Am I Right To Be Feeling This Way?
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Cholecystectomy
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Hi, has anyone ever had a Cholecystectomy before? If so how painful was it and were you given a local or general anaesthetic?
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I had this procedure a few years back (keyhole) and it was as others have said - uncomfortabl
20:02 Wed 26th Nov 2014
I had a laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. I felt better immediately. It just took a couple of weeks for the puncture wounds to heal and they were 'prickly' rather than painful.
Mrs JtH had to have an 'open' Cholecystectomy. Much more painful and the wound (stapled) took far longer to heal, so it was quite some while before she felt the benefit of having had the surgery.
Mrs JtH had to have an 'open' Cholecystectomy. Much more painful and the wound (stapled) took far longer to heal, so it was quite some while before she felt the benefit of having had the surgery.
morphine on resurfacing, more please..... then you can be out in three to four hours if your vitals are okay.
Had an infection in 3 days, well we are talking Treliske in Cornwall, immediately whacked on antibs......little pain, more itching, the camera punctures healed within 10 days, the scar under the diaphragm quite marked.
Better than having a gallstone attack though, believe me.
Had an infection in 3 days, well we are talking Treliske in Cornwall, immediately whacked on antibs......little pain, more itching, the camera punctures healed within 10 days, the scar under the diaphragm quite marked.
Better than having a gallstone attack though, believe me.
2/3rds of these ops are with women - often too much aggressive dieting (that and stress causing mine). There's an adage of Female, Forty plus, Fat, Freckled and Fair being more susceptible. Many women say that the pain of serious gallstone attacks are worse than childbirth, I suppose that this being that at least childbirth is productive, well most of the time given some of the little snots that progeny can be.
Thanks for all your answers. They are considering putting me through the procedure. I've had stables before 13 of them and they just iched. I couldn't stop leaving them alone and ended up pulling one out (with, as you can imagine, difficulty). They ended up removing them at the doctors 4 days early.
Open Cholecystectomies are only carried out, as a last resort, if there is some sort of problem. They will start off attempting the 'keyhole' procedure and swap should it become apparent that 'more room' is required to operate.
You'll just have to train yourself to leave the staples alone, if they go down that route! :o)
You'll just have to train yourself to leave the staples alone, if they go down that route! :o)
I had a laproscopic one, in and out in a day. Woke up in a lot of pain but was back out with morphine pretty quick :) I was glad I had mum to stay with me for a bit afterwards as it wasn't really painful, more sore and getting rid of the air can be very uncomfortable but not as bad as the attacks and getting acute cholescystitis which was horrible. I was a bit too optimistic about recovery though, was longer than I thought it would be.
I had four small wounds, no staples at all. The biggest one broke open and got infected (but I seem to be prone to skin infections) so just needed some antibiotics and they had me in to a wound clinic to have it checked and dressed for a bit.
I couldn't wait to have the operation done, had an awful time with it before, especially after the acute bit, mine was going septic and had split open when they took it out, I went yellow too and even ended up in hospital again a few days before the op. So if it's a problem, I'd advise getting it sorted before any worse problems set in. I had to restrict how much I ate and fat content drastically beforehand.
One of the ladies on my ward said she would rather go through childbirth again than the pain of her attacks.
I had four small wounds, no staples at all. The biggest one broke open and got infected (but I seem to be prone to skin infections) so just needed some antibiotics and they had me in to a wound clinic to have it checked and dressed for a bit.
I couldn't wait to have the operation done, had an awful time with it before, especially after the acute bit, mine was going septic and had split open when they took it out, I went yellow too and even ended up in hospital again a few days before the op. So if it's a problem, I'd advise getting it sorted before any worse problems set in. I had to restrict how much I ate and fat content drastically beforehand.
One of the ladies on my ward said she would rather go through childbirth again than the pain of her attacks.
Most operations are done laproscopically in and out in a day, it's pretty minor and very routine surgery (pocket money for the surgeons a nurse said!) and they wouldn't be doing the kind of op that needs major opiate pain relief on that type of basis I'd have thought.
If you needed an open one, things may be different, but have you had any indication of that?
I just had usual pain relief from what I can remember, I didn't need anything really strong, the discomfort from the gas was one of the worst things I remember.
The only severe pain I was in was fleeting after waking up in recovery (I assume) and I was back out within minutes when they gave me some morphine and woke up back on the ward a bit later.
If you needed an open one, things may be different, but have you had any indication of that?
I just had usual pain relief from what I can remember, I didn't need anything really strong, the discomfort from the gas was one of the worst things I remember.
The only severe pain I was in was fleeting after waking up in recovery (I assume) and I was back out within minutes when they gave me some morphine and woke up back on the ward a bit later.
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