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Old 09-26-2002, 02:40 PM
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GallBladder Problems

I've just recently started having gallbladder problems and was wondering if any of you had any advice, thoughts, etc. Thanks.
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Oh Julie,

I feel for you. I went through a horrible ordeal when I was pregnant with my second child. I had gallstones and a couple of the stones got stuck in the bile duct. It was the most pain I have ever went through. (and I have given birth to four kids).

It started out about a year before the major attack. I would eat something greasy and about an hour later , I would get stomach cramps. It gradually would get wors each time. Then I got pregnant and Even if I ate salad I would get upset stomach. I thought must be morning sickness. then in my seventh month major pain, throwing up bile (Yuck) I was put into intensive care. Luckily everything turned out ok. I passed the gallstone.

Two weeks after the birth of my son,I had that darn Gallbladder removed. I haven't had a problem since. If I were you, I would go to my Doctor and have an ultra sound to see if there are stones in your gallbladder. They can dissolve stones now without surgery in some cases. Take care, Laura
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Old 09-28-2002, 05:07 AM
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Thanks for the information Laura. Now I know what I was throwing up ! Sounds like you are saying that this doesn't just go away huh? I've got some thinking to do.
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Julie,

From my experience it only got worse. When that stone got stuck in the bile duct it inflamed the pancreas, that's what happened to me. Maybe being pregnant at the time surely didn't help.

Please go to the Doctor as soon as you can. I would hate for you to suffer. Plus you will know for sure if it is your gallbladder.

I also found if you eat nothing fried it helps. Also anything like mayo, or salad dressings.

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Julie,

Also almost forgot. Are you having pain in the right side of your back just below shoulder blade? I remember that. Also if you are throwing up bile (yellow or greenish) please call your Doctor or go to the hospital. Take care, Laura
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Old 09-28-2002, 07:54 PM
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It was greenish and okay, I'm gonna call the doctor. You've pretty much confirmed for me that I ain't gonna get over this.

What was your recovery time like? I've got a very active four year old.
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My surgery was suppose to be day surgery. Go in the hospital in the morning they operate and go home in the evening wich I think is pushing it even without any complications. I had so many gallstones they thought theire still was one in the bile duct so they kept me in for three days. I was weak from all the stress of childbirth,pancreatitus and my body was not healing as fast.

It took about a week after surgery and I was really starting to feel better. I remember my husband surprise a week after the surgery I asked him if we could go to the flea market.. That's a biggie because it's hot here in Florida in September and the fleamarket is outside..lol....

The surgery is not that bad. they make three small insisions and the doctor uses a scope with camera and locates gallbladder and removes it from another insision. this surgery is much easier than the old way. I have just a few small scars that's it. My doctor said I had so many stones that he wouldn't be able to dissolve them. so I do not know much about that option. My ordeal was six years ago, and with medicine these days they may have made even more advances in this area.
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Old 09-29-2002, 07:16 AM
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That doesn't sound so bad. I'm calling on Monday to schedule an appointment with the surgeon by doctor recommended. We'll see what he says.
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Julie,

Best wishes to you.

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Old 09-29-2002, 01:51 PM
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GO SEE YOUR DR.!!

I was in the hospital for having a pacemaker put in when these pains began. It was soon after eating, and the pains were so bad I sat on the edge of the bed, rocking back and forth while holding my abdomen, then sat in a chair with a pillow over my front, and rocking some more. The nurses saw me, and not ONE of them asked what was the matter. At the time I had no idea what was wrong-only that I'd never had those pains before. I didn't want to bother the nurses, so didn't say anything. (I know the reaction a lot of them give to those who complain.--I worked in the field enough years ago to hear them talk among themselves.)

This went on for two years, and, finally, one Sunday morning, I was doubled over to the point where I wished I could finish dying, and be done with it. My dh took me to the nearby ER, where they admitted me immediately. The next morning I was in surgery, and after it was over, a nurse came to tell me I had one rotten gall bladder. They did the type of removal of the stone from the bile duct via the buttonhole method. I didn't have to be cut open in a large swath as
Used to be don, for which I was very thankful. The dr' told me the stone was 8 millimeters big, and the walls of the GB were 1/4 inch thick. It should have been much, much thinner.

The odd part of my experience was that I never had pain in my right shoulder.--It always was my left!
It's one reason I didn't guess, myself, it was the gall bladder causing my problem.

I have learned since its removal just what will upset my stomach--too much fat from ANYthing. I don't take in much, but even so, I can tell when what I had was too much. I don't eat rich, creamy desserts anymore, and by now, on't even miss them. I used to eat donuts of all kinds, fill up on anything rich, and eat Hershey candy bars five or six in a row.--No more! Also, too much fat now causes diarrhea.
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