had my appointment through for gallbladder op...

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wasn?t expecting gallbladder op to be day surgery but apparently it is. how will I feel coming home the same day- no scary stories please

I did'nt make it home the same day. The op went great but I did'nt react well to the air they put into your tummy to do the key hole surgery.

Due to being high risk for clots etc the surgeon had me up and on my feet within a couple of hours , walking albeit slowly, also helped with the trapped air.

I was up and dressed the next morning, feeling sore but ready to go home :)

I am sure you will be fine :) I am so glad I had my surgery and I was so nervous as I had never had a GA before.

I stayed overnight but then I didn't have my op until about 3pm. Think if I'd had it in the morning I would have been ok to go home that evening, with support.

HTH and good luck!

ds2 was in for day surgery last friday... his was a tongue tie release but there was an elderly woman opposite who had had a liver biopsy.

They wouldn't let anyone go home until they'd eaten and drank something, even just tea and toast and were very cautious about making sure patients were alright to go home. they also tried to get people to have a sleep on the day ward to get over the anaesthetic.

In ds's case they'd inserted a pain relief suppository while he was under so he wasn't in pain until that wore off later that night and he got over the grogginess from the anaesthetic after about an hour.

They were also making sure all patients had 24 hour care available after the op... the elderly lady wouldn't have been allowed home if her daughter hadn't been on hand to spend the night with her.

I had mine done three weeks ago today, and like you, was quite surprised that they let you out the same day. I've never had an operation before, nor been in hospital except for the births of two kids, so I wasn't sure what to expect.

I had my operation about 11.30am, and not sure what time I came round, but think I got back to the ward about 2.00ish. I remember being very drowsy and waking up with an oxygen mask on, then drifting off to sleep again. I woke up properly at about 6pm. I didn't feel any pain, and the gas they use to inflate you didn't bother me like I've heard others mention.

The anaesthetist, who was coincidentally on the ward when I came round suggested that I shouldn't go home that night, but rest and leave in the morning, which I did, although the nurses didn't feel I should have stayed and seemed quite terse with me, I felt.

I had some extra pain killers at about 8pm, but didn't sleep much that night (probably because I'd slept so long during the day more than anything else!!!)

It took me about two weeks to properly feel `back to normal', and now, three weeks on I feel fantastic. The pains have completely gone and I'd forgotten how it feels to be in such good health!!

I'm sure yours will go equally well, and just remember to take it easy!! x

Two weeks ago today for me and I feel fantastic. I also ended up staying overnight but that was due to a morphine reaction more than anything. Scars are very small and recovery was amazingly quick.

Had mine done in 2006. Latex allergy so I was first on the list. took a while for me to get the anaesthetic out of my system (wsa sick a couple of times) so I didn't leave the ward until about 7pm. District nurse visited me that evening, had a day in bed the next day as I had the mother of all headaches but i was up and about and in the shower that evening. Sore for a couple of weeks and that was that. Defintiely recommend getting in the shower or at least wwashng hair asap, I instantly felt human again once I'd washed the hospital off me

Good luck with it all, it was literally life transforming for me. I watch the fat in my diet now (which we all should) but apart from that no long-term adverse effects.

thank you all for the reassurance, I have relaxed a little about the whole thing now but still have a month till I?m due to go in. Its good to hear positive stories which are helping me to be 'adult' about this

I had mine done in Hanover. No pain relief afterwards (normal that they don't give it unless you ask ) so felt really rough but not like that in the UK.

I stayed in for 4 days as the forces pay private fees so the hospitals keeps you as long as they can!

After a couple of days, I was sitting up and walking around. If they had structered my pain relief from the off, I reckon it'd have been fine otherwise.

The day after I got home, I went into town and did too much walking and felt really ill - so make sure you get lots of rest and don't do too much too soon.

Oh and I also had problems in my shoulders and back from the air they put in so keep getting up and taking a turn around the room - as Miss Bennett would say

I stayed overnight and could barely move the following day. It took months to get over it, I was really shocked.

Phew - Annapolly - I didn't want to say about the longer-than-everyone-else-recovery! Yes, it took a good month for me to get back to normal I'd say. I honestly don't know how people go home the next day.

Mine was an emergency so a little different, but I had the op on the Wednesday evening and went home Thursday lunchtime.

I first got out of bed 5 hours after the op, middle of the night for the toilet. Was horrendous but the first time really is the worst, every time you get out will be easier after that.

I had a drain in, so that had to be removed, and also had antibiotics as my gallbladder had been infected and starting to rupture, which delayed me going home.

The pain in my shoulder from the air was horrible, but only lasted a couple of days. The car journey home was the worst of my life, DH went very slowly but every bump made me shout out.

I refused anything but paracetamol and ibuprofen due to breastfeeding, but take what you're given and take painkillers regularly, don't wait for the pain as it can be unbearable before they work!

Lots of rest but try and get out for a small walk every day, the more you move the faster you heal and the fresh air really helped my mood, as I was so fed up of the pain.

I'd read about people going back to work a week or 2 after the op and can't see how they could. My op was in January and it was only really the middle of March that all the various pains stopped and I felt normal again.

And don't forget that even though the external scars are small, it's major surgery, you've had an organ removed. It takes time to get over that, so don't listen to people who expect you to be cleaning, working etc straight away. Just take it easy.

Good luck with the op :)

Just another quick note to say - 2 weeks and 2 days and I am planning to go for a run because I feel absolutely back to normal.

I was due to go home the same day but had a slight dizzy spell and was sick when I tried to get up for a wee! So they said I had to stay in. I was in a lot of pain for the first 2-3 days. Ok within a week and back to walking dc to school, a mile each way!