I had what was probably another gallbladder attack on Sunday evening. I say another because I had my first one last December, a few days after Christmas, and it was horrible. It was the kind of pain that makes your vision go black and fuzzy at the edges, and I remember sinking to the kitchen floor at one point, trying my best not to start crying so I wouldn’t freak out Dan any further than I already had. I had another one after that in March, and then one a few weeks ago when I was at the pool with Jason and the kids. Now Sunday’s. Gallbladder problems are fairly common in post-op gastric bypass patients (1 in 3 will develop issues), so as soon as I get back from BlogHer next week I’m going to call my surgeon and get the ball rolling on getting my gallbladder yanked out. I’m not looking forward to another surgery, but I’m quite familiar with how the recovery will go (another laparoscopic abdominal surgery, though this one will be more on the right side of my abdomen rather than smack in the middle and fanning outwards), so that part doesn’t worry me too much. Drowsiness? Check. Lack of complete memories of the first day after surgery? Check. Pain? Check. Achiness? Check. Soreness? Check. Painkillers? Check! Besides, if I don’t do something now, I’ll only put off the inevitable, and put myself at an increased risk of more gallbladder attacks and even a possible rupture down the line. Fun!
In other news, I really churned out several sponsored posts and product reviews here recently. Sorry, I really do try to post more personal stuff more frequently, but I spent the weekend cramming in as much work as possible, seeing as how this coming week is going to be a short one. I’m stopping work by 2:00pm on Wednesday, so that I have plenty of time to pack, take care of last minute tasks, etc. Dan is taking me to the train station on Thursday morning, and I’ll be in Philly by noon to meet up with my boss. We’ll take a train to New York together, and then our four day stint of BlogHer will commence! I’m excited and nervous, and I know it’s going to be fun and crazy and stressful and exhausting. I’ll have my netbook with me and will do my best to blog every day that I’m there, and you know I’ll totally be abusing Twitter and overworking my camera. :D
And with that said, it’s lateeeeeeeeeeeeeee, and I need to be back up in about six hours, so I’m going to bed. Goodnight!
I know the gallbladder thing – mine was yanked 13 years ago!
To be honest, recovery wasn’t that bad at all – if you want you can shoot me an email or DM me on Twitter. 
I had my galbladder taken out in 2006 and had suffered plenty of galbladder attacks before it was taken out. I still have problems on and off of what foods agree and don’t from having my glabladder being removed but it is something I can live with rather then having the galbladder rupture. When they took mine out, It was a 45 minute surgery I had it done the laparoscopic way. When they removed it, it was only functioning 5%. Hope your doing good and if your having more and more galbladder attacks, It’d be good to see the surgeon and have them remove it. They also might want to do a hida scan on you. Tells them what percentage its working at, how bad it is, etc.
Had mine removed last April, after going to the hospital cause I wasn’t able to breathe.
When my brother and a few of my friends were told they had gallstones, they had to on a fat free diet (for the rest of their life) which helped though 13 months later my brother had to get his removed as it inflamed. I do have to say the fitter you are the faster you recover..
One thing I dislike about after the surgery is I gained 15 pounds and its not coming off.
I hope you are able to get your gallbladder issues settled sooner rather than later. A good friend of mine had hers removed about three years ago and she has told me that her only issue with the removal is having to use the restroom more frequently.
Have a great time at BlogHer! I am so bummed about not being able to go this time around, but hopefully will be attending next year. With everything going on, I’m not sure I would have been able to fully take in everything anyway. Take lots of pictures.. I will be living vicariously through you
I had my gallbladder removed fall of ’07. I remember being in my room and randomly having this pain in my abdomen area. Originally, I thought it would just ease and go away, but the pain increased and by the end of the night I was rocking back and forth crying because I couldn’t lay down. If or walk standing up straight because if I stretched my abdomen it pulled and put me in even more pain.
My parents were exhausted because I’m needy and can’t stand being sick and alone. So, they stayed up with me for 3 days and nights. After the first night of issues, they took me to the ER and they misdiagnosed me with some word I can’t even remember. Didn’t give me anything for the pain and sent me home. The next night after no sleep for 2 days at this point, I went back to the ER and they again misdiagnosed me telling me that it was a UTi and that I should drink more water. Absurd because at that point in my life I was always drinking water. Again, I was sent home with nothing for the pain.
The third night of constant pain that never let up, I made an appointment to my family doctor and she finally actually took the necessary means of checking me out and what not. Discovered that it was gallstones and I was sent home with a painkiller shot in the hip. The next day I was being admitted into the hospital. Although, the shot only lasted me about 3 hours. Enough for me to finally sleep. When I woke up I was in immense pain again so thankfully she called me in some painkillers and that was that.
The surgery wasn’t anything. It didn’t take long and recovery really wasn’t all that bad at all. Painkillers really make everything so much easier.
That was my only attack though, even though it did last for days and days without letting up. Most people I hear talk about it, have pains and then they go away. I’m not sure why mine wouldn’t go away.
Anyway, good luck with getting it removed and what not.