I had my gallbladder removed going on 5 weeks on Monday... It was August 11th that I had it removed. I'm 19 years old, weigh 118lbs and i'm 5'3... So i'm your typical 19 year old girl. Anyways.. below is from my blog that I wrote, so you can read about what I went though.. and afterwards I will tell you what is happening now..
***August 9th*** I had pretty much the worst week ever. All last week I had this terrible pain in my sternum and like dead center of my chest. I couldn't figure out what it was but waited a few days. It got to the point I needed to have it checked. I hate doctors so dad drove up and took me to the Emergency room in Americus on thursday. Well they drew blood, gave me and IV and some nausea medication. I got really dizzy and felt really sick when they missed my vein and I bled all over the floor. The nurse got nervous because I was losing alot more blood than usual. Well they found out that:
-billie rueben was up.
-liver enzymes were up.
-white blood count was up.
-blood pressure was up.
-fever was up.
-heart rate was up.
So they sent me home after getting more liquid because I was dehydrated and said that I had gastroenteritis. I obviously knew I did not have that and all the nurses at the hospital said I didn't have it. They thought that it was either my gallbladder or pancreas.
Friday morning dad left and my boss came to check on me. I had a fever of 101 and still couldn't keep anything down yet the pain was worse. She took me to the hospital in Montezuma and after waiting for an hour. They gave me a shot of toridol for the pain and then set up an appointment for an ultrasound for monday. He thought it was my gallbladder or that I strained a rib. After I got back to the Park my other boss picked me up for the weekend and I stayed with her. She gave me some Ambien and because i've never had it before, she didn't tell me that soon all the furniture in the house would be turning into transformers. I went to bed and slept for about 13 hours after that.
Saturday morning I was feeling a little bit better so Kim asked if I wanted to go to the movies in Columbus, about an hour and a half away. So we drove and did some shopping before going to the movies. We went to go see Dark Knight because none of us had seen it and halfway through the movie, I got really sick. The pain was so intense that I was about 2 minutes from passing out. Brent got the car and drove me and Kim to Doctors Hospital in Columbus. This was literally the WORST pain I have ever felt. We sat down and I was in so much pain that other people waiting in the ER told the nurses to let me be seen before them. Well nothing was being done so now we move onto hospital number four. NEVER GO TO DOCTORS HOSPITAL..
Kim drove about a block away from the hospital and called 911. They came and picked me up in the ambulance. He tried starting an IV on me but he said that my veins were too close to the skin and he blew one of them. So they got me to St. Francis Hospital (about 10 miles from the 3rd hospital) and they first gave me some nice drugs. I can't remember anything that happened that evening but I know the pain went away and then my parents and boss said that I was stoned for the rest of the evening.
They did a CT scan of my chest and stomach and a few things happened...
-Inflammed gallbladder
-Inflammed stomach
-Inflammed lymph nodes
-Gallbladder "Sludge"
-Cysts on my ovaries
-Fluid in my abdomen from ruptured cysts
-and a nice disease called "mesenteric adenitis"
Finally they admitted me to my room after all the tests and blood drawn and all that jazz around 5:30am on Sunday. On Sunday the doctors all came in to do some more tests and one of the doctors wanted to do an endoscopy because of my stomach being inflammed. So they gave me some demoral and then sent me to the room to do the endoscopy. They put all the oxygen and stuff on me and then put me to sleep. I don't remember what happened during or after but I know the back of my throat was all cut up from the tubes and then the doctor took some biopsy's of my stomach which he sent to the labs. So they sent me back to my room and ordered an ultrasound and a hydascan for monday morning.
Monday morning I went down to the ultrasound and they did that. There were no gallstones but my gallbladder was in really bad condition. So before they were getting me ready for the hydascan, the surgeon came up to me and my dad and said that my gallbladder needs to come out that day and set up the surgery for around 3:00pm or so.. I went back to my room and they gave me some more demoral and pain meds and I fell asleep.
Next thing I know I am being woken up and they moved me to another bed and then put me on oxygen because my stats were low. We waited in pre-op for a few minutes before they had me sign all the paperwork and such and then they took me back. The last thing I remember was the doctor asking me a question and I said something like i'm moving to georgia and he just laughed and that was it.. They took out my gallbladder and then looked at all my other organs why they were in there. They said that my gallbladder had a bubble in it where it was just moments from rupturing and that I had grit and sludge backing up into my pancreas and liver.
I don't know what time it was but I woke up and I like couldn't talk or anything and just felt really weird but then the pain started.. So I started crying and the dang nurse was so rude. She was like you should have said something because I just threw the rest of it away. So they gave me some more pills and took me back to my room. Of course they had to put me on the bed because I couldn't move so that hurt just as bad.
So they kept me over night for two more nights and then I went to the park to stay the night before my parents drove me back to south carolina. I got so sick that night it was unreal. Anything and everything that was in me (which wasn't very much) came up and I couldn't keep anything down. By far the worst night ever. Then we drove home the next day after I was feeling a little bit better but that was the worst drive EVER. After every bump it hurt so bad... None the less after the whole experience i was on diloted (however you spell it) so much that i was going through detox all night long because i have about 25 shots of diloted.
Finally I made it home and was in bed for about a week and a half before the pain was tolerable. I had to go to the doctor yesterday because I now have pneumonia from the surgery. So i'm back on antibiotics and it is not as bad as it could be but the cough syrup makes me really sick...
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Okay so I made it through the pneumonia, after taking cough syrup, antibiotics, etc.. I ended up coming down with thrush. I have bad bumps all over the back of my mouth and tongue and it has been gone for about a week now but the bumps still hurt and my wisdom teeth are coming in at the same time..
i have 4 cuts across my adbdomen.. one in my belly button, two directly about that and one on my right side on my rib.. now i am finally about to walk around by myself and get dressed and what not but here are my problems now:
-i am constantly using the bathroom about 15 minutes after every meal.. pretty much liquid..
-i have a pain in my lower back on both sides but for the past week it has been real bad on my right side..
-pain under my bellybutton where the first cut was..
-constantly bloated..
-bad pain for the past week in my stomach.. just sitting there and its beginning to hurt really bad..
any ideas?
***August 9th*** I had pretty much the worst week ever. All last week I had this terrible pain in my sternum and like dead center of my chest. I couldn't figure out what it was but waited a few days. It got to the point I needed to have it checked. I hate doctors so dad drove up and took me to the Emergency room in Americus on thursday. Well they drew blood, gave me and IV and some nausea medication. I got really dizzy and felt really sick when they missed my vein and I bled all over the floor. The nurse got nervous because I was losing alot more blood than usual. Well they found out that:
-billie rueben was up.
-liver enzymes were up.
-white blood count was up.
-blood pressure was up.
-fever was up.
-heart rate was up.
So they sent me home after getting more liquid because I was dehydrated and said that I had gastroenteritis. I obviously knew I did not have that and all the nurses at the hospital said I didn't have it. They thought that it was either my gallbladder or pancreas.
Friday morning dad left and my boss came to check on me. I had a fever of 101 and still couldn't keep anything down yet the pain was worse. She took me to the hospital in Montezuma and after waiting for an hour. They gave me a shot of toridol for the pain and then set up an appointment for an ultrasound for monday. He thought it was my gallbladder or that I strained a rib. After I got back to the Park my other boss picked me up for the weekend and I stayed with her. She gave me some Ambien and because i've never had it before, she didn't tell me that soon all the furniture in the house would be turning into transformers. I went to bed and slept for about 13 hours after that.
Saturday morning I was feeling a little bit better so Kim asked if I wanted to go to the movies in Columbus, about an hour and a half away. So we drove and did some shopping before going to the movies. We went to go see Dark Knight because none of us had seen it and halfway through the movie, I got really sick. The pain was so intense that I was about 2 minutes from passing out. Brent got the car and drove me and Kim to Doctors Hospital in Columbus. This was literally the WORST pain I have ever felt. We sat down and I was in so much pain that other people waiting in the ER told the nurses to let me be seen before them. Well nothing was being done so now we move onto hospital number four. NEVER GO TO DOCTORS HOSPITAL..
Kim drove about a block away from the hospital and called 911. They came and picked me up in the ambulance. He tried starting an IV on me but he said that my veins were too close to the skin and he blew one of them. So they got me to St. Francis Hospital (about 10 miles from the 3rd hospital) and they first gave me some nice drugs. I can't remember anything that happened that evening but I know the pain went away and then my parents and boss said that I was stoned for the rest of the evening.
They did a CT scan of my chest and stomach and a few things happened...
-Inflammed gallbladder
-Inflammed stomach
-Inflammed lymph nodes
-Gallbladder "Sludge"
-Cysts on my ovaries
-Fluid in my abdomen from ruptured cysts
-and a nice disease called "mesenteric adenitis"
Finally they admitted me to my room after all the tests and blood drawn and all that jazz around 5:30am on Sunday. On Sunday the doctors all came in to do some more tests and one of the doctors wanted to do an endoscopy because of my stomach being inflammed. So they gave me some demoral and then sent me to the room to do the endoscopy. They put all the oxygen and stuff on me and then put me to sleep. I don't remember what happened during or after but I know the back of my throat was all cut up from the tubes and then the doctor took some biopsy's of my stomach which he sent to the labs. So they sent me back to my room and ordered an ultrasound and a hydascan for monday morning.
Monday morning I went down to the ultrasound and they did that. There were no gallstones but my gallbladder was in really bad condition. So before they were getting me ready for the hydascan, the surgeon came up to me and my dad and said that my gallbladder needs to come out that day and set up the surgery for around 3:00pm or so.. I went back to my room and they gave me some more demoral and pain meds and I fell asleep.
Next thing I know I am being woken up and they moved me to another bed and then put me on oxygen because my stats were low. We waited in pre-op for a few minutes before they had me sign all the paperwork and such and then they took me back. The last thing I remember was the doctor asking me a question and I said something like i'm moving to georgia and he just laughed and that was it.. They took out my gallbladder and then looked at all my other organs why they were in there. They said that my gallbladder had a bubble in it where it was just moments from rupturing and that I had grit and sludge backing up into my pancreas and liver.
I don't know what time it was but I woke up and I like couldn't talk or anything and just felt really weird but then the pain started.. So I started crying and the dang nurse was so rude. She was like you should have said something because I just threw the rest of it away. So they gave me some more pills and took me back to my room. Of course they had to put me on the bed because I couldn't move so that hurt just as bad.
So they kept me over night for two more nights and then I went to the park to stay the night before my parents drove me back to south carolina. I got so sick that night it was unreal. Anything and everything that was in me (which wasn't very much) came up and I couldn't keep anything down. By far the worst night ever. Then we drove home the next day after I was feeling a little bit better but that was the worst drive EVER. After every bump it hurt so bad... None the less after the whole experience i was on diloted (however you spell it) so much that i was going through detox all night long because i have about 25 shots of diloted.
Finally I made it home and was in bed for about a week and a half before the pain was tolerable. I had to go to the doctor yesterday because I now have pneumonia from the surgery. So i'm back on antibiotics and it is not as bad as it could be but the cough syrup makes me really sick...
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Okay so I made it through the pneumonia, after taking cough syrup, antibiotics, etc.. I ended up coming down with thrush. I have bad bumps all over the back of my mouth and tongue and it has been gone for about a week now but the bumps still hurt and my wisdom teeth are coming in at the same time..
i have 4 cuts across my adbdomen.. one in my belly button, two directly about that and one on my right side on my rib.. now i am finally about to walk around by myself and get dressed and what not but here are my problems now:
-i am constantly using the bathroom about 15 minutes after every meal.. pretty much liquid..
-i have a pain in my lower back on both sides but for the past week it has been real bad on my right side..
-pain under my bellybutton where the first cut was..
-constantly bloated..
-bad pain for the past week in my stomach.. just sitting there and its beginning to hurt really bad..
any ideas?
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same symptoms my wife is having. she had her gb taken out month ago. still in lot of pain. she had the lower back pain on both sides before gb takenout. still has it plus severe stomach problems. their is something the med field ismissing.
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Same symptoms i'm having just got out of the hospital yesterday. I was so bloated felt and looked like if i was 8 months pregnant.But i had my gallbladder removed a year and a half ago. i told the doctor i was having pain in my lower back on both sides. And his like but tell where is the pain right now. I said in my lower back on both sides and his like no you could only have pain on one side. The y send me home saying i that there was nothing wrong with me. But i'm still in pain.
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After I had gallbladder surgery they wanted me up and walking as soon as possible to work the gas that that used to blow the cavity up to work its way out. They said it would hurt more if I didn't move. Needless to say I got up and walked pretty much as much as they'd let me as soon as they'd let me. My guess is that there hasn't been enough movement going on to get the gas completely out.
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