31 hours in the hospital

Good News Mac!!!

I'm glad you got things taken care of, so that you can feel better.
Great way to start the new year!!
 
I known of a friend who was given back his gall stones but none seem to get the container they came in back ...maybe something to do with container recycling? ;)
 
Okay, they put me in a girdle again after the surgery, and I finally took it off yesterday so I could shower. In addition to the two scars from my hernia repair, I was able to count at least four more wounds, including a relatively large one (2") smack in the center of my ample abdomen, about midway between my belly button and the bottom of my sternum. :eek::confused::eek:

Everyone else I know who has had their gall bladder out just had a couple of small incisions from the laproscopic procedure. I wonder if removing the lingering fluid from my hernia site required additional exploratory drilling? :p

Anyway, I see the Doc again on the 20th, but I'm going to call in hopes that I can dicth the girdle before then. (BTW- the professional, clinical, and far more manly term is "binder" not girdle-which may explain my constipation.) :o

I'm doing well. I'm only taking the pain meds before bed now and hope to be off them altogether in the next couple of days. :thumbup:

Thanks for the support and encouragement, gang. Ya'll are the best. :)
 
It will be good to get rid of the binder, the binding, and the med's and then life will get back to its regular and normal self. ;)
 
MacHete said:
Everyone else I know who has had their gall bladder out just had a couple of small incisions from the laproscopic procedure. I wonder if removing the lingering fluid from my hernia site required additional exploratory drilling?
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DOH! :o:foot::p I finally figured out that all of the extra holes (official count- 5 new ones) were because of my hernia patch. :rolleyes: They couldn't go through it, so they had to go around it. Route recon to extraction! :D I hope this also accounts for my slightly-more-than-average discomfort for a gall bladder removal. Maybe I'm not quite as wimpy as I thought. ;)

Bonkers said:
It will be good to get rid of the binder, the binding, and the med's and then life will get back to its regular and normal self. ;)
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I've got two more days of antibiotic left, and I think I'll skip the pain meds from here on out. I had been taking the leftovers from my last surgery (the initial hernia repair), and still have a few left. I haven't touched the scrip for this surgery yet. I think I'll save them for my first week or two back to work. ouch. :eek::(:o
 
Glad you got it taken care of...hopefully, once and for all.

A shame about the mineral rights...but...healthcare today...whaddaya gonna do?

Don't suffer in your attempt to get off pain meds. Pain is not therapeutic.


wacherass.


Kis
 
A bad gall bladder sorta feels like someone shoving a rough wood pole through you.
 
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