Glad to hear how it turned out.
I went through this about twenty years ago, except l did it on an emergency basis.
Symptoms had been building for months; lower a pain (especially after a ‘rich’ meal), chills, headache, etc. Then nothing for a week or more, and then another episode.
Episodes finally got more frequen, and lasted longer so l decided to see doctor. He located an area of acute pain (doing thump, thump thing they do with their hands on your belly) and he scheduled me for an ultrasound Monday morning; this was on a Friday morning.
Within fifteen minutes of getting home from the doctor’s office l was literally brought to my knees by waves of excruciating pain.
Long story condensed; ambulance drive to ER, five hours of testing to determine that it WAS my gallbladder, SIX hours in surgery (starting at 01:30) that started out as three little laparoscopic incisions but ended up with a 5” incision to remove what was left of my essentially disintegrated gallbladder. The surgeon later told me that it fell off in his hand, so closing up was more complicated than a ‘standard’ procedure.
Big dietary changes in my case, and some issues with bowl movements for a while. But all good in the end.
I went through this about twenty years ago, except l did it on an emergency basis.
Symptoms had been building for months; lower a pain (especially after a ‘rich’ meal), chills, headache, etc. Then nothing for a week or more, and then another episode.
Episodes finally got more frequen, and lasted longer so l decided to see doctor. He located an area of acute pain (doing thump, thump thing they do with their hands on your belly) and he scheduled me for an ultrasound Monday morning; this was on a Friday morning.
Within fifteen minutes of getting home from the doctor’s office l was literally brought to my knees by waves of excruciating pain.
Long story condensed; ambulance drive to ER, five hours of testing to determine that it WAS my gallbladder, SIX hours in surgery (starting at 01:30) that started out as three little laparoscopic incisions but ended up with a 5” incision to remove what was left of my essentially disintegrated gallbladder. The surgeon later told me that it fell off in his hand, so closing up was more complicated than a ‘standard’ procedure.
Big dietary changes in my case, and some issues with bowl movements for a while. But all good in the end.