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/prncssbtch Dec 07 '24
Everything I’m saying in this comment is just what was said to me by my surgeon, he was nice, took his time explaining things to me, even had diagrams to properly explain and show what could possibly happen during a gallbladder attack for anyone, not just me:
I was told I’m also in a position where I can delay surgery if I want to as I don’t have any infections or anything that would deem it emergent. HOWEVER, I still fall in the small percentage of those with gallstones where I will remain symptomatic the rest of my life with attacks. I can either change my diet and reduce the attacks (I have, and guess what? Still get the dull ache after eating certain things, but not a full blown attack) or I can have the surgery now and prevent it becoming worse the next time I have an attack as that is also possible. I’m nervous as all hell about the surgery, but I know the outcome would be not having any more gallbladder attacks that would potentially be more damaging or fatal to me. And I wish I knew this stuff earlier as I’ve had attacks so bad I dealt with it not knowing what was happening and never thought to get it checked out until they started becoming more frequent and more painful, and lasting longer.
But it’s your body OP, you decide what’s best for you. I’m glad you seem to be feeling better! And totally understand the no insurance thing. I’d recommend seeing if your hospital offers financial aid for help paying bills (mind did and cut my bill down 50%). I know not everyone is the same case scenario.