I'm to have a gallbladder operation.
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Hi everyone, I've had gallstones for 30 years , my gallbladder is/was full of gravel, I didn't have my gallbladder out but managed the pain by what I ate over the years.
I found that I could eventually eat anything in moderation without upsetting it but on occasions I did get pain , bearable enough not to be seen too.
Then last November I started getting the niggling pains again and they got worse, so much so that by New Years eve I was in agony with constant pain, so after visiting doctor and being sent for a scan it turns out I have two large stones 1x2cm and 1x2.5 cm along with gravely stones.
What I can't understand is why is my pain constant ? It doesn't go away and Tramadol only takes the edge off it. My first experience of pain all those years ago was tremendous pain lasting several hours then just a bruised pain afterwards till next attacks.
Anyone else had this ?
im booked to see a consultant next week about having the operation and don't know what op I will receive till I've talked to him , but I think I'm too overweight to have the laparoscopic one and may have to have the normal op.
Any help on this please ?
Gill 😕
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Thanks for your reply I go on 28th jan to see consultant so will let you know the outcome
I hope your not in too much agony are you on any diet to try and relieve your pain? I've cut down on foods that are fatty not that I ate many but hidden fats are awful.
Let me know how you get on..... Are you in uk or elsewhere ?
Gill.
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Good luck you will be ok , don't go worrying ok. X
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I had exactly what you described as far as pain goes for years and didn't even think it was anything to get checked on (I had been "diagnosed" with IBS since I was little and thought it was just my body complaining about food)
So when I got the constant pain/relentless pain that didn't leave for days (not hours) I was very confused and shocked.
It turns out a big fat stone was floating up and down, blocking and unblocking it's self from a duct.