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Gall Bladder Attack

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 4:05 pm
by dizzyfish
Geez Louise, Holy Moses and hecky durn - that's some painful stuff! :eek: They hauled me outta work yesterday morning straight to the ER. Looks like I will be having surgery in the near future. I go to my primary doc Monday and then on to the surgeon. UGH

You young folks need to pay attention to what you eat and drink NOW - it will affect your health for the better or worse in the future. (and may even bite you on the butt) I'm sure what I say here won't have any effect on what people do - but I had to say it. PLEASE take care of yourself.

BTW you are more susceptible to this if you are overweight, female, native american, diabetic or have a history in your family of gall bladder problems.

Take care everyone.

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:52 pm
by CajunMama
You'll do fine dizzy but i will still include you in my prayers! My niece had hers out when she was in her mid 20's and that was just a few years ago. They did it laproscopically and she has the tiniest of scars.

Re: Gall Bladder Attack

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:32 pm
by vbhoutex
Dizzy sending prayers your way for a quick and painless recovery. Knock on wood, I haven't had gall bladder problems, but the one kidney stone I have had is enough to last me a lifetime. I hear gall bladder can be horribly painful too, so got you lifted in prayer like I said. Keep us posted.

Re: Gall Bladder Attack

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:12 am
by dizzyfish
Surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday. Hoping for the easy surgery but may have to do the "old fashioned" surgery because it is inflammed. Yuck!

Feel like garbage today. Oh well.

Eating just little bits here and there and NO fat. So much for comfort food. :lol:

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:20 am
by CajunMama
Good luck and we'll be praying for you. I hope you are able to have the "easy" surgery.

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:00 pm
by DaylilyDawn
My daughter has gallbladder problems and she will not stop eating the things that causes it for her

Re: Gall Bladder Attack

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:52 pm
by abajan
dizzyfish wrote:Surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday. Hoping for the easy surgery but may have to do the "old fashioned" surgery because it is inflammed. Yuck!

Feel like garbage today. Oh well.

Eating just little bits here and there and NO fat. So much for comfort food. :lol:
God Bless.

Re: Gall Bladder Attack

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:05 pm
by Stephanie
The only person I know that had gall bladder attack and surgery was my aunt. I know it was very painful for her as well.

Best of luck with the surgery. At least you were around people when the attack happened so they could get you the help you needed.

Re: Gall Bladder Attack

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:57 pm
by dizzyfish
Got the call this evening to be at the hospital at 5:15 in the morning. No word on the scheduled surgery time and I won't know which surgery he was able to perform until I wake up.

I do hope to be home on Wednesday. *crosses fingers*

Thanks for the well wishes and prayers everyone!

I will check in when I can.

Re: Gall Bladder Attack

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:18 pm
by Stephanie
We'll keep you in our thoughts and prayers.

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:19 pm
by DaylilyDawn
keeping you in my prayers!

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:24 pm
by CajunMama
I'll be keeping you in my thoughts tomorrow. I'm still hoping it's the "easy" surgery.

Re: Gall Bladder Attack

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:51 pm
by vbhoutex
More prayers coming your way for guidance for the doctors and for the quickest and best outcome for you.

Re: Gall Bladder Attack

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:40 am
by dizzyfish
I'm back!

Laparoscopic surgery. They didn't make me stay overnight either! All in all I am doing well but still sore, sore, sore - moreso today than yesterday. Lots of sleeping for the past couple of days but I feel more like myself this morning.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and well wishes, that means a lot to me.

Boy, they sure do give you some "interesting" drugs don't they? :double: :lol:

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:06 am
by DaylilyDawn
So glad that you are home! But take it easy like the Doctor said, Even though it was not major surgery, it was still surgery you had. You don't want to go back to the hospital, do you.

Re: Gall Bladder Attack

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:57 am
by vbhoutex
dizzyfish wrote:I'm back!

Laparoscopic surgery. They didn't make me stay overnight either! All in all I am doing well but still sore, sore, sore - moreso today than yesterday. Lots of sleeping for the past couple of days but I feel more like myself this morning.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and well wishes, that means a lot to me.

Boy, they sure do give you some "interesting" drugs don't they? :double: :lol:

Hehehe. Yep they do. That is one of the reasons they tell you to take it easy for a few days-to give your system time to get rid of them. Glad it didn't turn out to be major surgery. Keep doing what the docs said. Still sending prayers for healing and no pain.

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:47 pm
by CajunMama
Dizzy! So glad everything went well and you're back among us :)

Re: Gall Bladder Attack

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:54 pm
by Stephanie
dizzyfish wrote:I'm back!

Laparoscopic surgery. They didn't make me stay overnight either! All in all I am doing well but still sore, sore, sore - moreso today than yesterday. Lots of sleeping for the past couple of days but I feel more like myself this morning.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and well wishes, that means a lot to me.

Boy, they sure do give you some "interesting" drugs don't they? :double: :lol:


That's great news! Give yourself time to heal. You'll probably feel like you can do more than you actually will be able to.

Drugs can be a beautiful thing....legally. :lol: