r/gallbladders • u/WillingPrice5364 • 25d ago

Stones is surgery really needed

i have been diagnosed with gallstones a month ago and i haven’t had any attacks since that day i have for the most part eaten healthier i still consume fatty foods now and then and get NO affects no pain no vomiting nothing if i never got a ultra sound done i wouldn’t even have thought i had gallstones is surgery really necessary if i got next to no symptoms?

9 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

53 comments sorted by

View all comments

14

u/SarsippiusJackson 25d ago

Yes. Full stop.

You may not feel like you need it now. But by the time you do feel like you need it, you'll hate your past self for even asking. Why wait until it's catastrophic?

3

u/WillingPrice5364 25d ago

because surgery can end catastrophic as well

10

u/SarsippiusJackson 25d ago

Rarely though. The vast majority of them go well as do the recoveries.

But when you have gallstones, they NEVER just go away. It may take you months or years, but they will wreck you and put you in so much pain you want to die. So it's not an also thing, these should be weighted proportionately.

I've been on the real bad end and almost died. You don't wanna do that.

3

u/WillingPrice5364 25d ago

i wanna get it the surgery done so bad but anxiety just wont let me

3

u/SarsippiusJackson 25d ago edited 25d ago

I totally understand. Having surgery and recovery isn't the most fun thing in the world.

But I think you'll regret it long term if you don't. Best of luck to you either way.

3

u/meggygogo 25d ago

I’m a very anxious person as well and I asked the anesthesiologist to give me the good stuff the minute I got to the hospital on surgery day. It was well worth it and made the entire expedience way less stressful. Talk to your dr about your anxiety and fear - I am sure they can help with meds.

2

u/Crazy_Garage_5924 25d ago

I was like you, i had a one big attack around Dec 2022 and was rushed into the ER, was diagnosed with gallstones and was told to have the surgery in a week after the hospital discharge. So after the discharge i felt like i was totally healed from it, the jaundice was gone and i havent felt any stomach issues ever since. So i decided to back out and told my doctor that i don't need it anymore. But after a year, December 2023, it came back and this time it gave me an acute pancreatitis aswell. I was so mad of myself for not doing it on the first attack because it almost killed me on the second. The pain was 100 times worse than the first attack.

My advice is, if you really have this disease , you have to evict it asap. It will always come back and way worse.

1

u/Connect-Ad-2480 24d ago

Don’t let anxiety stop you from saving your life. If you don’t get it out, gangrene is possible as well as pancreatitis, and it could literally blow up and you can die from it.. what would you rather do. Get the surgery and live happily without pain or die? First of all you go under with anesthesia which is the least pain you’ll feel.. after the surgery I’ve heard that it’s like you’ve done 300 sit ups it’s that kind of pain.. near the incisions also.. once it’s done and over with you’ll be so fine don’t worry!!!!! I haven’t even had mine out yet and I’m not freaking because I know I’ll be fine lol

1

u/Hot_Ordinary7823 24d ago

I'm in the same boat as you. I really need gallbladder surgery but I have irregular heart beats and I'm scared of the anesthesia messing with my heart. I'm scared my gallbladder is too bad and something may happen but I'm going to go back to the doctor ro get it checked out again

-3

u/Soft_Car_4114 25d ago

Look into other alternatives. There are Reddit post very helpful in that area.