Gallbladder

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Guess I get to join the " no gallbladder " club. Going in Tue to get

it yanked out. They are doing it on an outpatient basis. Any

suggestions on what I can expect? Doc, nurses, pre-surgery clinic

are all very nonchalant and don't see it as a big deal. Doing it

lap.

I swear that this one scares me more than the other 3 major

surgeries that I have had. Maybe because everyone is so cool about

such a " routine " surgery that they can screw up by not paying

attention like they would on something more major?

I am begining to feel like the old Hee Haw song...ya know? The one

that says " You took off your peg leg, your wig and your glass eye.

And you were supprised at the look on my face. I wanted to hug you

and kiss you my darlin'; but you was scattered all over the place. "

All prayers appreciated!

Love,

Reba

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I had mine done lap on October 23, a Thursday, at noon. Out of the

OR by 2:30 (the doc wanted to look around at the aftermath of my lap

DS over two years ago and cut away any adhesions, etc., so it took

longer than the canonical 1-hour. I was awake by about 6:00 PM, and

they told me that I could go home then, if I wanted, but I was also

eligible to stay overnight ( " outpatient " meant 23 hours or less from

the time that the surgery ended). I chose to stay overnight, and the

recovery room nurse said that he fully supported my choice. By 8:30

PM, I was up and around, and a bit after midnight, I was walking the

long halls handing out candy at several nursing stations, because

nobody was coming into my room to get it. The next morning, the bulb

burned out in the light fixture over the sink in my bathroom, and I

removed it and took it to the nursing station to get a fresh one. We

left about 11:00 AM on Friday for home, and we stopped at a

Vietnamese restaurant for some pho (soup) on the way home. So, as

operations go, it was no biggie, more like a root canal, except that

I was asleep during the procedure.

To make things even better, the doc made three of his four stabs

through my existing tummy tuck anchor incision scar, and only made

only one new half-inch incision just above my waist by my side. I

can no longer see the scars in my anchor incision, and the little one

near my side is fading from sight.

Hope yours is equally as uneventful.

--Steve

At 4:07 PM +0000 12/20/03, shrinkin2000 wrote:

>Guess I get to join the " no gallbladder " club. Going in Tue to get

>it yanked out. They are doing it on an outpatient basis. Any

>suggestions on what I can expect? Doc, nurses, pre-surgery clinic

>are all very nonchalant and don't see it as a big deal. Doing it

>lap.

--

Steve Goldstein, age 63

Lap BPD/DS on May 2, 2001

Dr. Elariny, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Virginia

Starting (05/02/01) BMI = 51

BMI on 08/04/02 = 35 (-105 lb.)

LBL (PS) on 08/09/02 with Dr. Matini, Mt. Vernon Hospital.

Gall Bladder removal on 10/23/03, Dr. Elariny, NoVaCommunityHosp

BMI on 11/6/03 = 32 (-140 lb.)

It took me 50 weeks to reach the Century Club: S-L-I-D-E!!!

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