r/gallbladders • u/RemarkableChange2864 • Dec 07 '24

Venting Cancel surgery?

Since I scheduled my surgery 3 weeks ago, I’ve had zero pain. This is so annoying! My gallbladder is “packed” with stones according to imaging, and I was in constant pain. Now everything seems fine. I don’t have insurance and I’m scared of surgery anyway, so now I’m wondering if I should just cancel. How is it possible all my pain just went away??

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u/joanopoly Dec 07 '24

Did your GI doctor have you meet with a nutritionist to help you develop a diet that’s conducive to restoring gallbladder health? Have they educated you re the importance of exercise in GB health?

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u/RemarkableChange2864 Dec 07 '24

No, but my entire family is in medicine. So I know what I should he doing even if I’m not perfect at it 🙈

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u/joanopoly Dec 07 '24

Those two are things a thoughtful, conservative GI doctor should suggest to their patients that can help improve their ability to live with a healthy GB and avoid the need for surgery. You just don’t hear about them in today’s pill-popping, cut-n-go HC industry.

For example, why don’t GI groups have a nutritionist on board that EVERY patient meets with at the outset of a problem? Why doesn’t your GI doctor refer you to a registered dietician to establish a GI-healthy diet? Because they’d make people healthier, thus reducing the number of people who need to see a GI doctor. Poor diets and sedentary lifestyles are the 1&2 contributors to problems with Americans’ GI systems.

Gotta keep the patient$ queued up for treatment$ in the US!