Had RNY surery and Galbladder removed, that **** hurt.

Well had the RNY surery and Galbladder removed, that **** hurt.

Ouchy ouch ouch ouch! I hope you feel better soon! And congratulations on your upcoming weight loss!

Still a good salad.  My cutter made a 5" cut and no pain.  Plane driver suckitup

EEEE YAHH!!!  I was lucky. Laprascopic for me. But the gall bladder may still have to come out eventually.

I completly agree OUCH!  I have been told mine will be laproscopic.  I hope that it doesn't change on the operating table. 

  Yikes!! 

I was told last week that they cant do my RNY via lap- so.. they have to cut me open.  Hopefully, mine wont be as painfull.. Thank goodness I already had my gallbladder removed 20 yrs ago.

What reasons do the surgeons have that determines whether the surgery is going to Laproscopic or open?  Also how do I know if mine is going to be distal or proximal? (or whatever).

It is really a function of whether they can get in there with the laproscopic instruments more than anything else.   For certain folks with an extremely high BMI, the instruments may not be long enough to reach.   For other folks, their liver needs to shrink (via the pre-op weightloss) to allow the doctor to move it out of the way enough to get in there.   

In my situation, the surgeon was concerned about a lot of scar tissue from previous surgeries.   She warned me that if she got in there and couldn't work through the scar tissue, she might have to convert to an open procedure.   However, she was successful in cutting down the old scar tissue and it only ended up being a laproscopic.

Sgar, thanks for the email. What you say makes since. 

I don't know my surgeon only does open. You might want to start a seperate thread to get the most responses.