I have had a bike stent and also had it removed. This is common if you had or have stonesmor your not draining properly. But the stents have to be removed. Mine didn't work and they are trying to figure out why.
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Well, it's been five months for me. I don't know for sure what the first dr did to me but when I woke up I had one drain already. Kept it till last wk! I lost 8 units of blood that was replaced at Presbyterian hosp in Dallas that saved my life. I do get my stent in two wks tho I'm ready !! In the beginning I was hospitalized for 6 wk in ICU. I still have one drain left. I have to sleep on my left side on the sofa curled up to find comfort any kind just to sleep 3 or 4 hrs. I live 2 hrs away from the hosp so 4 hrs round trip. Costly too.... Gas, and parking are terrible when u live on Social Security. Anyway, it looks like after 6 months my outlook is better. Good luck to everyone . We do have help just have to find it . I go each wk to my visit and never missed one time
I think it's almost over , I'm getting close but still prob not till the first of the yr. to be done and drain gone . That dr cost me more than just monetary means. It's the depression that sets in, the pain and discomfort. Trying to find something to wear So I can cover it up and look as normal as I could be. Plus all these months that dr took away from my life . I will never get those months back . I am 70 now and I have a bucket list . Good luck with your endeavors . I don't know where you live or it may not be feasible but I go to dr William Dittman . He has been a wonderful dr and best friend . I trust him and do everything he told me to do. I have great hopes Nd to be done this yr with this
I think it's almost over , I'm getting close but still prob not till the first of the yr. to be done and drain gone . That dr cost me more than just monetary means. It's the depression that sets in, the pain and discomfort. Trying to find something to wear So I can cover it up and look as normal as I could be. Plus all these months that dr took away from my life . I will never get those months back . I am 70 now and I have a bucket list . Good luck with your endeavors . I don't know where you live or it may not be feasible but I go to dr William Dittman . He has been a wonderful dr and best friend . I trust him and do everything he told me to do. I have great hopes Nd to be done this yr with this
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I had mine removed a year ago, bile leak, so stents , put in, 6 weeks later had surgery to remove them, had a Upper GI aand Was told, " there ia your stents, " no, I had them removed a year ago, " nope , they there,so waiting to hear from my doctor , what be going on. Also have extrem itching all over, and have broke in lesions all over. Sorry not much help,
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Omg I'm truly sorry!!! I feel the same way I feel like I went to the Walmart discount lane I as well had a stent put in and Monday it came out After one week in also I have a bag do to c-diff I'm afraid of infection and the won't call back!!
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Did u feel better ? My sister had a galbladder removed she's leaking about 7-8 cc in a day
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I also had a Stent put in myself and it's pretty painful I cannot wait to get it removed. They had to put one in because I had a damaged bile duct removed during my gallbladder removal surgery.
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I had my gallbladder removed laparoscopically and was sick at home for three weeks. I thought I should be getting better but I was getting severe pain in my abdomen and was having trouble breathing. I went back to the hospital the surgery was done and an x-ray showed a pocket in my abdomen. I was admitted under a different doctor. The doctor who seen me said once I was admitted I could be transferred to another hospital and this one only had surgeons once a week. The doctor I got kept me five days, put an en-g tube done and suctioned out my stomach for days. All this time I had IVs and the veins kept becoming no good. I was eventually sent to the hospital with the surgeon but as a favor since my surgeon was in Cuba. When I arrived a CAT was done and a drain was put in immediately.There was a massive amount of blood and I guess bile empty and the drain was left in until I got to go home. I was transferred to a larger hospital when my surgeon came back to have a stent put in although I did not know what was to be he was sending me to have some procedure and return the same day. They could not place the stent so four days later another trip by ambulance to the same hospital and this time they put the stent in. In four days the IVs were removed and the drain and I went home when this was done. No one told me the stent would have to be removed but I have read up on it and know I will face that in the near future.
Is the removal as bad as having it put in?
I had my gallbladder removed laparoscopically and was sick at home for three weeks. I thought I should be getting better but I was getting severe pain in my abdomen and was having trouble breathing. I went back to the hospital the surgery was done and an x-ray showed a pocket in my abdomen. I was admitted under a different doctor. The doctor who seen me said once I was admitted I could be transferred to another hospital and this one only had surgeons once a week. The doctor I got kept me five days, put an en-g tube done and suctioned out my stomach for days. All this time I had IVs and the veins kept becoming no good. I was eventually sent to the hospital with the surgeon but as a favor since my surgeon was in Cuba. When I arrived a CAT was done and a drain was put in immediately.There was a massive amount of blood and I guess bile empty and the drain was left in until I got to go home. I was transferred to a larger hospital when my surgeon came back to have a stent put in although I did not know what was to be he was sending me to have some procedure and return the same day. They could not place the stent so four days later another trip by ambulance to the same hospital and this time they put the stent in. In four days the IVs were removed and the drain and I went home when this was done. No one told me the stent would have to be removed but I have read up on it and know I will face that in the near future.
Is the removal as bad as having it put in?
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I also had this complication. I was told it was a 1 in 1000 chance of a bile leak after surgery. I had a lap-cholecystectomy (ball bladder removed) on a Tuesday and went home on Tuesday. On Weds I was taken back via ambulance due to severe pain. They did scans and said it was a bile leak but they didn't do the stent for another several days (i lost track). This pain was stabbing and unrelenting. They said that the bile would reabsorb. Eventually they placed a stent, which helped for one day. Then the pain was back....and several days later (day 8 after the first stent) they used a different kind of stent-this relieved the pain. That entire time....ten days....I ate nothing. I went home on day ten and less than a week later I spiked a fever of 104 F, my pulse was double normal, and my blood pressure dropped to 82/45. After a scan they found I had a 10 cm abcess in the site of my surgery. So they placed a drain and put me on antibiotics (and I was in the hospital another five days). They sent me home on antibiotics. One month after the gallbladder removal they took out the drain. I still have problems with horrible constipation and have lost 25 lbs (not complaining about that!). I can't eat without being sick and haven't worked for over a month. I have to have the stent removed soon, but not sure when. I'm a little scared the bile leak will return. That was the most horrible pain I've ever had and morphine and dilaudid together couldn't even knock it out.
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I went to 3 emergency rooms before they could tell I had big gallstones. I had a wonderful surgeon who was straight upfront with me. He explained the procedure and well I was under I had complications, apparently the stones were so big and blocking the duct that my gallbladder was turning gangrene. My surgery lasted longer than expected and I am thankful everyday this man saved my life. The next day I was in so much pain I could barely move. The surgeon came in and explained that because my gallbladder was so inflamed it was almost likely I had a bile leak. After a whole day in pain and on morphine I was to go have a ERCP. I am was pretty upset with the hospital that after 2 days and me wearing an allergy bracelet I am allergic to iv contrast they didnt prep me. So I was taken back to my hospital room in pain and put on steroid/ benedryl treatment all day and finally went back for ERCP. They put a stent in me and it made a world of difference. I feel alot better, however I get this weird like gas pain in my back/where my gallbladder used to be. I am scheduled to have the stent taken out in 3 weeks. P.S. i hate anethesia. I almost woke up during the ERCP and coughed up the camera. Thank goodness they were just about done. The doctors did find a bile leak tho. I dont care if I had a bad experience I am thankful everyday for the smart man who saved my life. There could have been a whole world of problems for me if gangrene spread to my other organs.
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i too had gallbladder removed came home lots of pain 2days started throwing up bile went to er back under anast. bile duck leaking in belly had to put stint in ive never been so sick 6 days in hosp. came home so much pain like something tearing out my insides 1 week back to er 3 more days in hosp. another ct scan they thought it was opioid constapation but no im still having severe pain in my insides they look at me like im crazy going on 2nd month and now have to go back soon to have stint removed im so sick and no energy 25lb wieght loss will i ever feel better?
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i too am going through this total of 9 days in hosp. and now the bills are flooding in they made a mistake should never have to have a stint in first place and now cant even pay for thier mistakes and scared to death to have this removed im so sick.
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Hi there,
I was admitted to hospital Last August (2016) which pains near the chest area to which I was released with the diagnoses of "Gastric Reflex". Basically I was given some Gaviscon and told to leave.
Roughly 4 days later I was admitted again in agony with the same pain. They onducted an Ultra Sound and advised me that I had a Gallstone which would be removed between 6 and 8 months time.
Following 2 weeks of pain I was admitted for the third time with Obstructive Jaundice as the Gallstone had lodged itself in a bile duct poisoning my bloodstream. (I was as yellow as a melon).
They tried removing the gallstone with an ERCP twice which failed on both occasions. They opted for emergency gallbladder removal and aimed to remove the gallstone during the process with keyhole surgery which also failed and resulted me having open surgery while I was under.
I woke up with 67 staples across my chest, 2 drainage tubes and a T-tube connected to my liver. (This was now September 2016). It's now April 2017, I've had a further 4 ERCPs and the final one was successful with the gallstone removal however, they needed to insert a stent into the bile duct due to it being too narrow.
I still have the T-tube in at present but ooking to have it removed on my next surgery
I was admitted to hospital Last August (2016) which pains near the chest area to which I was released with the diagnoses of "Gastric Reflex". Basically I was given some Gaviscon and told to leave.
Roughly 4 days later I was admitted again in agony with the same pain. They onducted an Ultra Sound and advised me that I had a Gallstone which would be removed between 6 and 8 months time.
Following 2 weeks of pain I was admitted for the third time with Obstructive Jaundice as the Gallstone had lodged itself in a bile duct poisoning my bloodstream. (I was as yellow as a melon).
They tried removing the gallstone with an ERCP twice which failed on both occasions. They opted for emergency gallbladder removal and aimed to remove the gallstone during the process with keyhole surgery which also failed and resulted me having open surgery while I was under.
I woke up with 67 staples across my chest, 2 drainage tubes and a T-tube connected to my liver. (This was now September 2016). It's now April 2017, I've had a further 4 ERCPs and the final one was successful with the gallstone removal however, they needed to insert a stent into the bile duct due to it being too narrow.
I still have the T-tube in at present but ooking to have it removed on my next surgery
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has anyone gotten any legal advise im going through the same lots of pain/stent/er trips and now sh*t load of bills this is so wrong i wish i had never done this and they look at me like im crazy when i tell them im in pain still had surgery on march 10/17 still have to remove stent but in so much pain still no energy i feel worse the i ever have.
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Did you sue, cause I had the exact same thing happen to me and I'm debating as to sue the surgeon or not?
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