[keating]

I can take pain but, ejecting a gallstone knocked me off my feet pain went throught the roof to no pain just on the point of fainting cold sweat - and I layed in bed feeling it move through my system in the morning there it was, stil get the pain now and again, but better.

what dosen't kill you makes you tougher, bollocks wish this on your worst enemy.

[Oswald2001]

Originally Posted by sjlehman ↗

I would have kept it if they would have let me!

The surgeon wanted it for himself, the selfish b*stard.

Don't be surprised if you see it on Ebay.

[GRiZ]

Ouch.

[T2]

I passed several gallstones over many years. Nearly had a ruptured gallbladder, cuz one the size of a marble was lodged in the bile duct, which was badly scarred, and the gallbladder was completely full of stones.

[Trekka]

Originally Posted by teacherof2 ↗

I passed several gallstones over many years. Nearly had a ruptured gallbladder, cuz one the size of a marble was lodged in the bile duct, which was badly scarred, and the gallbladder was completely full of stones.

Oh goodness, that sounds horrid. I'm lucky enough that I only had the 1 stone. Just had awful attacks on and off for a few years until they got so frequent that I couldn't handle it anymore. Every woman in my family has had theirs out. My sister's was so infected that she had to have a drainage tube put in for about a week.

[T2]

Originally Posted by sjlehman ↗

Oh goodness, that sounds horrid. I'm lucky enough that I only had the 1 stone. Just had awful attacks on and off for a few years until they got so frequent that I couldn't handle it anymore. Every woman in my family has had theirs out. My sister's was so infected that she had to have a drainage tube put in for about a week.

Now that would be awful! If it hadn't been for my roommate, who had had her gallbladder out a couple of years before, I would have probably been in worse condition. She recognized the symptoms right away, and got me to the hospital.

[Keydog]

[Trekka]

Originally Posted by teacherof2 ↗

Now that would be awful! If it hadn't been for my roommate, who had had her gallbladder out a couple of years before, I would have probably been in worse condition. She recognized the symptoms right away, and got me to the hospital.

Everybody kept telling me to just go get it out. I found ways to deal with the attacks and the pain. Avoiding certain foods, drinking apple cider vinegar when an attack was coming on, but after those stopped working for me, I decided surgery was the best option. I should have listened in the first place and saved myself from all of the pain..lol

[T2]

I was told by my parents that I was just faking it, during the attacks. The ER told me that I probably had gallstones, but to go home and schedule an ultrasound, cuz.they didn't have the time to do one. Then, when I was headed into emergency surgery for it, my mom told me not to sign anything and find an alternative. It took the surgeon telling her that I would die if I didn't have the surgery, to convince my mom just how bad it was.

[baberry64828]

It seems to me that the stone is your property to do with as you please!