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Originally Posted by Esofia
No, but I've been told that I will have to have my gall bladder out (still waiting to see the surgeon), so you're making me nervous!
Eso,
You do not have to have it out. My gastro said I had to since I had a massive stone (slightly smaller that the organ itself, wow!), but he recently said that it might just have been better to have left it in. You can ask about things like stone busting meds if needed or other alternatives. The only reason why I would think that you MUST have it out is if it is essentially dead (happened to my sister).
But most people with this problem have to do, or have it pushed on them by the situation, some serious lifestyle adjustments,
I know for me, having no gallbladder limits alot of green veggies and acidic fruits from my diet. I actually tried to diet and that was what kicked off my illness--stupid alfalfa greens. Which is problematic since most diets demand these "healthy foods".
Another problem could be that you become, "GI Diabetic". This is a term I coined about me. Since my gallbladder surgery, I have learned that I have to eat a substantial meal every 12 hours or I get very sick (Severe IBS and nearly debilitating stomach pain and exhaustive black-out fatigue for hours). This is because (i believe, and my gastro agrees with me) that my body builds up a level of bile (since there is no GB to hold it anymore) and stomach acid, if it does not have something to "munch" on, AKA soak it up, so once that happens and I try to put something in my stomach, the large level has to released somewhere, so it goes straight through my intestines like liquid fire (well it is 2 major acids).
While this might not seem like a problem at first glance--oh it is, especially at night. I usually go to bed around 11-1, so I have to have a decent size meal (both a sandwich and a yogurt or something like that) at 10:30 so I do not get sick. While this late night snack hasn't really had me gain weight (merely maintain it, or creep up only a few lbs). I know this late night meal is not conducive to many diet plans at all.
So overall, I know what you're feeling Soyrizo, and while you might not have my issues, Eso, you probably will have some problems and the most 'curing' you will get would be hit or miss self treatment (like diet and schedule etc.)--which is what happened to me. Most of my 'treatments' from the doc only resulted in pain, and the ones I have now to treat (not prevent, unfortunately) I found out through trail and error myself,
painful trial and error.
I am sorry if I have scared you, but I want to give you a realistic outcome that has been from this surgery. If I had known that this would be or
could have been my fate, I probably would have not had the surgery (perhaps as a last resort). This is because, while they say most major problems go away in 6 mths, it has been 2 years and I am still dealing with these problems.
P.S. my opinion is not a physician's opinion, and everyone reacts differently to this surgery. But remember it is surgery, and its removing an organ!