Devon, hope your gallbladder surgery goes smoothly and you are back in the pink
soon. I had that surgery about 20 years ago and i only had one big stone
instead of several little ones. I didn't have much pain--can't even remember
now why i went to the doctor about it--but i was pretty much fine about a
month after the surgery.
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On Feb 18, 2017, at 3:39 PM, Devon Wilkins <theharness@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, there, Sue. From what I understand, a lot of people experience lots of
actual pain because the gallbladder is trying to squeeze the stones into the
common bile duct, which it shares with the pancreas. I’ve had tenderness on
my right side just below the ribs, but I haven’t had so much in the way of
pain, apparently because the stones are too big to get into the duct. The
gallbladder just continues to squeeze up around the stones, making me very
tender and very nauseous. I’ve been fooling around with this darn thing for
the past 17 years now, getting a gallbladder infection every four years or
so. It has hospitalized me twice now. When it happened again last August,
and the surgeon told me that she could remove the gallbladder in spite of the
fact that I no longer have a belly button, I told her I’d like to get it done
and over with. Besides, this last time, I guess I was jaundiced, and they
thought a smaller stone had developed, and was obstructing the passage of
bile. They put a camera down my throat to check things out, but the G.I.
specialist said he only found what he called sludge. I was supposed to have
the gallbladder removed in early December, but I was just returning home from
training with my new guide dog then, and I thought it would have been just a
little too hectic, so I postponed it until February 27. I hope that wasn’t
too much information, lolol. Devon.
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Behalf Of Sue Starfas
Sent: February-18-17 4:12 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: Gallbladder surgery on February 27
Hi, Devon,
I hope and pray that all goes well with your surgery. I’m so glad you will
have people around you to provide support and help when you need it.
If I may ask, what kinds of symptoms have you been having that make this
surgery necessary?
Take care.
Sue
From: Devon Wilkins
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 4:21 AM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: Gallbladder surgery on February 27
Thanks, Linda and everyone. Your prayers will be very much appreciated. I’m
a bit nervous about it, but then, who isn’t when it comes to surgery? As far
as friends go, I feel very blessed to have made new friends since moving here
to Peterborough five years ago about now. The two people who will help
Frankie and me get through the first few days after the operation are people
I met through the Peterborough New Horizons Band. I have three sisters
currently living in Ottawa, which is about 4 hours’ drive northeast of here,
but they’re 76, 79, and 92 years old respectively, and travelling here isn’t
nearly as easy now as it once would have been. Even the youngest of those
three is ten years older than I am. So yes, I’m very blessed to have friends
here. I’ll no doubt be in touch with everyone before the surgery, and I
can’t imagine why I won’t be able to drop the odd note fairly soon
afterwords. Devon.
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Behalf Of Linda Gehres
Sent: February-18-17 12:39 AM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: Gallbladder surgery on February 27
Will be praying for you, Devon. Glad you have friends who can help you
through this!
Linda G.
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Behalf Of Karen Delzer
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 6:03 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: Gallbladder surgery on February 27
Devon, I'll be praying for you. Doesn't sound like lots of fun, but glad
you'll have the help you need to get through it.
Karen
on 05:09 PM 2/17/2017, Devon Wilkins said:
Hi, everyone. Just thought I�d let you know that I�ll be going to have
my gallbladder out a week from this coming Monday. I�ve never had
abdominal surgery, but aside from the pain caused by the air that they pump
in, I understand that this won�t be too painful. If all goes well, they
will only have to make four small incisions. I have a friend who will stay
with me that first night, and then I understand that a nurse will be checking
in with me once a day. Frankie would be more than happy to keep an eye on my
incisions, but the best he could do for me would be to lick them, and I�m
not sure that that would be a good idea, especially if his tongue just came
from, lol. Devon.
