That terrible pain again!!!

I am afraid to be in the hospital because Coco needs meds everyday and my husband can not do it.
My dad and sister both had gall bladder surgery.

Then you should know how cholecsystectomys go. Provided that you do not have complications - and face it, waiting till something is bad increases the chance of that, you will be out of the hospital in hours.

I went in at 7am, surgery around 9am, and home at 2:30pm. Mostly my choice to leave so early, I was doing fine and didn't want to sit around any longer.

Oh, and my GI doc mentioned something. There can be a hereditary cause for gallbladder problems. Since your dad and sister had problems with their's, it increases your chances for it.
I suspect he was thinking that in my case since mine started in my teens, but no one in my family has problems with their's. I don't make things easy for doctors.

Thanks,
I do not want coco to iss her bp meds.
My Dad had a heart attact and triple bypass in 2006 then months later he had gall bladder trouble.
He was about 60 when he had the gall bladder problems.
He has another problem now.
He fell down the stairs last night and hurt his arm and toes.
He has thin skin and diabetes.
My sister was 20 when she had her gall bladder out. It was right after she had her oldest son and they said the pregnancy caused it.

Sounds like it might be your gallbladder, especially since you mentioned it's after you eat something greasy.

I had the same thing happen to me last Thanksgiving. I didn't think anything about it except that maybe I ate too much (who doesn't on the holidays?!). A week later I was in the ER in absolute agony. I wasn't able to have my gallbladder removed until February because I had developed pancreatitis. When I did finally have my gallbladder surgery, it was an overnight hospital stay and I went home the next morning.

Hope you find out more when you go to the dr. Monday; until then, try to watch what you eat - anything greasy/fatty will cause an attack. I had to eat a basically no-fat diet for 2 months after I came out of the ER.

When I had my surgery, it was at a surgical center, not a hospital. I went in in the morning and was out by that afternoon. I only missed 10 days of work too. The Dr gave me vicodin for the pain after the surgery, but I didn't take them. I took ibuprophin.

When I had my gallbladder out I was in the hospital for less than six hours.

Once I was able to eat and walk they sent me home with someone to watch me for a few hours.

I felt whole without two days, but had to take it easier a bit longer. I went back to work in six days (a little less than I ought, but I had taken off prior to the surgery, so I had to go back).

My big attack, the one that sent me to the hospital, came after fast food. I thought it was appendicitis (no back pain for me). I must've gotten a stone stuck, because the pain would not go away. Be forwarned, if you are having an attack and they push on the bladder it will NOT feel nice.

I felt like HELL prior, because of that stuck stone and my liver enzymes went haywire so they rushed me in. It was a quick surgery and relatively painless (compared to the attack!)

I have four scars on my stomach now, but nothing more.

After, you will have gas that you have to expell from the abdomen and it will push on a nerve just right so that your shoulder will hurt like heck, but after that's gone, you'll feel better... and it won't happen again!

I was given morphine at the ER, and Vicodin for home use. I used it only once or twice, mostly before the surgery. It made me nauseous and woozy, so I really didn't like them.

If you get nauseous from anesthesia or have a family history of it (my father and aunt have very poor reactions to anesthesia), they have pills they can give you, so ask about that.

Originally Posted by Forensic

Be forwarned, if you are having an attack and they push on the bladder it will NOT feel nice.

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Strange that it was so low. My attacks where always higher up. You know the three incisions that go at an angle on right. The pain from my gallbladder was always under what is now the middle incision- right at the edge of the ribcage.

I never had the gas left in my abdomen that I've seen others mention? Morphine caused my blood pressure to really drop during surgery - I warned them this would happen, when telling me about it after they seemed surprised that I was right. I was given percocets for pain control. I discovered that I cannot take them, they cause bad nausea, vomiting, and dizziness (again, blood pressure problem) - and are mostly useless for pain anyways. Acetaminophen alone was enough to take the edge off.

I had a prescription for Zofran called in shortly after I got home from the hospital - when they thought the vomiting was from anesthesia. Zofran is a dissolvable tablet that is given to those who can't keep pills down. Works fairly well and fast.

I suggest that if anyone is on any other medications or has health problems to stress this with the doctors before surgery. It can prevent some problems, like drug interactions with a current prescription.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

Strange that it was so low. My attacks where always higher up. You know the three incisions that go at an angle on right. The pain from my gallbladder was always under what is now the middle incision- right at the edge of the ribcage.

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Sorry, I meant gall bladder, not just bladder

I was looking at other posts about the pain.
The last time was the end of October.
I have another problem now also.
My period is coming anyday and I get terrible cramps every month.
There is no way I can get tests with that pain.
Did you have to get tests the first time you saw the Dr.

I went to the ER, mind, but they gave me a urine test, a number of blood tests (including pregnancy, of course. ) and an ultrasound, which confirmed gallstones.

I was on morphine, so none of them bothered me.

They never pressed on my stomach. I was diagnosed through the ultrasound.

Originally Posted by mews2much

I am afraid to be in the hospital because Coco needs meds everyday and my husband can not do it.
My dad and sister both had gall bladder surgery.

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Here gallbladder surgery is almost a day procedure. In one day and out the next morning. And they do it laproscopically now instead of making an actual incision. You just have 3 little puncture woulds.

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Do you all think that is what the problem is?

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Since you mentioned problems with your period and bad cramping, it could very well be something else.
Why wouldn't you be able to get tests with the pain? You have to endure it at home and still make it through basic activities, so the tests shouldn't be that much harder.

I hope your doctor can figure out what's going on and that it's nothing too serious (ie, if it is gallbladder related and that has to come out - that's not as serious as other problems could be).

The period bad has nothing to do with this pain.
I have always had that since I started my period.
This bad pain was once a year until this June.
Now it happenes more often but is always after i have something greasy.
Once I throw up alot it is gone.