obesity and gallbladder remival
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Due to have my GB removed in a couple of weeks. Anyone waiting to have op who is obese or had the op. Need to know more about complications, experiences.
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Posted , 6 users are following.
Due to have my GB removed in a couple of weeks. Anyone waiting to have op who is obese or had the op. Need to know more about complications, experiences.
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I too can't comment on the weight side of things, as I lost a lot of weight due to this problem and am now considered severly underweight, but I can also weigh in with my experience? I went in for emergency surgery, my gallbladder ruptured and caused a few problems so it'll be slightly different from the routine surgery, I ended up in for 4 days,and on a lot of antibiotics & morphine.
As for complications, I think the majority of them can be found online, most of them deal with the general risks of surgery, infections, damage to other organs, breathing problems. It's a good idea to give it a Google (if you haven't already), I found the site Healthline & Mayo Clinic very useful, and a lot of hospitals (private and otherwise) have their patient information leaflets online, they are a good source of information.
I am a week into recovery and mostly doing great. I am re-introducing fatty foods into my diet again (I'm excited for pizza tonight!) with success so far. I'm allowing my body to dictate what I eat right now, which is a lot of biscuits, chocolate & crisps! Not healthy, I know, but for now it works. I second the above advice to take it easy, let your body dictate your recovery. I found I was able to get up and about pretty quickly (after the 3 days of morphine induced sleep, so no wonder!) and I felt a lot better for just mooching around the house, getting up and about, going outside for a little walk. But, as & when I get tired, I go back to bed. Those first few days I'd go outside for an hour or two & end up back in bed by 5pm! Take it easy, there's no set time frame to recovery.
A search of this site itself will bring up a lot of problems that other people have had since the surgery. I urge you to take them into consideration, but also try to remember that the majority of people who have had successful surgery will have moved on from sites such as these, whereas the people who have unfortunate complications will still be searching for answers, and rightly so. In the end, I had no choice, it was surgery or die. But even with the choice and having read a lot of peoples stories on here and other forums, I had already made the decision to go ahead with the surgery. A lot of the problems that can happen afterwards can be treated with further medication. It may not be ideal, but there are options. Once a gallbladder has started to go, I believe it's gone and is only going to cause you more and more pain.
I hope you find the information you are looking for
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