R.I.P. my gangrenous Mirizzi syndrome gall bladder

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silverscreenselect · #26 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:54 am

On a serious note, I'm glad you got through this okay. It's kind of ironic but "toughing" your way through pain is not a way to get accurate diagnoses of your conditions from doctors.

Don't worry about losing the gall bladder. You'll still have all the gall it takes to make your posts on the Bored.

#27 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:55 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:First of all, I'm glad to see that your problem was found and taken care of, and apparently in the nick of time too! I was wondering why you hadn't given us an update in a while, because I've actually been thinking about you most of the past week since I've had something bothering my stomach/lower gut for the past week (mainly just a nauseous feeling). I don't think I quite have anything like you just described (Since it seems too low to be the gall bladder, and on the wrong side for the appendix), but I was certainly curious as to what the final verdict was going to be on your condition.....

I have an appointment on the 4th, so maybe I'll find out what it is, or maybe it'll go away, or maybe I'll keel over before then and Ed will lose his Bored immortality....

lb13

Oh, and have them check that squirrel on the back of your neck while they're at it.

I wonder if I can have it surgically removed.....?

lb13

jayhawker536 · #28 Post by **jayhawker536** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:13 am

Thought about you and your tummy quite often these past two weeks. Glad to hear everything came out alright.

Your threshold for pain must be off the charts. Did you not have any other signs that perhaps the gall bladder was acting up, ie: heartburn, gas, etc. ?

When I was having heartburn my doctor sent me for a sonogram (sp) on my gall bladder, scheduled surgery and took it out, I had two little stones. Makes me wonder how you stood it for so long.

BackInTex · #29 Post by **BackInTex** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:18 am

geoffil wrote:You must have a high threshold for pain. I am glad you are better. How long were you feeling bad before you got your operation?

I had had three separate 24 hour bouts of pretty severe pain and nausea over the past 2 years, but each went away after 24 hours and I felt completely fine, so I chalked the up to food poisoning.

On June 14 I had what I thought was another food poisoning episode, though not as severe at the previous ones, but, though it got getter, it never went away. When I had the gall stone removed on July 1, I felt better, almost perfect. But a week and a half later more discomfort and slight pain. I was having discomfort the moring I went in for 'outpatient' surgery. I was giving the 'outpatient' status about a 20% probablility in my mind.

BackInTex · #30 Post by **BackInTex** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:25 am

silverscreenselect wrote:On a serious note, I'm glad you got through this okay. It's kind of ironic but "toughing" your way through pain is not a way to get accurate diagnoses of your conditions from doctors.

Don't worry about losing the gall bladder. You'll still have all the gall it takes to make your posts on the Bored.

I wouldn't call it 'toughing' my way. If it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt. Its probably more like being in a 10 below freezer with someone, I wearing long johns and a parka and them in a speedo and someone asking us 'how cold are you'? I just need to be able to recognize 10 below even though I don't feel it.

Beebs52 · #31 Post by **Beebs52** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:29 am

Gee whiz, BiT. Get well soon and you must have one doozy of an immune system to drag a gangrenous gall bladder around without having any sort of secondary infections or something.

Get well!!!

tlynn78 · #32 Post by **tlynn78** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:35 am

Really glad you're on the mend and they found the problem, BiT. Take care.

t.

ksbirchtree · #33 Post by **ksbirchtree** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:52 am

Glad to hear you on on the mend.

Been there, done that. We probably have matching scars!

I also have a high level of pain tolerance. I say that's the only way I've survived 28 years of marriage. But one bad bout with the gallbladder was enough for me. Don't know how you managed to put up with it for 2 years!!!

Get some rest!

The other Quilting Christy

peacock2121 · #34 Post by **peacock2121** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:12 am

Holy Crapola Batman.

I am so happy that you got into the operating room now.

I have no advice for the future - just glad you are on the mend.

Bob Juch · #35 Post by **Bob Juch** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:01 pm

peacock2121 wrote:Holy Crapola Batman.

I am so happy that you got into the operating room now.

I have no advice for the future - just glad you are on the mend.

I have advice for the future:

Stock up on the Charmin!

mellytu74 · #36 Post by **mellytu74** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:06 pm

Glad they found the problem and it didn't escalate more than it had.

Take care, get some rest and be on the mend.

secondchance · #37 Post by **secondchance** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:23 pm

Glad to hear you're doing well now, Tex, have been following your story. Did the doctors also warn you about adhesions? Aside from keeping an eye out for appendicitis, nagging pain after abdominal surgery can also mean scar tissue gone wild. I understand this can also be a common problem after gallbladder removal, and is a chronic problem I'd unknowingly been dealing with since extensive abdominal surgery in 2002. Finally in 2006 pain got so bad that a visit to the ER ended up with an admission, with a week of an NG tube down my nose, multiple tests, scans, etc. suspecting blocked intestines, finally surgery found widespread adhesions involving multiple organs, all due to the original surgery. The topper was the burst appendix, no one knows how long it had been in that condition, possibly months, since it was caused by being completely encased in scar tissue, was pulled way out of place, and had basically disintigrated as they released it. The encapsulation ironically held it together and is the reason i'm still here, as the classic symptoms never appeared. The second surgeon used "Seprafilm" to prevent reoccurance, wonder if yours did? 28 day stay in full, felt good for almost a year, but the dull ache returned and has started to turn back into chronic pain so expecting more surgery in the future, it's a vicious circle. Don't mean to be an alarmist, but it's a common reaction to watch for. Wishing you great health, and to be in the percentage that never has this occurance.

Tocqueville3 · #38 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:43 pm

Wow! Glad you're okay.

#39 Post by **tubadave** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:13 am

Yikes.

Glad to hear you're OK, and that your core is now a bit less rotten.

T_Bone0806 · #40 Post by **T_Bone0806** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:43 am

Rest up, take it easy, and get waited on for a bit, soldier. You've earned the r & r.