I had my gallbladder taken out when I was 17 - it had so many stones packed in, they were surprised it hadn't ruptured already.
You should have the keyhole surgery no matter what. Unless something goes horribly wrong with the keyhole, that's the new technology and there shouldn't be a reason NOT to do it. I was an emergency case (into surgery within a week of ultrasound) and didn't go through the special diet or anything (but don't get me wrong - that will help a lot too).
The surgery itself is awesome. Waking up is NOT...really sore, but they usually give you The Good Drugs after you walk around a bit. Get ready to sleep, not do ANYTHING for a week, and not do any cleaning/heavy stuff for 6 weeks. Seriously, don't push your body.
The only real downside is fatty foods are hard to process for the rest of your life. I also developed lactose intolerance, sort of...it's more just the inability to drink creamy/fatty milk, obviously, and a switch to skim Lactaid reduced that pain greatly (though not entirely).
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Date: 2007-04-14 12:28 am (UTC)You should have the keyhole surgery no matter what. Unless something goes horribly wrong with the keyhole, that's the new technology and there shouldn't be a reason NOT to do it. I was an emergency case (into surgery within a week of ultrasound) and didn't go through the special diet or anything (but don't get me wrong - that will help a lot too).
The surgery itself is awesome. Waking up is NOT...really sore, but they usually give you The Good Drugs after you walk around a bit. Get ready to sleep, not do ANYTHING for a week, and not do any cleaning/heavy stuff for 6 weeks. Seriously, don't push your body.
The only real downside is fatty foods are hard to process for the rest of your life. I also developed lactose intolerance, sort of...it's more just the inability to drink creamy/fatty milk, obviously, and a switch to skim Lactaid reduced that pain greatly (though not entirely).
Shaiyela