so... not super urgent so scheduling it for xmas breakOctavia wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2017 3:22 pmSup fellow (soon-to-be) gallbladder non-haver?
I got mine out back in 2004. My dad had to get his out too, so I guess gallstones run in the family. The surgery is extremely common and rarely has complications, assuming you're getting it removed laparoscopically. The worst side effects for me were shoulder pain (from air bubbles floating to the top of your body) which went away within 48 hours, the kind of icky feeling that your guts are sloshing around inside your abdomen, which took about a week before everything settled, and for about 6 months after surgery, if you ever eat a particularly greasy meal, it will go right through you. Your liver needs to compensate for having no gall bladder, and it takes a while before it figures out how much bile it needs to produce to manage your diet.
still have a dreadful fear of anesthesia.