Hello. I have been having
nausea/vomiting/pain for the past 3 years
and had an extensive amount of tests done.
All negative, except for an ulcer which
has healed. I also had ultrasounds done
on my gallbladder which came out normal.
I then had a hida scan done which returned
a result of 21%. In addition, I had
severe pain during the test-worse than I
normally do. My gi and the surgeon
recommend that I have my gallbladder
removed. Any thoughts?
Did they say if it was caused by your
gallbladder? I'd be a bit iffy about
ripping out a organ if the problems might
still persist afterwards ya know?
Ive had gallstone attacks since august 06
but i was pregnant at the time. and i got
3 attacks in 4 mths so it was easy to deal
with. After my daughter was born ive been
getting it once a week the past week 4
days in a week. They told me in january to
get my gallbladder removed , didnt look to
much into it etc, so i got to research on
my own and figure out if its better it eb
removed or not but i think i am opting to
have mine removed. and hopefully i will
feel better afterwards. sometimes a change
in diet can help some people alot. Id
think about it for a while , change eating
habits etc before jumping up and getting
it removed.
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critical care RN
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 92
Posted: 02-26-07 13:08pm
I agree with tinkinpink84. Some surgeons
are quick to take someone to surgery when
there are other options. I would suggest
trying some diet changes first to see if
that helps. Stay away from fatty and spicy
foods. They are the biggest culprit for
causing galbladder attacks. That being
said I would also suggest caution. If you
have stones in the gallbladder there is a
small chance that the stone can move down
the cystic duct into the pancreatic duct
and cause a blockage. If this happens it a
life threatening problem. The pancreatic
juices will actually start to digest the
pancrease in the case of blockage. This is
uncommon but still something to keep in
mind when delaying surgery.
