Question:
bypass pain compared to gallbladder removal
I had my gallbladder removed lap. Oct 2001. How will the initial surgery pain relate to the gallbladder removal — candylnd24 (posted on March 14, 2003)
March 13, 2003
Will your gastric bypass be lap? I had an open gastric bypass and a lap
gallbladder removal 16 months later. The bypass hurt ten times worse. Six
weeks before I felt comfortable as opposed to three days. If you are doing
the bypass lap, it should not be as bad. However, the pain will still be a
bit worse as you are still having your stomach cut open and your intestine
bypassed. Plan on 3 weeks of a lot of discomfort lap or double that for
open.
— Julie S.
March 14, 2003
For me personally, Gallblader removal was worse. I had both surgeries LAP.
I was not feeling well for at least a month after my gallblader was
removed and was constantly in my surgeons office due to pain. Even the
pain meds would not help. With my WLS, I was back to work in 5 days and
felt almost normal after that. I did not have much pain at all. I did
suffer from nausea, but it passed. I took the pain medication for maybe 1
or 2 days after I got home from the hospital. I was only in the hospital
for two full days and one night. I guess everyone is just different. Good
luck!
— Heidi B.
March 14, 2003
I had a lap gallbladder removal about a year before the lap RNY. I thought
the surgery pain levels were similar and the recover time somewhat similar.
What I was not prepared for was the awful trapped gas from the RNY. Lap
surgeries require the doctors to blow up your insides with gas to give them
room to work with. Sometimes the gas gets trapped and can take days to
leave your body. With the gallbladder I had no trapped gas, with the RNY,
I was in excruciating pain for a good 6-12 hours on day 2 post-op.
— Cindy R.
March 14, 2003
I went into my lap rny thinking I had done this once with my gallbladder so
this should be a breeze...let's just say it wasn't quite as easy as I
thought it would be. I had my lap gallbladder in 2/97 and had a HORRIBLE
time with gas pains in my chest and shoulders, but was back to
"normal" within a few days to a week. My lap rny 1/03 was a
little more painful muscle/innards wise initially, but I did not have any
of the gas pains that I had with the gallbladder, which was really nice.
It also took a little longer to get back to normal with the rny...maybe
7-14 days before I could fully function (sleep on my sides, bend down and
pick things up off the floor easily, lift/move heavy objects etc). Good
luck with what ever you choose!
— eaamc
March 14, 2003
Hi Elizabeth,
I had my gallbladder removed 1 month after my 2nd c-section and I feel
having 3 abdominal surgeries prepared me for my lap RYN. It's hard to
compare, the initial pain, I was lucky and did not have a great deal of
pain (or it could of been the morphine pump!)with my bypass. But, you
should understand the gallbladder surgery is a very simple procedure
compared to Gastric bypass. Stay positive! you'll do great! Rose
— Rose B.
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