Thanks, Kandi
At Sat, 17 Mar 2001, jenny low wrote:
>
>Dear Jennifer,
>
>I think you should go see your doctor as soon as you can. My parents have
>both had surgery to have their gall bladders removed. And each of them went
>about it in a different way. My mom had gall bladder attacks for a while
>before she had hers taken out. I remember her laying on the couch with ice
>packs on her abdomen. My dad had to have his out just a few years ago. His
>was a pretty bad case. They took him to surgery as soon as they figured out
>it was his gall bladder that was causing him such pain. He had gone to the
>ER and they first thought he was having a heart attack. Anyway, they were
>going to try to remove it with a scope but ended up having to open him up.
>His gall bladder was turning gangrenous. All his other organs were wrapping
>themselves around the gall bladder and that is why it was gangrenous. They
>said your body does that. If one organ is sick and dying, the other organs
>will enlarge or wrap around the sick organ. Strange, isn't it? It is not
>something I would play around with in any case. They can take your gall
>bladder out now with a laparoscope. So the incisions are small and will be
>less chance of adhesions. I hope this helps in some way.
>
>Jenny