Gall bladder

[Cara Van Man]

rich1231 said:

Cara Van Man said:

Penny-lope said:

Heskey said:

Penny-lope said:

So I have been experiencing stomach pains

Pregnant.

NEXT!

you need to have sex for that...and since I've not had any for over 6 months, I think not

Get yourself down to Dirty Dicks next tuesday, behind rich12321 there'll be a queue of sex starved, drunken, fat, nerdy failures, all waiting to cure that for you.

I am bald, I give you that but I'm not sure how i fit any of the others. Carry on thinking it if it helps you to come to terms with your lot.

Either someone alerted you or you have some sort of search filter for your name......

ETA: Obviously I'll be in line also

Edited by Cara Van Man on Thursday 18th December 11:38

[HRG]

Penny-lope said:

HRG said:

Penny-lope said:

HRG said:

Penny-lope said:

Heskey said:

Penny-lope said:

So I have been experiencing stomach pains

Pregnant.

NEXT!

you need to have sex for that...and since I've not had any for over 6 months, I think not

You do know what day it is next Thursday?

Yep, but Santa's too busy, I've already asked

Well that Mary bird, she managed to convince her other half that her hymen was still intact. Me, I'm having none of it. I reckon someone slipped her a cheeky length but her 'simple' carpenter husband somehow fell for it hook line and sinker.

Something sounds dodgy about the whole affair to me.

Yeh I always thought the same...bet it was the Inn Keeper

Someone definitely banged her senseless down an alley IMO. How she had the temerity to pull such an audacious lie off I'll never know.

[rhinochopig]

Penny-lope said:

HRG said:

Penny-lope said:

Heskey said:

Penny-lope said:

So I have been experiencing stomach pains

Pregnant.

NEXT!

you need to have sex for that...and since I've not had any for over 6 months, I think not

You do know what day it is next Thursday?

Yep, but Santa's too busy, I've already asked

You could try one of his reindeer. I hear that they're..err well...hung like a reindeer.

[Penny-lope]

Ta for the advice, and the smut

[tonyvid]

A bit of an earlier thread... http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...



If you want a hand with the other issue, PM me

You don't look like you fit the 4Fs that normally go with gall bladder problems...

Edited by tonyvid on Thursday 18th December 11:55

[deeps]

Don't want to be a scare mongerer, but I was told by a doctor friend that he's seen more patients rushed into intensive care during gall bladder key hole surgery, than anything else.

My father had his removed last year. The plan was key hole, but they ended up opening him up.

When you think about it, it has to be far easier and safer if the surgeon can see what he's doing and get his hands in there, rather than watching a monitor and using knitting needles at arms length!

[evenflow]

tonyvid said:

A bit of an earlier thread... http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...



If you want a hand with the other issue, PM me

You don't look like you fit the 4Fs that normally go with gall bladder problems...

Edited by tonyvid on Thursday 18th December 11:55

Fat, forty, female, fertile?

I am normal weight, 30, male and have no children!

[Rob.]

Penny-lope said:

So far all that seems to work for me is rocking back and fore like a numpty

Numpty would be putting it lightly! Mental case more like!

I`m sure you`ll be fine. Keep us posted

[Tuscan Tart]

A friend suffered with her gall bladder, before they eventually operated she had to drink some vile stuff, probably find the recipe on the internet somewhere, it went something along the lines of olive oil, lemon juice and angostura bitters springs to mind but it's probably something else, about 1/2 a pint of it you had to drink and in the morning when you opened your bowels it was like 100's of emeralds glistening at the bottom of the toilet.

She was tempted to crap in a sieve just so that she could have a good look at them.

[jimmystratos]

deeps said:

Don't want to be a scare mongerer, but I was told by a doctor friend that he's seen more patients rushed into intensive care during gall bladder key hole surgery, than anything else.

No, not true. (I run an Intensive Care Unit)
Like any op, it can 1)go wrong/unexpected problems, (but extremely unlikely in a young fit person) or 2) Not cure the symptoms that it was done for because the diagnosis was wrong. This is not uncommon in gallbladder surgery - lots of people have gallstones e.g. 5% of women in their thirties up to 30% of women in their 70s, and just coz you've got some doesn't necessarily mean they're causing your pain.
have you tried a course of ranitidine or omeprazole (both over-the-counter medicines) helpful in ulcer/gastric/duodenal inflammation/ulceration.

Edited by jimmystratos on Thursday 18th December 21:36

[B19GRR]

Penny-lope said:

So far all that seems to work for me is rocking back and fore like a numpty

I'm on the waiting list to get mine chopped out - joy! I haven't found anything that really sorts the pain out. I had one really bad attack and ended up in A&E (pre-diagnosis) and even on morphine it still hurt.

Full o'good news eh

Cheers,
Rob

[Penny-lope]

jimmystratos said:

have you tried a course of ranitidine or omeprazole (both over-the-counter medicines) helpful in ulcer/gastric/duodenal inflammation/ulceration.

I was given a perscription today, and told it may help, but probably not One way to cover yourself

As for the rest of you Your scaring me now

[Penny-lope]

B19GRR said:

Penny-lope said:

So far all that seems to work for me is rocking back and fore like a numpty

I'm on the waiting list to get mine chopped out - joy! I haven't found anything that really sorts the pain out. I had one really bad attack and ended up in A&E (pre-diagnosis) and even on morphine it still hurt.

Full o'good news eh

Cheers,
Rob

Yeh, but your a man

The first time it happened, I really though I was dying, or having a kid. I had never experienced pain like it (I was lucky, as never had true labour pains) Thankfully since then, the pain has never been so intense....touch wood

[Turbo5]

B19GRR said:

Penny-lope said:

So far all that seems to work for me is rocking back and fore like a numpty

I'm on the waiting list to get mine chopped out - joy! I haven't found anything that really sorts the pain out. I had one really bad attack and ended up in A&E (pre-diagnosis) and even on morphine it still hurt.

Full o'good news eh

Cheers,
Rob

Similar story here, I had been on the Atkins diet for about 2 months and about a week before I was rushed into A&E I got severe indigestion (or so I thought) it passed after about 1-2 hours. Then one evening the pain started and wouldn't go away. I have never been in as much pain in my life. It was hell and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Eventually I got the wife to take me to A&E for the usual 2 hours wait. I was nearly screaming with pain, I could hardly speak and just sat there in a fetal position in the waiting room.
Eventually I saw the doctor told him about the pain and had morphine given intravenously (what a relief) they kept me in hospital for a week. did the scans like they do with pregnant women and diagnosed a distended gall bladder. ( I was on morphine for the first 3 days, although this was given muscular by the nurse) eventually the pain subsided and I had various check ups for over a year with mild bouts occasionally. Now its been 2 years with out any attacks and my gall bladder still in place. Its not a nice experience. healthy eating for me no more fad diets.

[B19GRR]

Penny-lope said:

Yeh, but your a man

The first time it happened, I really though I was dying, or having a kid. I had never experienced pain like it (I was lucky, as never had true labour pains) Thankfully since then, the pain has never been so intense....touch wood

I'll take that to mean my pain's so 'ard even crack can't stop it

It really is the worst pain I've experienced - and like you I've never had true labour pains, odd that I also had really bad referred pain in my back so A&E got a bit panicky that I might be having a heart attack. No such luck though, I would have got a decent insurance payout for that, nothing for a crappy gall bladder though!!

I was put on Omeprezole before the I had the ultrasound scan. I also had a gastroscopy which left me feeling somewhat violated to put it mildly, so if you can avoid one of them you'll be doing alright!! It did show that my stomach was fine so no need to take the omeprezole anymore. You could try gavascon (sp?!) liquid (grim) or Rennie deflatine tablets, they vaguely help me for minor attacks.

Cheers,
Rob

[evenflow]

Penny-lope said:

As for the rest of you Your scaring me now

Don't be. Bear in mind people are more likely to post their bad experiences than their good ones.
It's very common, and you'll be sorted before you know it.

[Tony427]

My Mrs had gall stones and her gall bladder removed via keyhole surgery about 7 years ago.

She was up and about the next day and back home day 2. At that time they used three very small incisions for the instruments. Two under the ribs and a third in the navel. This means very, very small scars and less chance of infection.

Apart from stopping the awfully painful gall stone attacks the only noticeable difference is that her tolerance for alcohol is very much reduced in that more than a glass or two of wine makes her feel ill. Pre the gall bladder removal she could drink like a fish.....if fish drank bacardi and coke that is.

So overall not a bad result for her and for me, as she is now permanently the designated driver when we go out.

Cheers,

Tony

[triggersbroom]

Don't have it removed if you can help it, you can control it with diet assuming that it is the culprit.

If you have it removed, it is pretty life changing.

[Dave200]

kit80 said:

Penny-lope said:

Heskey said:

Penny-lope said:

So I have been experiencing stomach pains

Pregnant.

NEXT!

you need to have sex for that...and since I've not had any for over 6 months, I think not

It is your virginity growing back


Seriously tho penny, my mum has had it

Whoa! Too much...

[Penny-lope]

Dave200 said:

kit80 said:

Penny-lope said:

Heskey said:

Penny-lope said:

So I have been experiencing stomach pains

Pregnant.

NEXT!

you need to have sex for that...and since I've not had any for over 6 months, I think not

It is your virginity growing back


Seriously tho penny, my mum has had it

Whoa! Too much...

Oi, did you not read.....NOT ENOUGH more like