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Subject: Re: Gallbladder

I am SO SORRY that I made any comments about gall bladder surgery.

I guess Dr. in Dallas (very respected in the area) is

totally

unethical and out-of-line with all of his hundreds of patients. I'm just

glad

he took mine out. I'm sorry if I have ruffled feathers. I'm new here and

don't mean to cause any dissension. It's just that I feel sorry for

people

having to go through ANOTHER surgery (sometimes pretty soon) when

it can be so easily avoided.

Please don't be sorry you voiced your opinion here. That's what makes

this board interesting!

I agree, I feel sorry as well for people who have to go through another

surgery...like I said, I'm one of them right now with my hernia. Another

surgery is the last thing I want to be doing. I will say though,

medicine certainly is not an exact science....docs have to use their

experience as well as what they learn from their formal education while

following standard protocol and accepted guidelines for diagnosing and

treating patients. I am extremely grateful to my WLS surgeon for what

she did for me but I don't think that everything she recommends is in my

best interest, ie; Tums for calcium. I've worked in health care my

entire adult life, as has my husband, and I can tell you that there are

some " well-respected " doctors that I wouldn't let touch me.

Honestly, MY goal in even addressing your original post was that I

didn't want someone to read it and think, " Oh, man, my doc didn't take

out my gallbladder....he/she probably doesn't know what they're

doing...what a quack I must have picked. " Someone wrote that they had a

strong family history of GB problems/subsequent removal. THAT'S a

legitimate reason to prophylactically remove a GB.

Sorry, I'm sticking by my thought that taking out a healthy GB is not

indicated.

As they say, JMHO....

Sharon in Indy,

Who will probably have a gallbladder attack in the next few days after

shooting off her mouth about all this!