Yieeee! Gall stones

[Zkribbler]

I'm just out spending the night at Kaiser. I went in Saturday morning with horrible abdominal pains. Turns out I was passing a gall stone.

Right now, I feel fine.

The stay this morning was a little like the Keystone cops. One doctor would come in at tell me that I'd passed the stone and no surgery was necessary. The next would come in a tell me my gall bladder must come out. They next would come in an explain a weird proceedure where the slide a tube down my throat, through my stomach, into the duodenum and operate on my common bile duct to remove the stone....that other doctors say is no longer there. I finally blew a gasket and left.

I'll be consulting my regular doctor ASAP, but I also want to hear from our Apolydocs , talk to a few other people with knowledge and do some web surfing.

Guys, whatta ya think?

[BlackCat]

Have you checked your insurance ? I mean three docs already - the bill must be growing

Hope you get well soon

[Grandpa Troll]

I had laperscopic years ago, maybe 10 years, 46 gallstones and my gall bladder emergency surgery

One of most painful experiences in my life, terrible


Hope you get squared away

[Zkribbler]

Kaiser is my HMO. I left without paying a cent.

I've gone on the Mayo Clinic website, and I see where some of the confusion lies. That tube proceedure I described (laparoscopic surgery) is one of the most common methods of removing the gall bladder. The gall bladder is removed through a series of small incisions.

The article also says that, a few days after surgery, I can return to a normal life with a normal diet. The worst problem is that a very small percentage of people end up with chronic diarrhea.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Kaiser is my HMO. I left without paying a cent.

I've gone on the Mayo Clinic website, and I see where some of the confusion lies. That tube proceedure I described (laparoscopic surgery) is one of the most common methods of removing the gall bladder. The gall bladder is removed through a series of small incisions.

The article also says that, a few days after surgery, I can return to a normal life with a normal diet. The worst problem is that a very small percentage of people end up with chronic diarrhea.

I had 3 incisions, one in belly button and 2 or 3 inch long or maybe shorter, but had a bunch of stones......

I have had no problems since, thank God

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
One of most painful experiences in my life, terrible

The stones or the surgery??

[Cort Haus]

I had a stone thingy once - the most excruciating agony of my life. It was only when they gave me the strongest painkiller in the hospital (probably morphine) that I passed out and awoke a few hours later with the thing gone (passed through on its own) and life was worth living again.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


The stones or the surgery??

46 GALLSTONES,104 TEMPERATURE FOR 4.5 DAYS

I was under for surgery and 7 hours after surgery was up walking

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll


46 GALLSTONES,104 TEMPERATURE FOR 4.5 DAYS

I was under for surgery and 7 hours after surgery was up walking

So...I'm guessing it was the stones that were causing the pain. Plus the infection, which caused the 104 temperature.

[SlowwHand]

Zk, you're preggers. They asked me to tell you.

[Zkribbler]

Zkribbler, Jr.? Naw, that's a concept to horrible to even contemplate.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Zkribbler, Jr.? Naw, that's a concept to horrible to even contemplate.

Yep, you think passing that stone hurt............

ACK!

[DirtyMartini]

Zcrib --

Actually, try googling/Mayo websiting "ERCP"

DM

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by DirtyMartini
Zcrib --

Actually, try googling/Mayo websiting "ERCP"

DM

Beat 'ya. The Mayo Clinic website was very helpful.

It turns out I'm facing two operations, neither of which is a biggie. The first is where they do the tube down the throat thing to get the stone out the duct; the second is where they remove my gall bladder.

I asked if this would affect my January trip to the Phils in January, and was told no way.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
I asked if this would affect my January trip to the Phils in January, and was told no way.

As opposed to your January tril to the Phils in February?

ACK!