Gallbladder Operation

Fusion5 | 20:45 Thu 21st Aug 2014 | History

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I am due to have my gallbladder out next week and am really scared. I keep googling online scare stories about the after affects.

TIA for any useful info.

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jackthehat

Which after effects are scaring you?

Obiter

Had mine out 4 years ago via keyhole surgery. Easy peasy, I was home the next day with no ill effects whatsoever. However, if for some reason they have to cut you open then it is a bit more problematical. Don't wish to worry you, but if it's keyhole the chances are you'll be fine.

Fusion5

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Jack some patients seem to have a long term problem with nausea and diarrhoea.

Electrochem

I had mine removed two years ago. It is a routine operation and there are very few risks associated with it, particularly if it is done using the keyhole method.

I had mine removed using the open method as my gallbladder had become very inflamed. Was a bit uncomfortable at first, but modern analgesia is very effective and I wouldn't say it was painful.

You will be fine. Surgeons will always explain things to you if you ask, so don't be shy!

mazie

I had mine removed 30 odd years ago. I was cut and was OK, compared to the pain I suffered prior to the op I would say you have not a lot to worry about.

You'll feel tons better.. reiterating jack's question, what's scarring you Fusion?

Sqad

Why is this in History?

Quick, safe operation with good results.

If done by a competent surgeon, complications are infrequent, although ANY operation can have complications.

As Obiter say if it is laparoscopic it has a short recovery time........abdominal intervention can prolong the time spent in recovering.

jackthehat

I had mine out (keyhole) 12 years ago.......was bloomin' glad to get rid of it and the pain. Like Obiter I was home the next day and have had NO after effects.

As with all operations, people will experience different effects but I imagine the symptoms you describe are 'unusual' and will hopefully be short-lived.

mazie

No nausea and diarrhoea for me Fusion... I felt great once I got over the operation, never looked back.

Fusion5

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Ta muchy for all your encouraging answers. Lol lol not sure why this is in History.

Obiter

//If done by a competent surgeon, complications are infrequent//

PMSL. Are you suggesting that there is such a thing as an incompetent surgeon?

mazie

Good luck for next week Fusion... You'll be fine, enjoy the rest and take it easy x

Eve

I had mine out laproscopically just over two years ago, op done and home the same day. Was just glad to get the thing out of me :)

Recovery wasn't too bad at all, was back at work two weeks after the op.

I had bile acid malabsorption before anyway, it's managed similarly to any diarrhoea issues after gallbladder surgery though I understand it's not very common.

I know a quite a few people who have had their gallbladders out and can't think of one of them who has had such a problem since.

If you are reading online, it's going to be mostly people who have an issue, whether or not it's connected, rather than all the people who had a successful operation and recovered fine and didn't have to put up with the awful issues the gallbladder can cause.

Fusion5

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Thanks again you lovely people for your answers, I'll try not to worry but I am a wussy woo when it comes to anything that involves hospitals.

Canary42

You're no different from thousands of us Fusion - an impending op is always scary no matter how favourable the prognosis is. Grin and bear it I'm afraid. Good luck anyway.

ferlew

My after effect was...... I ate my first bacon butty in years, with no probs. :)

Mick-the-Miller

I had my Gall Bladder out in 1995 after years of pain and discomfort - I was in one afternoon and out again in two days. A week of work to recover from the discomfort and then I was fine, I had another week of work as a skive because I could get away with it.

I was given the offending Gallstone, it was the size of a small Chickens egg - I've still got it in a drawer somewhere.

I can eat anything with no side effects, after eating red meat I'm a bit 'loose' the next day - if you know what I mean - but it's worth it for the pleasure of eating meat again.

Fusion5

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Thank you Mick for your answer.