how sore is it to get gallbladder removed?what were your symptoms?

Question

what pain did you suffer before getting your gallbladder removed? i feel as if someone had shoved a can of baked beans under my ribcage,is this normal?

Answer 1

Usually you will have pain and tenderness in the right upper quadrant, back pain between the shoulder blades, belching and gas, possibly diarrhea. Laproscopic surgery is not that difficult and will make you feel alot better. Try limiting the fat in your diet and the carbonated drinks. No spicey foods. These things irritate your gallbladder. You can do a liver/gallbladder cleansing that might help you also. Hope you're seeing a doctor.
http://www.curezone.com/cleanse/liver/default.asp

Answer 2

I had this and it was the most painful thing I have ever went through...and I gave birth to 4 children! I had chest pains also...thought I was having a heart attack...that is common. I couldn't keep anything down, not even a sip of water...I went in for the lazer surgery and something messed up and they had to do the "old fashioned" one where you get an incision. The incision is quite big (5 3/4 inches) because they have to work around your liver to get to the gallbladder. Took about a week afterwords to start feeling better, but only because of the incision. I hear people that get the lazer are much better off. I wish you luck during all of this because I know how painful it is...... best wishes....

Answer 3

It could be. When my gallbladder went it was a sudden thing. I was fine, we had diner and then all of a sudden I was in so much pain. I was throwing up constantly and my stomach hurt on the upper left side. I thought I was dying it hurt so bad. My hubby took me to the hospital and they did a sonogram and sure enough my gallbladder was full of stones so they gave me pain meds and set me up for surgery in the morning. I had to stay 1 mopre night after the surgery. I have two little scars on my tummy now. I say go get a sonogram done and check it out.

Answer 4

I can imagine that it is quite painful and that you would have discomfort or pain in the region just below you ribcage on the right hand side of your body. A friend of mine had hers removed after being misdiagnosed with IBS for about two years. They eventually discovered that she had a gall stone the size of a marble and subsequently removed her gallbladder.

As for the pain, it is normal to suffer pain after any operation, but if it seems to be worse than you think it should be, contact your doctor as there is always a risk of infection after operations.

Good luck with your recovery.

Answer 5

Nasty for you. Most gall bladders these days are removed by keyhole surgery which compared to the old operation is a breeze for the patient. If it can be performed this way, you should only be in hospital for 1 night & make a rapid recovery. With the conventional op, lots of muscles are cut & stretched which makes for a longer postoperative recovery. Best wishes

Answer 6

I suffered with this for years before they found the problem and i had laprascopic surgery last year and now its great! my symptoms were violent vomiting if i ate certain foods, my trigger seemed to be eggs, but some veg have enzymes in the skin that can irritate the problem. try peeling all veg before eating, and sticking to a low fat diet. the pain was terrible, it would take my breath, and the only way to get rid of the pain was to vomit. but op is fine, sore fora week or two after but no more pain.

Answer 7

Hi - Not spoken by myself personally, but my Mum had hers out in July. Her symptoms were collapsing in pain, throwing up, and generally being ill. She went into hospital and had keyhole surgery and was out organising me within 48hours (it was only 2 weeks before my wedding and I think the thought of me messing up my own arrangements got her going lol!) xx

Answer 8

I had keyhole surgery on mine and was out within 48 hours, less painful than actually living with it on a day to day level definitley

Answer 9

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