I'm guessing folks here have had the same procedure so I'd really like to hear from those who've had it done so I can know a bit more and reassure her/tell her what to watch out for/etc.
 
I'm off in guitarland at the moment but any stories or warnings and the like that accumulate would be appreciated.
 
A bit of context: She has a good doctor/surgeon it seems (won't go into it but he's done some things that have both her and I pleased with his competency).
 
Essentially she has gallstones that were blocking up the bile duct(s) to the liver and thus producing bile/gall bladder attacks. They were supposedly saying that they could not do the removal without that blockage being dealt with (whether it remedied itself naturally or not). If the blockage did not clear on its own they were going to put in a stint to clear the liver blockage before the actual removal (which would require two procedures instead of just the one).
 
At this point it seems she's okay for removal so no stint (but that may change if more stones muck everything up) so next week will likely/hopefully be a straight up removal... otherwise in goes the stint and then the actual removal a couple weeks later.
 
That's about all the info I have so... well... giv'er down gall bladdery doods/doodettes.
 
As I said I just want to be able to know more so I can just... IDK... be reassuring/slightly less than useless/know a bit more about what to watch out for because she can be a stubborn old bird but WILL listen to my nagging if I present it in a more... oh geez, uh earthy anecdotal, sciency, medical kind of way.
 
Cheers.
 
edited out teh mispeelz and minor brainfarts

had mine out a few years ago.  other than longer recovery than I expected, it wasn't that big of a deal as far as surgery goes, but the pain pretty much went away!

She will be in my thoughts Beepster.

I'll pray for her Beepster.

All the best for her!

Baps and Eph and Craig... thanks guys! :-)
 

Beagle
had mine out a few years ago.  other than longer recovery than I expected, it wasn't that big of a deal as far as surgery goes, but the pain pretty much went away!

Hi, Beags. Can you maybe elaborate or give me some pointers? VIA PM iffen you want.
 
I'm calling her tomorrow and I'm thinkin' I'm gonna call her as much as she'll allow me too up until the surgery. It might keep her out of the damned garden and whatnot.
 
She just got her intertubes hooked up again so I want to point her into some useful directions (especially after the surgery).
 
Cheers!
 

Pray for her, I will.
Having a doctor you trust (as you do) is a HUGE help going in and coming out. Peace of mind is a wonderful thing.

PM sent!

Gall bladder surgery is usually done laproscopically and not nearly as invasive as days gone by.  Plus, after recovery, she'll be able to eat all the cheeseburgers she wants.  Hope everything turns out swell.
 

Same thing happened to me I woke up at 2AM with pains, drove myself to the ER was hospitalized with stones blocking my duct. Dr said I would have died had I not come in.Jaundice and liver would have shut down.
 
Surgery a month or so later with small incision .The worst part was the gas they pump inside of your belly to extend the area to perform surgery. The gas moved about and terrific pain I had to go back to er same day as surgery, thought the surgery incision had burst , pain was terrible in lower stomach . No pain meds helped. Gas had to dissipate.
 
I had GB attacks all my life and didnt recognize the symptoms, lucky I took heed of the last ones, or indeed I would not be here now.
 
Other than a change in BM type due to lack of enzymes from no more GB, everything works the same, and each person is different, though.