Re: Hi I'm new here and have to have surgery to remove my gallbladd

July 5, 2003

I was scared to death to have my surgery, I always refused it when I was in

the hospital, finllay after a bad attack of pancreatitis, i let them do an

emergency surgery. But they did have to sedate me before going in and I

guess I am glad about that or I probably would have ran out of there. As for

the surgery itself, I was only 20 and I had just had a baby, I was also

having attcks a couple times a week so I was no stranger to pain, I had the

laproscopy and I took lots of Arnica before and after the surgery, and after

the surgery I only had 10 mg of morphine once and that is it. At home I took

a couple Tylenol here and there but I dont like to take meds so I didnt very

often.It was much easier than I thought. I stayed in the hospital 2 days and

that is because of the pancreatitis. I also have developed IBS since having

the GB removed which is somthing the DRs dont tell you, I think just about

everyone has gotten this. When are you having the surgery? How many attacks

have you had?

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>Can anyone who have had this surgery please enlighten me on how your

>experience went. Was recovery painful or no? How long did you stay

>in the hospital? These types of things. I have never had surgery

>before and it kinds of scares me, because the only time I have had to

>be in the hospital was when I had my baby. No broken bones when I

>was growing up, no stitches or nothing like that. So please help me

>to stop stressing so much. I have heard it should be fine I could go

>home that same day or the next day and its a common surgery performed

>all the time. But you see why I am still kind of nervous.

>Thank you.

>

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