Any sporners want to see my gallstone?

[VsgKitt]

I had 3, all same size.
Byebye gallbladder pain!

Ooh! Bet you're glad to have that out! I only had "sludge" but I'm so much happier since I had my gallbladder out.

@LanaDelBoy

Ooh! Bet you're glad to have that out! I only had "sludge" but I'm so much happier since I had my gallbladder out.

I didn't even know I had gallstones!

I was having another op and this was discovered so I had it taken out.

For years I thought the pain was IBS or the beginning of chrones or something. Not once did the Dr's mention gallstones

Me bloody neither. The gp was clueless and fobbed me off, when I went to him with what I know now are absolutely classic gallstones symptoms.

It was only after I questioned my symptoms on a forum like this everyone said it was probably gallstones!

Ridiculous isn't it? Especially with how common they are.

Wow that’s impressive!

What other op were you having, being nosey? I’m being investigated for gallstones but no one really knows what’s going on at the moment.

Wow, my gallstones were the size of peppercorns and I had been in agony for months waiting to get my gallbladder out.

@Bagelsandbrie

Wow that’s impressive!

What other op were you having, being nosey? I’m being investigated for gallstones but no one really knows what’s going on at the moment.

A gastric sleeve.

I had my gallbladder out 3 weeks ago and only had one....I didn't know you could keep it!!!

@AuntieMarys

I had my gallbladder out 3 weeks ago and only had one....I didn't know you could keep it!!!

The hospital just gave me it and kept the other.

I have a photo of my removed stomach too from sleeve surgery

You could put it in with the Xmas nuts

I wasn't allowed to see mine , apparently I had so many my gallbladder had stopped working. I also have a kidney stone over a centimetre in diameter.

@AuntieMarys

You could put it in with the Xmas nuts

Beautiful. I didn't get to see mine, but they can all fuck off anyway. Congratulations on both ops.

Oooh interesting. I've got sludge which is possibly hiding a couple of stones inside its gloop. 😝

I had my gall bladder removed about 6 years ago and had 3 very large gallstones ( the largest was about the same size as an avocado stone).

Two years ago the high calcium levels I had in blood tests for many years was finally followed up - I had something called hyperparathyroidism ( effectively an overactive parathyroid).

The excess calcium in my system was (very probably) responsible for the enlarged gallstones and while I feel much better now, I have a number of legacy issues including severe kidney damage.

So, you may want to google the symptoms of hyperparathyroidism just in case they could apply to you. I wish mine had been identified earlier!

That's a dragon egg. Three of them you say?

Bathe in fire immediately, Khaleesi

@Mumsnut

That's a dragon egg. Three of them you say?

Bathe in fire immediately, Khaleesi

😂😂

I'm so jealous they let you keep it, I had three dermoid cysts removed (one of which had a whole tooth in) and they wouldn't let me keep anything!

Exh collapsed in agony last Sunday, was admitted as something was attacking his liver, after 3 days of scans & tests he had an ERCP & 7 gallstones removed from his bile duct.

Thats nothing,

I had mine out a month ago, I didnt keep them but the surgeon lot count at 200

When I was pregnant with DD they discovered I had a gall stone the size of a duck egg. He went and got another someone else which really worried me that they found something more serious then he explained he wanted the other doctor to see as it was so large. I didn’t get it operated on until DD was 6 months old and I was still bf but only supposed to be in overnight. When they opened me up I had septicaemia and ended up in theatre for 5 hrs and in hospital for 6 days. DH had to keep bringing DD in so I could feed her because she wouldn’t always take a bottle. I was lucky they operated when they did as the surgeon told me another two days and I would have been dead. A sobering thought as I have four kids. I was 35.

Op take care as you can feel a bit grotty afterwards but then you will feel so much better and can have a curry or spicy food.

@Redsquirrel5
You win!
Seriously sounds scary, glad it's resolved xx

Ha, ha I think we all win by getting them out.

200is an awful lot. I had some more but they didn’t count them. The surgeon had to laser it to shatter the large one. It was when key hole surgery had first come in. The other doctor said he should have just opened me up instead of carrying on with the keyhole. They flushed me out and I was on antibiotics for a while.

Hope you are feeling better OP but take it easy for a while.💐

@Pinkywoo

I'm so jealous they let you keep it, I had three dermoid cysts removed (one of which had a whole tooth in) and they wouldn't let me keep anything!

That’s because the doctors wanted to do their own show and tell (only guessing, it sounds cool).