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pegkerr ([personal profile] pegkerr) wrote2007-09-11 11:58 am
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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/ 2007-09-11 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Too funny!!!

[identity profile] nmalfoy.livejournal.com 2007-09-11 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I am sort of vaguely ashamed to admit that I find that really, really hot.

By the way, what sort of symptoms were you having that led to having your gall bladder removed?

[identity profile] pegkerr.livejournal.com 2007-09-11 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Severe abdominal pain, after eating fat, lasting for hours. I had four or five attacks, I think, before I finally had it out. Confirmed that I had gallstones with an ultrasound, I think.

[identity profile] nmalfoy.livejournal.com 2007-09-11 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I've had a pain in my right side, in the back upper part. It's a sharp pain and just constant for about 2-3 weeks. I finally called the doctor yesterday and she asked if I had nausea. And, thinking back, I had some onion rings that absolutely killed me all afternoon, as well as some Mexican food that I just wanted to throw up. I had no idea the two were related. Anyway, she said it sounded like gall bladder so I'm going in Friday to check it out. This pain in my side is, well, a pain in the side.

[identity profile] pegkerr.livejournal.com 2007-09-11 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it certainly sounds like it could be gall bladder. Yes, nausea/vomiting was part of it, too (I'd mercifully blanked on that detail).

Good luck!

[identity profile] nmalfoy.livejournal.com 2007-09-11 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
You had it out laparascopically, right? Have you had any aftereffects?

[identity profile] pegkerr.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
It took me a bit longer to recover than I expected. The anaesthesia does knock you flat. I was much more tired than I expected for six weeks. I went to work after ten days, which, I was told, was probably overly optimistic.

[identity profile] nmalfoy.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, shit. I was thinking, if I had to have it done, maybe I could do it right at the beginning of the show I'm directing (the next play--I close one and immediately go into directing) and that I could take 2-3 days off.

guess it'll have to wait till January. Which means brand new year and brand new deductible. Woe.

[identity profile] pegkerr.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
I can guarantee THAT is not going to work. It really does knock you flat for awhile.

[identity profile] nmalfoy.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
You're right... that won't work. Well, it'll just have to wait and I'll just have to learn to live with the pain. It's not so bad, but it's constant and I can't get away from it, you know?

[identity profile] tool-of-satan.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
When I developed gallstones I was advised to eat as little fat as possible in between the diagnosis and surgery, in order to decrease the chances of more attacks. I didn't have constant pain so I don't know how much that would help in your case, but it couldn't hurt to try.

[identity profile] nmalfoy.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You're right. I don't eat much fat, so the few times I have (in one case, onion rings and in another, good old Tex-Mex) I was MISERABLE. I didn't connect that with the pain until the doctor asked if I'd had nausea. I was like "you know, actually..."

Not the brightest bulb on the tree. But I am really cutting back on fat. I guess it's spasms or something. It's not bad--like a 4 or so on a scale of 1 to 10 but it's annoying. I'M IN UR SIDE BEIN UR GALL BLADDER.

However, I'm not entirely sure I can trust you, seeing as you are a tool of Satan. *grin*

[identity profile] pegkerr.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
In this comment, [livejournal.com profile] minnehaha K. suggested a treatment her chiropractor told her about: lots of water, cold packs on the gall bladder to slow the spasms down, and this tea. Hope this helps!

[identity profile] pegkerr.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, and my doctor's post-op instructions were: No driving for a week. No lifting anything heavier than a six-pack for a week. No lifting heavier than ten pounds for six weeks. (I think???)

And the CO2 they pump into your system really hurts. That, as well as the anaesthesia, can knock you flat.

[identity profile] nmalfoy.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that what this constant pain is? Spasms? I'm getting used to it but I will definitely try the cold packs and stop by the health food store tomorrow. Thank you SO MUCH (and minnehaha) for the tips. This is just annoying. The pain has not stopped once in about 3 weeks now. Grrrr.

[identity profile] magicwoman.livejournal.com 2007-09-11 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my.

Susan

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
And to think that's linked to a special gene -- I vaguely remember it as a recessive, but we're talking WAY too long ago....

Heck, I was impressed! I know a man here who can wiggle BOTH eyebrows.

Ah, hidden talents.
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[personal profile] carbonel 2007-09-12 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I can do that, too, but it hasn't helped me get any dates. Of course, I'm not young, gorgeous, and male.