I had my gallbladder removed years ago, I can and do live without it.

will they save them for me in a jar?

I hope so. You can make jewelry out of them and sell on eBay for big bucks. Don't laugh, it's been done.

anyone had them? seems like i do, says doctor

will they save them for me in a jar?

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One of mine is in a museum, don't know what happened to the other two.

Back hurts, nauseated, don't want to sit down, stand up or lay down, aspirin/Advil/Motrin/ none help, but getting out and walking does help?

thanks guys. i haven't talked to doctor yet. playing phone tag. maybe once a year i get severe cramps in the middle of the night, so i spend all night pacing back and forth thru the house. i mean pacing for hours lol. i hope i can keep them....seen some picture bob, they look cool. 😛

thanks guys. i haven't talked to doctor yet. playing phone tag. maybe once a year i get severe cramps in the middle of the night, so i spend all night pacing back and forth thru the house. i mean pacing for hours lol. i hope i can keep them....seen some picture bob, they look cool. 😛

Good luck, and remember to keep your eye on the prize:

If you have a lot of them, they may have to take the gall bladder out. I know two people who have had theirs taken out and they live just fine.

They may be able to use lithotripsy on you, where they use ultrasonic sound waves that break them up and then the stones are small enough they will come out when you urinate. Lithotripsy is NOT painful. A major medical center should have it available, but only a gastroenterologist can let you know if you would be a candidate for that or not.

Gregg Allman had a Cholecystectomy (removal of gallbladder) years ago. Not sure exactly when or why I even know this, but I do.

Best of luck to you.

yippee, surgery tomorrow. what fun.

good luck

thanks OG

they wouldn't let me have them, said the whole thing needed sent out for a biopsy. i guess one was the size of a ping pong ball.

i guess one was the size of a ping pong ball.

anyone had them? seems like i do, says doctor

will they save them for me in a jar?

[Edited on 6/15/2016 by LeglizHemp]

One of mine is in a museum, don't know what happened to the other two.

Back hurts, nauseated, don't want to sit down, stand up or lay down, aspirin/Advil/Motrin/ none help, but getting out and walking does help?

Depends how many of them you have, how big they are, but some people do not need surgery, they can get Lithotripsy where they use sound waves to blast 'em and break them up and then they just come out your body when you pee. Ask you doc if you'd be a candidate, and if they don't have one of them fancy machines near you, go to a big city, to a teaching hospital and they will.

That's Lithotriptic surgery for kidney stones. I've had it done twice.

they wouldn't let me have them, said the whole thing needed sent out for a biopsy. i guess one was the size of a ping pong ball.

Does your back still hurt from them blowing up your belly like a balloon?

my back hurts anyhow, so that didn't affect it.

Had my GB removed about three years ago.. Downside is some people get fatty food intolerance (I only do so if I eat a huge amount of fatty meat.)

If you are having attacks and don't have surgery:
1 - 50% of the people will be fine
2 - 25% will have surgery on an elective basis
3 - 25% will require surgery on a non-elective basis

It was number 3 that made my decision. Can't imagine travelling and needing emergency surgery (a friend of mine got really sick when this happened to him and he had to return from Haiti)

I had laproscopic surgery on a Thursday morning and was back to work on Monday. Probably should have given it a full week

One of my old bosses told me he loved being a surgeon (he was a liver transplant surgeon), because "surgery fixes things". He's right. Once they operate, your body will start to heal. You will return to being well. I actually need knee surgery right now, (torn meniscus), I am looking forward to it, because afterwards, it will heal. The pain is temporary, the healing will be permanent.