If you've had your gallbladder removed, get in here...

rcalexander105 said:
Haha, that's good stuf there! I prob got frisky a little too soon myself, but I had to make sure the damn thing still worked.

We derailed the shit out of your thread @Andy J. ... sorry about that. Hopefully you got some knowledge and a good laugh out of some of it (I damn sure know I did).

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No need to apologize. This is probably the best thread I ever started, haha!

What sent me to the doc was 10 min of intense chest pain while I was at work. Been having some short ones that I gritted through, but this one scared me. I considered that I was having a heart attack, but that didn’t really seem plausible in my mind, so I didn’t call 911. Right after I made an appt to check out my heart and chest area with the internal doc. Two appts later, got the all clear on heart and lungs so I requested an ultrasound (at the suggestion of my wannabe Dr Wife). Results came back that I have ‘multiple’ 5-6mm stones in there.

@RatLabGuy You may have been joking, but can you actually do them both at the same time? Doesn’t a urologist usually do the snip and a general surgeon do gallbladder removal? It would be awesome to knock out two birds with these stones...
 
Andy J. said:
No need to apologize. This is probably the best thread I ever started, haha!

What sent me to the doc was 10 min of intense chest pain while I was at work. Been having some short ones that I gritted through, but this one scared me. I considered that I was having a heart attack, but that didn’t really seem plausible in my mind, so I didn’t call 911. Right after I made an appt to check out my heart and chest area with the internal doc. Two appts later, got the all clear on heart and lungs so I requested an ultrasound (at the suggestion of my wannabe Dr Wife). Results came back that I have ‘multiple’ 5-6mm stones in there.

@RatLabGuy You may have been joking, but can you actually do them both at the same time? Doesn’t a urologist usually do the snip and a general surgeon do gallbladder removal? It would be awesome to knock out two birds with these stones...
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you may want to check with your insurance, i was told when I had my issues that “stones” was an elective surgery and I’d be billed accordingly, where as total failure and septic was “life threatening” and covered differently. They warned me about this up front when we were still figuring out what was going on.
I still had a sizable bill out of pocket ($3200) but it was considerably less then the elective would have been.
Total insurance payout on my deal was in the neighborhood of $44k
 
Blkvoodoo said:
you may want to check with your insurance, i was told when I had my issues that “stones” was an elective surgery and I’d be billed accordingly, where as total failure and septic was “life threatening” and covered differently. They warned me about this up front when we were still figuring out what was going on.
I still had a sizable bill out of pocket ($3200) but it was considerably less then the elective would have been.
Total insurance payout on my deal was in the neighborhood of $44k
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Ohhh good call. We actually switch insurance companies next year too. Got UHC now. Going to Cigna.
 
Andy J. said:
No need to apologize. This is probably the best thread I ever started, haha!

What sent me to the doc was 10 min of intense chest pain while I was at work. Been having some short ones that I gritted through, but this one scared me. I considered that I was having a heart attack, but that didn’t really seem plausible in my mind, so I didn’t call 911. Right after I made an appt to check out my heart and chest area with the internal doc. Two appts later, got the all clear on heart and lungs so I requested an ultrasound (at the suggestion of my wannabe Dr Wife). Results came back that I have ‘multiple’ 5-6mm stones in there.

@RatLabGuy You may have been joking, but can you actually do them both at the same time? Doesn’t a urologist usually do the snip and a general surgeon do gallbladder removal? It would be awesome to knock out two birds with these stones...
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I had "sludge" and gallbladder wasn't functioning properly, but my experience diagnosing was roughly the same. I had had pains here and there, but coming home from Harlan, driving my jeep, I was in so much pain I couldn't stop shaking. Stopped a couple times and turned my jeep over to someone else in the club and got in my dad's tow rig at the Hendersonville rest area. Couple miles down the road I was throwing up and saw the hospital sign on an exit. Told him to pull over and spent the night at St. Luke's.

After that there was a couple months of EKGs and stress tests before they did the gallbladder function test.
 
Some Good info here! One of last years hospital 4 day stays, a doctor walked into my room [surgeon I think], & inquired if i didn't want my gallbladder taken out, while I was there? I think there were some minor issues with it, along with several "Minor" issues found. Basic conditions for anyone my age! Told him I'd think about it. to Me, hell no! Don't be taking out anything that doesn't Have to come out! And as said here & along with my Brother, you'll have to change your Eating habits! Doctor didn't mention Anything, about Insurance coverage. He just wanted the Job, I guess!
 
Andy J. said:
I just found out this morning that I need to have my gallbladder removed. Merry Christmas to me!

Assuming they can do it with the small incisions and not the old fashioned way, what's the real-life recovery time? Could I have surgery on Thursday and be back to work (desk job) on Monday? Or is that wishful thinking?
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I was in the hospital this past Monday and got the same news. I'm on medication for now, trying to postpone it a few weeks to get past the holidays and a trip. Then GB and appendix out in one shot.

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THE guyrock said:
I was in the hospital this past Monday and got the same news. I'm on medication for now, trying to postpone it a few weeks to get past the holidays and a trip. Then GB and appendix out in one shot.

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Good luck! I hope you can hold out!
 
A follow up for closure...long story short - gallbladder gone and I’m on the mend. Doc said don’t lift more than 10lbs for 4-6wks. It’s a weird soreness.

There was a complication with removing my breathing tube that left me with fluid in my lungs and some bonus hospital time. In the end it worked out ok, but the doc said it scared the crap out of the surgical team. I’m pretty sure someone braced their foot on my collar bone and yanked the breathing tube out because I had a lot of unexpected soreness and muscle cramps around that area the day after. :confused:
 
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