Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: So its gallstones. Have some questions

Hi Barb, from my old home town I grew up in, went to school in, college in and taught in for many years........

Anyway, I've had my gall bladder out, and if it were me, and I had the choice back then, I'd zapped them (well the one, but it was big as a golf ball)..and not had the surgery........sure it's easy enough, and you're young enough that you will likely go home same day from having the gallbladder surgically removed, but I was 46 and at the time and they made me stay over night. If you have it out, and you are a "D" already, it could get worse. You also have adhesions to worry about. I had adhesion pain 2 years after mine was out, like you wouldn't believe. It went away, but nonetheless the pain was there for about 6 months. Then you have the risk of infection or something going wrong where you have to let them cut you open and do it the old fashioned way..........and that's a LONG recovery. You can have ones lodged in the bile duct that they miss, although they say they put a camera there so they don't miss any stones, but I've heard of it happening...then also there may be problems with the duct they clamped off.......I've got news for you........once with out a gallbladder you will not process fats and have to eat LOW, LOW fat for the rest of your life. The fats you eat will enter the liver and then slowly, drip by drip work their way out......where if you have the gall bladder making bile, it helps to process the fats. Now, if you have it zapped, you still will have to eat low fat so you don't produce stones, and another thing that does is going without eating. You'll find that gall bladder surgery is much more of a money maker for the surgeon than zapping them so that's what they are going to push.......but if your stones are small why not have them zapped, IF that's an option, and then I believe there is a med you can take as well to keep them from forming. Nope, that organ is there for a reason, and if you can bring it back to health I'd do so..........

Yes, you will need some time off if you have the sugery, even laproscopically...........you need to rest and heal.....you'll know when you're ready to go back to work.

Having your gall bladder/or just stones is not going to make your IBS go away, sorry.

Just my opinions..........since you asked.

Kandee

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