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Mine was removed about 4 or 5 years ago. I had been going to the Dr. for years and years because of an excruciating pain I had been having, but none of the Dr.'s I saw could find what was wrong with me. I went through several tests and several types of doctors and nobody could seem to tell me what was wrong. In fact, people started telling me it was just all in my head.
Then one day, the pain got so unbearable that I found myself doubled over on the floor, unable to move. My step-father had been on his way to pick me up to bring me to a family function we were suppose to have that day, but ended up driving me to the ER instead.
The entire time I was screaming and kicking at the windows in his car, the pain was so unbearable.
Where I had been at the time was an hour away from the hospital, so it was quite a ride, to say the least.
When we finally got to the ER, I tried to explain to the admittance lady how much pain I was in, but no matter what I said, it didn't seem to matter. She said that I would have to wait like everyone else.
So, I sat in a wheelchair in the ER waiting room, my step-father was making phone calls to other family members, so I was alone.
I was able to catch the attention of a nurse that was passing by and I pleaded with her: "Please, I don't need to see a Dr. right now, just please let me lay down."
At that time I was so tired of all of it... I just wanted to lay down and close my eyes.
She immediately rushed me to the back and they started doing tests on me. Not long after my mom came in to join me and the Dr. followed soon after her.
He told me that I was very lucky I had gotten back there when I did because if I had waited even five minutes, I would have died.
As it turns out, my gall bladder was full to the top with gall stones and I had acute pancreatitis.
I spent two weeks in the hospital. They had to wait for the infection in my pancreas to go away before they could preform surgery.
I wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything, not even water.
I was hooked up to an IV and I had a push button demerol machine too. And they came to draw my blood every day. I got poked with needles so many times I looked like a junkie.
Then after the infection went away, they had to preform a procedure to make sure that none of the gall stones had left my gall bladder and ended up some place else. I woke up during that procedure and started gagging on the tube they had down my throat.... That really sucked...
This surgery was the first(and only) surgery I had ever had, so I was pretty nervous about it while I was waiting for them to wheel me back there. The surgery is like nothing though... You lay on the table then the next thing you know you open your eyes and it's all over.
Except when I opened my eyes, I didn't see any doctors standing over me, just me on a cold metal slab.... Kind of felt like I was in the morgue for a moment there.... Until I saw the Dr. at least.
I have three small scars on my stomach. I was never told anything about having to change my diet, I haven't changed my diet, and I have no exploding ass either. LOL I have heard the same thing from other people, but I don't experience anything like that. I can eat whatever I want to and it doesn't effect me one way or the other(as far as not having a gall bladder is concerned.)
It does feel weird after surgery though... Kind of feels like you have a hole where your gall bladder use to be...I mean...you can feel it. It's not bad pain or anything, you will feel sore though. I know the pain killers they gave me helped a lot though, so maybe that's why it wasn't very bad for me after surgery.
If I were you, I'd have it done. The longer you wait, the worse it'll get. And then you may not have a choice anyway.
Good luck!
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