Gall bladder failure FTMFL :/

KSGregman · 07-07-2010, 02:26 PM

So...I've been having some fairly intense pain in my abdomen and upper right shoulder after eating lately...I HATE going to the doctor...it usually takes a motorcycle crash or something to get me in there. (Fortunately, there's only been one of those and I got off relatively easy....broken right hip socket that I fully recovered from.)

Anyway...I went to the doctor and described my symptoms as I just couldn't eat anymore...ANYTHING I ate would set it off...got a hydascan...and it came back saying that my gall bladder ejection fraction was 4%...essentially a dead, non functioning organ.

I just left the surgeons office...he's going to remove it tomorrow at 2. He said he usually recommends a two week recovery time and I was like, seriously?! Two weeks?! I was planning to have it done tomorrow and be back to work on Monday.

Have any of you had it done? If so, how long was your recovery period afterwards?

KSG

AquaPython · 07-07-2010, 02:39 PM

ouch - good luck.

Trip · 07-07-2010, 02:45 PM

All I can suggest is take as little pain meds as possible after. Just take them when it's absolutely necessary. Getting backed up is not a pleasant experience with this type of operation.

sherri_chickie · 07-07-2010, 02:49 PM

I had mine out last summer and was making muffins that evening after I got home from surgery. I was sore but nothing horrible. I ended up getting an infection of some sort, they never did find exactly where it was, and ended up back in the hospital, but the surgery part of the recovery was not bad at all. Take a week though.

Cass · 07-07-2010, 03:18 PM

Had mine out 5 yrs ago, laparoscopically. I was a lazy bum for 5 days (had surgery on Thursday, was back at work on Monday), had non-narcotic drugs, and no real issues. I went through chicken broth and frosted flakes for food in those first few days, and kept a small pillow handy for holding to my belly for sneezing/coughing/laughing etc for a week or 2. I didn't want any sort of pressure on my lower stomach, something like sweatpants or something with a loose waistband... and slip-on shoes will be your friends for a few days.

KSGregman · 07-07-2010, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

All I can suggest is take as little pain meds as possible after.

No worries on that front...I don't take narcotics of any sort...I survived the broken hip on over the counter tylenol...I'll do just fine without the pain meds.

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Originally Posted by sherri_chickie

I had mine out last summer and was making muffins that evening after I got home from surgery. I was sore but nothing horrible.

Excellent...this is what I was hoping to hear. I know, I know...girls are tougher than guys...it's no accident that it's up to women to bear children. Can you imagine how de-populated the world would be if it were up to men? Drop a 10 lb bowling bowl through THERE?! Are you fucking CRAZY?!

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Originally Posted by Cass

Had mine out 5 yrs ago, laparoscopically. I was a lazy bum for 5 days (had surgery on Thursday, was back at work on Monday), had non-narcotic drugs, and no real issues....slip-on shoes will be your friends for a few days.

Even better....this is the same schedule I'll be shooting for....and the same non-narcotic approach to recovery.

Awesome..thanks everyone.

Tsunami · 07-07-2010, 05:14 PM

My friend had hers out a few months ago. She got out of the hospital and it was a day or 2 later she was back driving to class giving her final presentation. She said her only thing that hurt were her shoulders since there was gas trapped in there trying to make its way out? I think it was the lack of caffeine from not drinking 12 diet cokes a day that got her more than anything.

Particle Man · 07-07-2010, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsunami

I think it was the lack of caffeine from not drinking 12 diet cokes a day that got her more than anything.

I'd be totally screwed

derf · 07-07-2010, 07:39 PM

my dad had his out a few y but ears ago laproscopically, he went back to work 2 days after the surgery (he is a warehouse manager, fairly physical job but he took it easy). He felt like shit and layed around all day when he wasnt at work, but he was able to work. I'd say take a week off

Cass · 07-07-2010, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsunami

My friend had hers out a few months ago. She got out of the hospital and it was a day or 2 later she was back driving to class giving her final presentation. She said her only thing that hurt were her shoulders since there was gas trapped in there trying to make its way out? I think it was the lack of caffeine from not drinking 12 diet cokes a day that got her more than anything.

That gas is some serious shit! They inflate your torso "the better to see you with, my dear", and can remove most of it.... but the rest has to come out naturally LOL If you can stay more horizontal than vertical, the gas won't build up in your shoulder. You will fart, it will be loud. But you're a guy, so you'll laugh and try to do it again

07-07-2010, 02:26 PM	#1
KSGregman Get Fit...or Get OUT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: KS Moto: 07 M109-R Posts: 1,993	Gall bladder failure FTMFL :/ So...I've been having some fairly intense pain in my abdomen and upper right shoulder after eating lately...I HATE going to the doctor...it usually takes a motorcycle crash or something to get me in there. (Fortunately, there's only been one of those and I got off relatively easy....broken right hip socket that I fully recovered from.) Anyway...I went to the doctor and described my symptoms as I just couldn't eat anymore...ANYTHING I ate would set it off...got a hydascan...and it came back saying that my gall bladder ejection fraction was 4%...essentially a dead, non functioning organ. I just left the surgeons office...he's going to remove it tomorrow at 2. He said he usually recommends a two week recovery time and I was like, seriously?! Two weeks?! I was planning to have it done tomorrow and be back to work on Monday. Have any of you had it done? If so, how long was your recovery period afterwards? KSG

07-07-2010, 03:18 PM	#5
Cass Cassolicious! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX Moto: SV Posts: 1,377	Had mine out 5 yrs ago, laparoscopically. I was a lazy bum for 5 days (had surgery on Thursday, was back at work on Monday), had non-narcotic drugs, and no real issues. I went through chicken broth and frosted flakes for food in those first few days, and kept a small pillow handy for holding to my belly for sneezing/coughing/laughing etc for a week or 2. I didn't want any sort of pressure on my lower stomach, something like sweatpants or something with a loose waistband... and slip-on shoes will be your friends for a few days. __________________ Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

07-07-2010, 07:39 PM	#9
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	my dad had his out a few y but ears ago laproscopically, he went back to work 2 days after the surgery (he is a warehouse manager, fairly physical job but he took it easy). He felt like shit and layed around all day when he wasnt at work, but he was able to work. I'd say take a week off __________________

07-07-2010, 02:45 PM	#3
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	All I can suggest is take as little pain meds as possible after. Just take them when it's absolutely necessary. Getting backed up is not a pleasant experience with this type of operation.

07-07-2010, 02:49 PM	#4
sherri_chickie WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Calgary Moto: Gs500F Posts: 683	I had mine out last summer and was making muffins that evening after I got home from surgery. I was sore but nothing horrible. I ended up getting an infection of some sort, they never did find exactly where it was, and ended up back in the hospital, but the surgery part of the recovery was not bad at all. Take a week though.

07-07-2010, 05:14 PM	#7
Tsunami Pug Queen Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Las Vegas, NV Moto: DR200, SV650 Posts: 2,486	My friend had hers out a few months ago. She got out of the hospital and it was a day or 2 later she was back driving to class giving her final presentation. She said her only thing that hurt were her shoulders since there was gas trapped in there trying to make its way out? I think it was the lack of caffeine from not drinking 12 diet cokes a day that got her more than anything.