Farewell

On Monday it was farewell to my gall bladder. For years I have been plagued with upper stomach pain. It was kind of sporatic, thank goodness it wasn't constant, but it was painful and annoying. The problem was, I couldn't pin point the on-set of the pain based on what I ate. If I ate greasy food it would probably cause pain, but not always. If I ate a banana it would probably not cause the pain, but not always. If I ate a sandwich it would probably not cause the pain, but not always. See my dilema here?

After some tests last year which determined that my gall bladder only functioned at 30%, but was a non-clonclusive test based on statistics, I decided to live with it unless:

1. more painful
2. more often

This summer both criteria were met. Although it was still unknown if the problems could actually be atributed to my gall bladder, the doctor said that my symptoms suggested gall bladder. So, on Monday I had the surgery. My gall bladder ended up being scarred, which would have happened from inflammation. Great news! I think that means that the gall bladder was indeed the problem.

Now, one week later, I am feeling quite good. This is a major improvement to how I was feeling throughout the week. The great thing about othroscopic surgery is I have only 4 small incessions which hardly hurt at all (unless I over stretch or touch them). I can't say yet if the pain if gone for good, as there is some internal pain from the surgery, but I have high hopes.