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jkern9110
jkern9110 Posts: 119 Member
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Whelp, I have gallstones. Not the most pleasant thing in the world, but hopefully my surgeon can get this darn thing out of me next week. They say that it commonly happens in people who have experienced rapid weight loss. For those of you who have had to go through the same thing and have had WLS, how did your diet change after? How long was your recovery? How long until you could exercise?

Jessica

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  • sue100194
    sue100194 Posts: 129
    I had gallbladder surgery last September which added another delay to my VSG surgery. But I will say that it was an amazingly easy surgery. It was an emergency procedure as I had a big stone that was blocking the bile duct and was in pretty severe pain prior to surgery. BUT I felt great right afterwards. :) Mind you, I had to move slowly and carefully due to the laparascopic incisions but I was up and moving around with energy right away. I wasn't supposed to lift anything over 10# for a couple weeks - just like other surgeries and then nothing over 25# for another couple weeks. I took just one week off from work. Good luck to you!
  • loriloftness
    loriloftness Posts: 476 Member
    I haven't had my sleeve yet, but I did have my gall bladder removed after passing a gall stone and having it get stuck and block up all of the other systems. Believe me, getting your gall bladder out will make you feel a lot better. I was not given any eating restrictions after mine was removed. Actually, (and sadly) it made it easier to eat the foods that I shouldn't have been eating to begin with, such as cheese pizza or cheesecake. I don't know what type of foods you are eating that set off your gall bladder attacks, but you will feel much better after it is out. The recovery was pretty quick. They blow you up with the same gas that I hear they use for the sleeve surgery and that was fairly uncomfortable for a day. After that, I took a couple days to recover and then was right back to work. You don't even have stitches, they just use tape to cover your laproscopic insertion points. You will be really glad once you have it removed.
  • Latse
    Latse Posts: 61 Member
    I had my sleeve in June 2012, and gallbladder out October 2012, due to the rapid weight loss it freaked out. I personally had a harder time with the recovery from the gallbladder surgery, but could have been due to both of the surgeries being so close togeather.

    Only differance I have noticed since October 2012 vs prior to either surgery is if something is moderatly high in fat (like a full fat yogurt, or something deep fried) I will have to use the bathroom shortly after eating it. Honestly I'm ok with that, it is one of those reminders of what I shouldn't be eating, just like the dumping from eating anything with too much sugar.

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