Help! Should I Have Gallbladder Surgery Posted: 05-29-05 14:09pm
I am scheduled to have a nissan
fundoplication (reflux surgery) and my
gallbladder removed in june. I feel
confident about the reflux surgery but I
unsure about the gallbladder removal. I
have alot of chest pain, burning around my
breast bone and rib cage and cramping in
my back. Some of these symptoms if not
all can be caused by reflux. My surgeon
sent me for a hida scan with cck and it
showed an ejection fraction of 23. I did
feel extremely nauseous and had cramping
in my back. I also felt nausea on and
off for days. It felt like morning
sickness. My surgeon recommended that I
have my gallbladder removed since he will
be in that area with the other surgery.
Help! :!:
sherri
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HaredresserD
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Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 36 Location: California
Posted: 05-30-05 01:14am
Hi sherri... I would have it out. Had
mine out 11 1/2 weeks ago.. Had the same
symptoms... For sev months... The only
thing left is the sternum area (breast
bone) pain which is going away (i'm on
nexium) and some back pain in the
morning.. Which isn't near as bad as
before the gb surgery. My hida scan came
back at 39% but the surgeon said I had all
the symptoms of bad gb disease... Thank
goodness cause I wouldn't have been able
to stand it much longer. What is the
reflux surgery?? What do they do for
that??? Keep the flapper workin...Lol???
I had lots of inflamation in my
esophagus and stomach... But tried all
the diff gerd meds and nothing helped...
I still had the sternum area pain pretty
bad after the surg so gastro doc said to
stay on nexium for a while... It helps!
Thanks for you reply....Reflux will cause
alot of the same problems as you
gallbladder....Reflux surgery is a
procedure where they wrap your stomach
around your esophagus and make a new
"flapper". One that will stay closed
after you swallow. What symptoms did you
experience when you had your hida scan?
Sherri
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HaredresserD
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Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 36 Location: California
Posted: 05-30-05 18:01pm
Hi.. Didn't have any symptoms with the
hida... I was expecting to get sick but
didn't... The only thing..My stomach
gurgled a lot... Way up high.. Around
the gb and ribs...
Okay...I've heard of that surgery didn't
know that was what it was called though..
:) thanks.
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blondemommie
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Re: Help! Should I Have Gallbladder Surgery Posted: 06-02-05 20:48pm
sherri428
wrote:
i am scheduled to have a
nissan fundoplication (reflux surgery) and
my gallbladder removed in june. I feel
confident about the reflux surgery but I
unsure about the gallbladder removal. I
have alot of chest pain, burning around my
breast bone and rib cage and cramping in
my back. Some of these symptoms if not
all can be caused by reflux. My surgeon
sent me for a hida scan with cck and it
showed an ejection fraction of 23. I did
feel extremely nauseous and had cramping
in my back. I also felt nausea on and
off for days. It felt like morning
sickness. My surgeon recommended that I
have my gallbladder removed since he will
be in that area with the other surgery.
Help! :!:
sherri
sherri I feel your
pain I just recently found out that I too
have to have my gallbladder removed and
yes it is alot of the same symptoms I
have. My doc suggested a low low fat diet
to help ease the spasams as he called it I
feel like i'm eating rabbit food and
essentinally I am I eat raw, cooked
veggies with no butter just water, salt
& pepper to taste, all dairy is fat
free i'm not pain free everyday but it is
helping in the long run untill my surgery
date (which is still tba)
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Gall Bladder Disease Posted: 07-06-05 13:14pm
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sherrie969
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Gallbladder Posted: 06-02-06 22:36pm
I just recently had a hida scan done on th
31st of may. They told me the reading was
a zero. They told me that was bad but
yet they are taking a week to get me back
in to schedule surgery. When having
surgery does it help out?
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vegas
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Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 2
Gallbladder Problems Posted: 06-02-06 23:07pm
I, too, just had a hida scan this week
that came out normal (77%)....My gb sono
was normal also. I've been dealing with
ruq pain for almost (get this...) 25
years, and no one seems to want to remove
my gallbladder! I was even prepped for
gb surgery 16 yrs ago and at the last
minute, the Dr. Decided not to remove it
because "i wasn't vomiting"...Said I had
gerd instead. I've been told from
previous sono's that I had sludge, now
they tell me I don't...And no stones I
get waves of nausea most days, no
vomiting....But pain so bad that sometimes
it doubles me over. I notice that foods
are hit or miss.....I can eat mexican food
one night and be fine, but have a cup of
yogurt at lunch and feel horrible. When
the cck was injected during the hida the
other day, I had severe ruq pain, cramping
and nausea that lasted most of the day
afterwards. I'm tired of feeling awful.
I have an appointment with a surgeon on
the 9th and i'm telling him straight out I
want gb surgery. There's obviously
something going on....Probably
inflamation...Even my gynecologist thinks
so since my recurring pain attacks are now
also showing in the pelvic area (and I had
a tah/bso 4 yrs ago, so the pain isn't gyn
related). I'm thinking if the
gallbladder comes out, this nightmare will
be over.
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charleen
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Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 8 Location: Vineland,nj
Get It Out ! Posted: 06-05-06 16:34pm
Yes, you should have your gallbladder
removed I had mine removed in april and
feel 100% better even if it is just the
reflux why take a chance and have to have
surgery again in the future. Might as
well get them both done at the same time
to avoid going through the surgical pain
twice. Well hope everything goes well for
you and goodluck!
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charleen
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Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 8 Location: Vineland,nj
Vegas Posted: 06-05-06 16:38pm
I had all normal test results hida ,cat
scan ,upper gi and I begged my doctor to
take it out .. He knew in his heart thats
all that was left for it to be and sure
enough we were right lol my gallbladder
was inflamed and believe it or not that
will show normal test results once he took
it out all the pain went away
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vegas
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Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 2
Gb Surgery Posted: 06-06-06 12:05pm
Thanks charleen....I'm glad you're feeling
much better! So far, i'm doing pretty
good this week...Eating well and very
little discomfort. But I know that good
feeling won't last and i'll be back to
feeling miserable again. I'm sure
looking forward to the surgical
consultation on friday. I'll keep you
posted...It's getting interesting!
