Hey, all! Felt the need to update this (mainly for myself, of course). My year has been rather crappy. My gram got sick and was in the hospital, got out, got better, came to visit, fell, broke her hip. Back in the hospital, then out, then back in. Then home with us, getting better, fell and broke the other hip. Back in the hospital, came home and gave up. She passed away on April 1st (go figure).
In May I was having stomach issues. Went to quick care place, urine and blood tests. Doctor’s the next day and scheduled an ultrasound to check for issues the next day but I ended up going to the ER before then. Got admitted. Ultrasound showed gallbladder stones. MRI. Camera down the throat (first time I had been put to sleep and was worried about that test but it wasn’t a big deal and just felt like I had strep throat afterwards for a while). Migraine all that night. Doc decided to remove the gallbladder since my dad died of gallbladder cancer. Had that done in the morning. Woke up to the worst pain I’ve ever had in my life, ug. Four incisions and 13 staples. Couldn’t pee all night and had to have a catheter in and out and a few stomach scans to measure the pee. FINALLY went on my own little by little and then back to normal. I was up ALL that night moving around and hardly slept cos I just wanted to pee.
Came home the next day, held a sneeze in for weeks, laughing made me cry with pain. No bathroom troubles or anything and I only took a couple days worth of pain meds. It took 5 weeks before I was finally out of pain. I read a lot of people go back to work the next day! Ouch. I still have some issues (stomachaches after eating certain things) and I’d rather have been able to keep my gallbladder cos of the bile regulation and all, but glad I can eat without that horrible pain any more! Thought I’d type this in case others are looking around for gallbladder info. Not everyone is the same and some of us take longer to heal. Moving around sucks at first but it totally helps rid that gas they put in you during the surgery!
Hope everyone is doing well!