Re: Jennifer-Gall bladder attack
From: Laura (sweetiepie42055423@yahoo.com)
Sun Sep 29 00:23:21 2002
At Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Kandi wrote:
>
>Hi my name is Kandi and I have a question. I have loose bowels all the
>time and some pain were my gall blatter is. I've went to the dr. and
>had ultrasounds done and they say my gall blatter is normal but my dr.
>says it's going to have to come out eventually.( I've started having
>some nausea like I'm getting the flu and very loose bowels, this last
>for a day, and happens like every other week ) So, is it gall blatter or
>not? Help!!
>
> 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
I am also wondering if my pain is caused by my gallblader. I was in the
ER again last night,with nausea and lower back pain. I have horrible
problems with constipation/diarhea,I am weak and tired. I have
nausea,and I have lost close to 30 pound's from not being able to eat.
My hair is falling out and I am misrabel. No one has mentioned my
gallblader,although last night they did find a cyst in my kidney,which
the Doc said was no big deal. I have had a million ultrasounds and
catscans,and I though if it was my gallblader they would know that by
now. I know this sounds bizare,but will they take it out,even if they
cant see what is if there is anything wrong with it? I had a Lap almost
3 week's ago,and I was told my organs looked good. Any advice would be
greatly appreciated on this topic. Laura