#gallbladder attack

I had my gallbladder out yesterday with no complications.

The most pain I’m in is because of the air (carbon dioxide) they inflated my abdomen with to remove the offending organ, so I’m walking around when I’m able.

My gallbladder... was in really bad shape when they took it out. Because of that, I have a drainage bag attached to me, but it should be removed in a few days.

Coughing is a nightmare.

I should come home today if everything does according to plan.

tl;dr: i lived, bitch.

I can’t for the life of me remember if I’ve mentioned it or not but I found out what I have wrong with me: gallstones, GERD, and a stomach hernia.

Since November I’ve had about 7 gallbladder attacks. I’ve gone through all of the tests my gastroenterologist ordered: blood work, a breath test, ultrasound, and upper endoscopy.

It turns out that, more likely than not, I’ll need surgery to remove my gallbladder. Along with being “full of stones” it’s super inflammed (they couldn’t even seen my pancreas) and the lining of the gallbladder wall is thickening, which is bad.

It’s weird how as someone who gets afraid easily I’m not afraid of having the surgery. If anything I’m afraid of leaving my gallbladder in; I feel like I have a bomb in my abdomen and I can’t see when it’s gonna detonate.

What Are the ‌First Signs of a Gallbladder Attack? Introduction Gallbladder attacks,‍ medically termed biliary colic,‌ are acute and sometimes severe episodes of abdominal pain resulting mainly from gallstone⁢ obstruction⁢ in ⁢the biliary tract. In the United States‍ alone, millions‌ are affected by gallbladder disease each year, with cholelithiasis (gallstones) affecting ‍approximately 20…

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…..but. I won’t.

I told him I’ve interned in the ER.

I’ve seen the nurses stand outside a room where they made sure the patient could hear them and laughed and made fun of her, leaving her to sit there in agony because they thought she was being dramatic.

I know how they purposely leave you sitting unless you’re actively bleeding out. To punish you for daring to come in not bleeding out or unconscious. Because I’ve seen it from their side. They lie and say they have more emergent things, when they’re standing at the nurses’ station laughing and gossiping. Not a lick of charting happening. Again, not observing this as a patient, but as an intern and later as I worked with them.

I know they won’t give you anything for pain, and call you a drug seeker.

I’ve worked with doctors and nurses and CNAs. I’ve been the provider of care. I know the eye rolling and cussing and mutterings of hatred and disdain.

I’ve been forced down and sliced open without working anesthetic because they decided I was being dramatic. Then the doctor had the audacity to say afterwards that the issue was way worse than she thought. Yeah. Big help to me then, after I stifled screams the entire time. No one will ever care about your pain.

I would rather pass out from pain or allow my gallbladder to burst, (which CAN happen, esp with my family history) than ever go to the emergency room.