

Staceyinpa

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you very much!! I will read through it right now, so you can remove it shortly if you need to.
Thanks again!!!

Draheid

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Stacey, here is the file. I have merged the 3 separate threads into one 'index.html' file and included all the graphics, etc. files as well. Just unzip the files into a folder and then open index.html in your browser. This thread was from October of last year through early January, btw.

application/x-zip-compressedgbhelp.zip
gbhelp.zip (24 k)


<Hoping I got it correct this time. :) >

Staceyinpa

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you Draheid and Tabby.
I have read through both threads and got all of my questions answered.
Again,
Thank you both very much!!!

Staceyinpa

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you for the information everyone.
I go in monday for my surgery.

Eliz87

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Please let us know how it goes Stacey. Bummer that it has to be so close to the holidays!

Sillycalimomma

Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 3:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just checking in here too. I have a good friend that went through a lot of medical issues last year. To make her long story short let me just say that she is 23 and had to have her thyroid removed. Then when in the hospital for that she developed pancreantitis and then they removed her gall bladder. She spent a total of 2 months in the hospital. Since then she has been doing pretty well although she has had to make a few changes in lifestyle. Well, last weekend she went into the hospital again for pancreantitis. I am concerned because she is not one to be very proactive about her health and she just assumes the doctors are telling her all she needs to know. I asked her what type of diet the doctors had suggested she follow and she said she had never been told by any doctor that she needed to eat a certain way. She had recently started the Atkins diet and I think that was a major contributor to her recent ER visit, but hey I am no doctor. Any ideas here? From the little bit I have read on the net it looks as though she should stay away from fatty foods and eat meals high in carbs?

Staceyinpa

Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had my gall bladder surgery on Dec 15 and all went well. My best friend took me and my mom kept my kids. I was very motivated to go home, so I was up and walking less than 2 hrs after the surgery.
By day 3 I was feeling marginally better, and by day 5 I was almost ready to go back to work. (although my DR said 2 weeks, and I certainly wasn't going to fight being off for 2 weeks at christmas) :)
I am just shy of 1 month out of it, and the only restrictions I have is I can't lift over 30 pounds for another 2 weeks, and my dr would like me to keep my fat intake below 30 grams a day (it was 15 for the first 2 weeeks..)Until you start to look at the labels, you don't know how much fat is in food... it stinks.
1 cup-o-noodles has 13 grams..
2 tablespoons of salad dressing has anywhere from 9-16 grams (lowfat is all sugar)
Forget ever eating a donut or pb&j again...
LOL.. overall I feel much better...
Thank's for everyone's help and feedback!