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Gallbladder surgery tomorrow!!!

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Louu247 · 03/04/2024 09:26

Please can I have your experiences of gallbladder removal? Due to get mine out tomorrow I am so nervous! Recovery time ect ect…

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Louu247 · 04/04/2024 18:21

Turtles4543 · 04/04/2024 18:15

Oh no sorry to hear that! Hope you get rescheduled soon, will your partner be able to look after the children?

Yeah he will xx

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Turtles4543 · 04/04/2024 18:15

Oh no sorry to hear that! Hope you get rescheduled soon, will your partner be able to look after the children?

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Louu247 · 04/04/2024 13:30

RainingOnMyFace · 04/04/2024 11:38

It was 8mm in Sept 22 and by Feb 23 had grown to 10mm. They haven't done a scan since then.
I'm interested that they want to operate at 2mm, they told me it had to be 10, but we are probably in different parts of the country. I am in Yorkshire.

I believe over 10mm and there's a tiny bit of a possibility it could go to cancer. But tiny.

It was because it was causing me so much discomfort so they said they would take it out xx
dont know how a tiny 2mm pollop would cause it but hey ho the docs know best haha xx

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Louu247 · 04/04/2024 13:29

I know my mam and partner had took time off to take care of kids ect, my mam had no more holidays left now!

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PigeonEgg · 04/04/2024 12:15

I had a very easy recovery, was back running after 2 weeks!

TimeandMotion · 04/04/2024 12:13

Aw that’s a bummer about the cancellation! Hope it is rescheduled soon.

BusyMum47 · 04/04/2024 11:56

Had mine out via keyhole. Pretty OK to be fair. Minor discomfort & spasms for a few days afterwards but quick recovery overall & no issues since....sweet relief!!

PurpleYarnivore · 04/04/2024 11:54

So sorry it was cancelled . My op was cancelled on the day twice , 3 months apart - so annoying when I’d made childcare plans and my husband taken holiday to care for disabled daughter . I was told NHS hospital gets fined if cancelled a 3rd time so usually goes ahead then as mine did. Hope you get a new date soon .

RainingOnMyFace · 04/04/2024 11:38

It was 8mm in Sept 22 and by Feb 23 had grown to 10mm. They haven't done a scan since then.
I'm interested that they want to operate at 2mm, they told me it had to be 10, but we are probably in different parts of the country. I am in Yorkshire.

I believe over 10mm and there's a tiny bit of a possibility it could go to cancer. But tiny.

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Louu247 · 04/04/2024 11:07

RainingOnMyFace · 04/04/2024 10:26

Thank you! I've found a polyps friend!

How were yours found and how long were you on the waiting list?

I'm 40 and want a baby but they took me off the list when I got pregnant then it was a faff to get me back on when I miscarried.

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Sorry to hear that, how big is your pollop? And I had discomfort under my right rib so they done an ultrasound. 2mm pollop was found xx

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RainingOnMyFace · 04/04/2024 10:26

Louu247 · 04/04/2024 06:03

Mine is pollops also xx

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Thank you! I've found a polyps friend!

How were yours found and how long were you on the waiting list?

I'm 40 and want a baby but they took me off the list when I got pregnant then it was a faff to get me back on when I miscarried.

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Louu247 · 04/04/2024 09:59

Short staffed xx

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Tourmalines · 04/04/2024 09:55

Bugger , hope you don’t have to wait too long for reschedule ☺️

Manyandyoucanwalkover · 04/04/2024 09:51

How disappointing for you @Louu247 . All that build up to it! Why was it cancelled?

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Louu247 · 04/04/2024 09:23

Hi all it’s been cacellled!! Xx

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PurpleYarnivore · 04/04/2024 07:16

Hope it goes smoothly and look forward to an update later .

Turtles4543 · 04/04/2024 07:06

Hope all goes well

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Louu247 · 04/04/2024 07:02

Well today is the day! Just getting booked in now! Bricking it!

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Tourmalines · 04/04/2024 06:33

Had mine removed 10 years ago with keyhole surgery . In one night , home the next day . Simple operation., no problems, I just took it easy for about a week with walking and lifting. I was back to work after that week . Those gallbladder attacks I use to get were sometimes so excruciating, so it was the best thing I ever did .

Zanatdy · 04/04/2024 06:23

TimeandMotion · 04/04/2024 01:11

When they did the final name check just before they put me under, they realised I was in the wrong theatre! That’s why they do it… I always wondered what I would have had removed if they hadn’t noticed!

Actual GB op in the theatre next door was very straightforward, they woke me up by rattling these babies in my ear.

jeez that’s scary, good job for final checks! They wouldn’t let me keep my stones, said they threw it away whole

Zanatdy · 04/04/2024 06:21

RainingOnMyFace · 03/04/2024 22:35

Can I ask why you ladies had the surgery? Did you have symptoms?
I don't have symptoms but polyps have been found.

Stones and really bad pain, later found out a stone got stuck in the pancreatic duct and damaged it which led to a pancreas disease and major surgery to remove part of that. I always tell people not to delay getting surgery for stones. Not sure re polyps

ageratum1 · 04/04/2024 06:19

I had mine done as a daycare .In at 7.3 o, surgery at 9, home at 4.30.Very sleepy afterwards and tired for a couple of days but otherwise fine.

tchotchke · 04/04/2024 06:17

stargirl1701 · 03/04/2024 15:19

I think it was being upside down for the 2 hours of the op. The robot prefers that position. My head was pointing at the floor.

You should have been slightly head up for a gallbladder removal.
Head down is for working in the pelvis. It helps to get the bowels out of the way.

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Louu247 · 04/04/2024 06:03

RainingOnMyFace · 03/04/2024 22:35

Can I ask why you ladies had the surgery? Did you have symptoms?
I don't have symptoms but polyps have been found.

Mine is pollops also xx

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TimeandMotion · 04/04/2024 01:11

When they did the final name check just before they put me under, they realised I was in the wrong theatre! That’s why they do it… I always wondered what I would have had removed if they hadn’t noticed!

Actual GB op in the theatre next door was very straightforward, they woke me up by rattling these babies in my ear.

Gallbladder surgery tomorrow!!!
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