had my gallbladder out as an emergency - ask me anything!

[eleny]

or not... hee-hee!

i stayed in the hospital for one night and was home yesterday. feeling sore but so much better. i've got air america on the radio and the tv is set between cnn and the food network (for grins). multo mario is so much cuter than judy woodruffle!

[Dookus]

1. eek!

Glad it went well - hadda be a bit unpleasant and unnerving, though.

Is it only women who get gallbladder problems?

[eleny]

3. my dad had his out back in the 1960s -

so gb troubles can be an equal opportunity pinch.

[Nikia]

4. I think that it is more common in women

But it is not exclusive to women.

[4morewars]

2. Did you get the liquid vicodin?

Yummy !!!

[eleny]

5. in the er, they tried 3 different pain meds

the last one was morphine and it didn't touch the pain. but it was interesting. my head was swimming over here and the pain was somewhere across the room in my tummy. they sent me home with a vicodin script. i'm only taking one every 6 hours as that's all i seem to need. just sore when i get up out of bed is all.

i was actually scheduled to have it out this thursday. but saturday morning at 4 a.m., the gb had other plans. i was in the op room by 9 a.m. i'm glad it's over with.

[4morewars]

6. Glad to hear it went well

My wife had her's yanked just about a year ago, and has not had any more problems. I remember the first attack though !!!! Man, were we scared !!!!! She was SOOOOOOOOO sick, all over the place !!! Stay away from the fried food !!!!

[eleny]

7. I'll be good

For some time now, I've been a healthy choice kinda gal. I plan on continuing that as it's made me feel very good. Watching the Food Channel today, I'm aghast at how much fat they use in the meals.

I'm glad to hear that your wife's experience went well and she's been doing great. It's very encouraging!

[Kali]

8. had mine out a few years ago

and my naughty eating habits are the same - no problems there. Painfull eh? I'd say it ranks up there with childbirth but my absolute worst was a kidney stone. Yeesh. Morhpine worked good for that. Had demerol for the gall bladder. (Nothing for the childbirths wtf???)

Had a grandfather with same problem but the nurse when I went for about the third time to the emergency room said "fat, forty, and female - its your gall bladder" Doc thought it was impacted bowel. Week later back again - it was the GB, nurse was right.

[eleny]

9. a year ago, i mentioned to a friend about my acid reflux

she said - it's your gallbladder, honey - get it out. yunno, she was right. since i had the gb out, not a smidge of heartburn.

i'm glad you feel good and all is well with you now! thanks for your thoughts!

[MissMarple]

10. Happy to hear you're doing OK!

Ahh... radio, TV, and the computer. Got books?

[eleny]

11. Yes - I have a great book called "1912"

It's all about that election of 1912 - TR, Taft, Wilson and Debbs. I don't know about the authors personal politics but he's very favorable to TR and his Progressive ideas.

Thanks for your good thoughts!