flyfishnevada
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My DW was having some general abdominal pain on her right side for a couple of weeks. Last Sunday we took her to urgent care and they did a CAT scan. Negative for everything. No infection. We went home. Wednesday the pain localized in her upper right quadrant. Two minutes on the web told me it was her gall bladder.
Another trip to urgent care and an ultrasound and negative. We got referred to a surgeon by the EC doctor (great guy who diagnosed my diverticulitis, quickly and might have saved my life or at least saved me from emergency surgery and three months with a colostomy bag). Surgeon got us in at the hospital to have the gall bladder test (don't remember what its called). Positive! DW's GB only emptied 8%, should be at least 30%. Half hour later we had surgery scheduled for the next day (Friday).
Surgery went well and she's resting comfortably at home getting better everyday. I had no idea how common GB surgery is. There isn't a person we've told that hasn't had theirs out or has a close family member who has. I also didn't realize how utterly useless your GB is. A leftover of evolution from when we used to eat meat and lots of it all at once.
I'm just impressed how quickly it all happened. Same when I had diverticulitis. When you have a real emergency, or just something serious, is when you really appreciate our healthcare system.
Another trip to urgent care and an ultrasound and negative. We got referred to a surgeon by the EC doctor (great guy who diagnosed my diverticulitis, quickly and might have saved my life or at least saved me from emergency surgery and three months with a colostomy bag). Surgeon got us in at the hospital to have the gall bladder test (don't remember what its called). Positive! DW's GB only emptied 8%, should be at least 30%. Half hour later we had surgery scheduled for the next day (Friday).
Surgery went well and she's resting comfortably at home getting better everyday. I had no idea how common GB surgery is. There isn't a person we've told that hasn't had theirs out or has a close family member who has. I also didn't realize how utterly useless your GB is. A leftover of evolution from when we used to eat meat and lots of it all at once.
I'm just impressed how quickly it all happened. Same when I had diverticulitis. When you have a real emergency, or just something serious, is when you really appreciate our healthcare system.