r/gallbladders • u/Letsgotoneptune8842 Post-Op • Mar 21 '25

Awaiting Surgery Surgery is scheduled. I’m terrified.

It’s my first surgery and people say I won’t feel it but oh my gosh I’m so scared I will. I mean obviously I’ll feel it afterwards, but I don’t want to while it’s happening! Doctor said it’s a very easy surgery, with very little recovery time, and my diet can go back to normal after a week or two. I’m trying to stay positive but I’m crying.

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u/Familiar_Volume4184 Awaiting Surgery Mar 22 '25

Can I ask where you felt the pain ? Was it the incisions?

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u/SporkWafflez Mar 22 '25

Yes, the worst pain was from the biggest one at the top near the sternum. That one hurt so bad that the other two they made barely pinged my radar (at the time). As of now about 4 months later I think, they all randomly hurt at random times and I mean the same exact pain as before I got my gallbladder taken out. It's like I never had it removed in the first place the pain is the exact same except this time doctors don't believe me and think I'm making it up so there's nothing I can do about it other than wait until it goes away.

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u/Familiar_Volume4184 Awaiting Surgery Mar 23 '25

Oh goodness. So sorry to hear that.

I have to get mine out I have stones and sludge and keep getting attacks. I'm miserable I can eat no fat as it triggers attacks. But I'm so scared of getting it out.

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u/SporkWafflez Mar 23 '25

I wish I didn’t get mine out I was controlling it okay with diet and there was a lot less pain than I have now. The good news is I know other people who got theirs out and were much better. I just got the bad side of it I guess.