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Q: Lack of energy after gallbladder surgery

asked by: DoctorQuestion on September 27th, 2009

I had gallbladder surgery five days ago and this is my cocern,
I took a shower this morning got out and felt like I just got off work, I was extremly tired, is this normal. I'm 20 years old and I'm in the reserves, my full time job is 12 hour shifts so this tells you I do really hard work and I have tons of I usually have tons of energy. Before my I had problems with my gallbladder I was very active. Will I turn back to my normal energetic self, and how long will it take if I do.

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Dr. Robert Wascher , MD

replied on September 28th, 2009

Gallbladder Disease Answer A7377

Everyone recovers differently from surgery. Assuming no complications from your recent surgery, however, I would hope and expect that you should be back close to your pre-surgery baseline within 4 to 6 weeks following surgery.

Sincerely/ Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS

http://doctorwascher.com

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