Sep
i have servere pain i went to the emergency room last night and found out that i have gallbladder sludge which can have the same affect as gallstones but i was wondering if surgery was the only way to get rid of it? do i need to have my gallbladder removed or can i have it somehow “drained” or do i need the whole gallbladder removed?? and is having your gallbladder removed injured really bad?
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Oh honey, get it out! It is the best thing that has happened to me or my daughter. She is 14 and was nauseated for a year and a half without being able to figure out what was wrong. Finally they figured out her gallbladder was only working at 14 percent and the lowest it should be is 35%. She has had it out and it's like having a new daughter! She used to have problems with sugar regulation too but that has stopped since she had the gallbladder out. Somehow they are close together (Pancreas and gallbladder) and can affect one another.
I had horrible pain before I had mine taken out and I was perpetually constipated. Now that mine is gone, no more pain and I don't have any trouble going. It was a godsend for me too.
Have them do the laproscopic surgery and it isn't that bad. 3-4 tiny incisions is all it takes and it's barely noticeable. You should be up and around the day of surgery and walking right afterward because you need to get the gas moving. They put gas in your abdomen to see what they are doing and if you don't move, you get pain in your shoulders. (The gas rises and pushes on your stomach and the stomach sends a message to the brain that your shoulders hurt… sort of backwards but walking helps that)
within a week you should be back to normal. It really is for the ideal to have it removed.
EDIT: the only other choice is to live with the pain but eventually it will get infected and HAVE to come out. It's better to take it now. The 11 year old girl in the bed next to my daughter had hers out due to sludge. She’s feeling much superior.
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The physician in the emergency room didn't tell you?
*boggle*
I asked my father why people have gallbladders, once, he responded “So you can go to college, son.”
He makes his living removing them . I don't think they’re particularly important.
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Gallbladder Sludge? What a great name for a rock band!