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I have been told that i need my gallbladder removed. I have a preop appointment and am having second thoughts which has not helped looking on the Internet about potential risks. I have never had a op before and I also suffer with anxiety. I wanted to know if anyone has had their gallbladder out before and their experiences?
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Acejohnston jason_11314
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sally_14743 jason_11314
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had mine removed a year ago been fine .
prior to removal I suffered anxiety which focused on a food phobia ..
i had suffered with undiagnosed gallstones for about 15 years believing it to be stress anxiety gastritus ulcers etc...
the difference since removal I am calmer , I don't feel nauseous at all. I can eat and not feel sick or suffer what I thought were mild panic attacks but I realise now we're gallstone attacks sweating heart pounding hands shaking feeling so so sick ..fainting having to lye down until it goes off. Then the colic attacks were vomiting continuously for 5-6 hours pain like a heart attack so you feel faint agony in your ribs and intestines ...so I now don't fear attacks , don't feel generally unwell have been able to reverse my food phobias ...I am a calmer person..
i was terrified too of the op. I cried when they wheeled me down to surgery . But it is a straight forward op. I went home same day .and when I got home that night I felt well like something rotten was gone ..
I guess your decision for surgery depends on how miserable your symptoms are they can become unbearable ...just a thing to consider ...
sandynan jason_11314
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susan69134 jason_11314
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Six weeks ago I had to have an ORIF (screw) for a broken foot and ankle, it was my 8th operation and no less scary than the first.
julie73220 jason_11314
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It is true you hear so many horror stories, I had mine removed 2 weeks ago and I was petrified, but I neednt have been, the surgeon was lovely and put my mind at rest, when I woke up after I was in no pain at all just tired, please dont worry go ahead get it done everything will be OK. Let us know how you get on
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