Granny's gone and done it again

[BigBlueHen53]

I've heard that was a very bloody surgery. I ended up w/ four 1-2 inch scars but I had horrible pain w/ that surgery. Ended up on morphine at home.

I'm very late to this party I guess. I had my gall bladder out in 1999 and had 3 or 4 teeny tiny incisions. The pain mdds made me pukey and itchy too so I mostly took Tylenol after 2 days. Some of the stitches that were supposed to dissolve didn't, though, and I had shards coming out even a couple of years later.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I was told no in home PT this time, but one is on her way, so

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I'm very late to this party I guess. I had my gall bladder out in 1999 and had 3 or 4 teeny tiny incisions. The pain mdds made me pukey and itchy too so I mostly took Tylenol after 2 days. Some of the stitches that were supposed to dissolve didn't, though, and I had shards coming out even a couple of years later.

I think I got inside stitches and glued the skin together outside. They told me the source of my pain was where they blew my belly up w/ air and didn't get it back out. It was supposed to absorb by the body but you didn't pass gas to get rid of it. The tissues took it.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Guess I will go get my bed sheets in the dryer and hunt my breakfast. bbl

 

[WhatsUpDuck]

Do you guys have to take meds because you don't have a gallbladder?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Do you guys have to take meds because you don't have a gallbladder?

Nope. Life goes on. It's basically just a storage chamber, I believe. I can still have gut issues if I eat greasy foods, so I don't.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Well, that was not a PT, just a nurse asking questions to get me in ghe system. They don't want to see me until I'm released by the ortho to be weight-bearing, though. Oh well. I can do chair exercises on my own. They're also working on getting me a new wheelchair. Better hurry, lol!