Thread: Gall Bladder Removal

My brother did many years ago.
Could not eat bacon afterwards.
Never heard of any other problems though.
Just watch out for fats. (the protein kind you dirty minded lot )

Originally Posted by dazzler

....Has anyone out there had thier gall bladder removed due to gall stones? ....

Nope, I'll bite, why do you ask????

SWMBO has just had hers out threemonths ago. She has found that anything fatty causes a bit of discomfort after eating but other than that not to many problems.

Yep I had the three f's (forty, fat & female:eek: ) op 3 1/2 years ago, due to diseased gall bladder, bilary tube and pancreas issues. The foods to watch out for apparently differ from person to person, but start off afterwards gentle and experiment with your diet, you'll know when it doesn't agree, results are a bit like eating mexican in mexico, really what we should have done was watch out for those sorta foods well before it got to this
Op's a snack (intentional pun) in & out, I also had a bit of exploratory due to the pancreas thingy and I was still only in for o'night, bloody great to get rid of that goodawful crippling pain, still get touches of it occassionally but nowhere near the intensity or duration. Have fun Dazzler it is certainly not worth worrying about.

Originally Posted by dazzler

Hi all

Has anyone out there had thier gall bladder removed due to gall stones?

If so anything to watch out for post op and foods to avoid etc to stay fit and healthy and not pack on the kilos .

thanks

dazzler

Yep!, had mine out 2yrs ago and haven't looked back, not special diets or after affects. All done by "keyhole" and very little after pain, even got a little jar full of stones all vary in size from pinhead to several pea size. I had only one "attack" started when I was about to eat dinner and was more a cramp that wouldn't go away. After dinner I went for a lay down but couldn't get comfortable, so off to the doc's, from there to the hospital and a stay over night. After being doped to the eye balls as the pain was so severe woke up the next morning OK. Off to the specialist to see what's going on and next week out it came, insisted on doing a scan during the Op to make sure that no stones are left in the remaning bit of tube, so I got that as well. Funny though when he said "here's your stones and the scan, Oh! and by the way your insides looks pretty good, I didn't see anything unusual and everything seem's to be where it's supposed to be".
I found that a bit funny, like I was a car, "Yeah! we changed the oil and filter, and while we had it up on the hoist we checked the brakes too!" Ha!Ha!
There is nothing too worry about, at the worst I was a bit tender for a few days and had to restrict movement, bending, lifting and the like common sense stuff.

I can't offer any dos or don'ts I'm afraid. My father had his out about ten years ago and as far as I can tell, hasn't looked back. He's certainly fit, healthy and bloody annoying now.

Cheers
Richard

the old bugger will go on for ever ... if I'm lucky

I had mine out a while back, didn't seem to change anything. SWMBO had hers out and seems to have problems with fatty foods. I don't think there's a clear cut answer. After you're done you are what you are.

My Dad had his out 30 years ago, big scar, a week in hospital and 4-6 weeks off work. He had some issues with fatty foods but nothing too serious
A friend had hers out earlier this year, keyhole surgery, o/night stay, back to work the next day and no problems with food.

My grandmother (89) had hers out three weeks ago today. Keyhole surgery, two days in hospital. Just has to watch the diet, as everyone else has said, fatty foods are not good. Thats what the gall bladder does, it helps the break down of fat. All it means is yourt liver will have to work a bit harder, no big deal.

SWMBO, daughter & I have all had it done.
No problems now with what we eat, but a friend still can't eat rich foods.

I had a problem with a dislodged stone that was blocking the bile duct. Went in to have it crushed before the GB was removed by keyhole surgery, but crushing went wrong & had to have an emergency op to remove stone & GB. Big scar, but felt fine. After 4 weeks recovery, went to have drain removed. This released blocked infection, straight back to hospital. (This may have put the people waiting to see the doctor off, as I walked into his surgery and went out on an ambulance stretcher. )
Despite all these problems, the system worked and when something went wrong, the backup was there. The things that went wrong were unavoidable IMHO. Since it was fixed, I've had no problems.

I had my gall bladder removed because of stones 3 or 4 years ago. Also a keyhole operation, went back to work 3 days later. Never looked back, no special diet needs whatsoever.

thanks everyone

Hey

Well one gall bladder in the parts bin and four small cuts.

No problemo..........bit sore from the gas they pump in to open up the cavity but that will go over the next few days.

Cheers

dazzler