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meff · 01-20-2004, 03:54 PM

As the title says, I just got this done, yesterday, and my tummy still hurts. Wish me luck in quick healing!

So, I have been dizzy, hard of breathing, and almost blacking out when I stand up for a few months.. Not knowing what was wrong, I blamed this on my Viral Meningitis I got a month ago. (As some of you know, I've been real sick lately).

I finally went to the ER, and the doc poked where my gall bladder was and I nearly screamed, I think he knew right away what was wrong.. I think all the treatment people did.. I was out of the loop! Something I hate about hospitals.. Anyways:

I went to an ultrasound and they had problems especially imaging my gall bladder, and said it was 'constricted' and that's it.

During a nebulizer treatment for my asthma, the doc nearly runs in and says "You have gallstones, and alot of them.. We need to take your gall bladder out today."

I'm like.. WTF?

Well, around 3:30pm they wheeled me up to the waiting room for surgery where I met some nice support staff and anasteseologists.. They shot me up with some Versed to calm me down after I signed the concent forums (Versed is a strong benzodiazepam for anxiety) and I started to relax.

I was wheeled in a bit later, the nurse told me "you're gonna get sleepy now.." ..

......

I woke up, everything was fuzzy, I had a new IV in my hand, and then... PAIN
I started calling out 'it hurts it hurts!' and the nurse was there ready to shoot some Dilantin into me, which she did about 3 times before I was wheeled up to my room, where I got Morphine every 2 hours.

I looked at my tummy, 4 bandages.. 4 holes. Ouch.

Really, it all didn't hurt too bad, the worse part is the feeling of the CO2 gasses hitting nerves after the surgery, which you can read about in the URL at the bottom.

I hope this is *somewhat* helpful/informative to anyone getting some kind of surgery, it's *not* that scary, and I was freaking the hell out!

Good luck all, and feedback is welcome if anyone has additional information like time-spans of healing or how long this CO2 pain lasts (I am wondering personally...)

Thanks! Check out http://tinyurl.com/2fr66 for more information on the gall bladder removal and what it does.

-r

01-20-2004, 03:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
meff Vanishing, like I do.. Location: Austin, TX	Laparoscopic Gall Bladder Removal As the title says, I just got this done, yesterday, and my tummy still hurts. Wish me luck in quick healing! So, I have been dizzy, hard of breathing, and almost blacking out when I stand up for a few months.. Not knowing what was wrong, I blamed this on my Viral Meningitis I got a month ago. (As some of you know, I've been real sick lately). I finally went to the ER, and the doc poked where my gall bladder was and I nearly screamed, I think he knew right away what was wrong.. I think all the treatment people did.. I was out of the loop! Something I hate about hospitals.. Anyways: I went to an ultrasound and they had problems especially imaging my gall bladder, and said it was 'constricted' and that's it. During a nebulizer treatment for my asthma, the doc nearly runs in and says "You have gallstones, and alot of them.. We need to take your gall bladder out today." I'm like.. WTF? Well, around 3:30pm they wheeled me up to the waiting room for surgery where I met some nice support staff and anasteseologists.. They shot me up with some Versed to calm me down after I signed the concent forums (Versed is a strong benzodiazepam for anxiety) and I started to relax. I was wheeled in a bit later, the nurse told me "you're gonna get sleepy now.." .. ...... I woke up, everything was fuzzy, I had a new IV in my hand, and then... PAIN I started calling out 'it hurts it hurts!' and the nurse was there ready to shoot some Dilantin into me, which she did about 3 times before I was wheeled up to my room, where I got Morphine every 2 hours. I looked at my tummy, 4 bandages.. 4 holes. Ouch. Really, it all didn't hurt too bad, the worse part is the feeling of the CO2 gasses hitting nerves after the surgery, which you can read about in the URL at the bottom. I hope this is somewhat helpful/informative to anyone getting some kind of surgery, it's not that scary, and I was freaking the hell out! Good luck all, and feedback is welcome if anyone has additional information like time-spans of healing or how long this CO2 pain lasts (I am wondering personally...) Thanks! Check out http://tinyurl.com/2fr66 for more information on the gall bladder removal and what it does. -r __________________ Toy-like people make me boy-like.