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cblj_backupHere's the thing about having gallstones: the gallbladder is one of the more ridiculously named organs in the human body. If you say you have kidney stones or liver pellets or whatever, nobody thinks twice, but the gallbladder is mysterious and intimate and combines two embarrassing words to make one big embarrassing word.
So I went looking for a better name for the gallbladder, like surely since the theory of the four humours went out with the middle ages we've come up with something better to call this, and I found out that we have two other common names for the gallbladder:
The Cholecyst
The Biliary Vesicle
THOSE AREN'T BETTER.
Incidentally, have you seen the gallbladder? It's actually green. It's the green part of our body. Could I have a more mortifying ailment.
But I did find one quote that I think may be of use to me.
"The gallbladder is a hollow system that sits just beneath the liver."
I am beset by a hollow system, my friends, which is causing me great pain. Soon I shall have this hollow system removed, and I will feel whole again.
So I went looking for a better name for the gallbladder, like surely since the theory of the four humours went out with the middle ages we've come up with something better to call this, and I found out that we have two other common names for the gallbladder:
The Cholecyst
The Biliary Vesicle
THOSE AREN'T BETTER.
Incidentally, have you seen the gallbladder? It's actually green. It's the green part of our body. Could I have a more mortifying ailment.
But I did find one quote that I think may be of use to me.
"The gallbladder is a hollow system that sits just beneath the liver."
I am beset by a hollow system, my friends, which is causing me great pain. Soon I shall have this hollow system removed, and I will feel whole again.
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Date: 2013-10-30 11:48 pm (UTC)Vesticle. It's like a bollock that's hiding under your vest.
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Date: 2013-10-31 12:22 am (UTC)(There's not actually a T in "vesicle", if I'm reading this right, but a word such as BILIARY VESTICLE bows to no petty concerns of proofreading. XD *is twelve* ^_^)
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Date: 2013-10-31 01:20 am (UTC)You can tell people you are going to have a cholecystectomy. This sounds much more dignified and serious than saying you're having your gallbladder removed.
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Date: 2013-10-31 03:21 am (UTC)1. The saying, 'when you gotta go...you gotta go' is completely and utterly true. Bowel movements are immediate. There is no holding or waiting. Also they may be looser than they were prior to surgery since there is nothing to store the bile from your liver it dumps into your small intestine making digestion faster than before resulting in looser stools.
1a. You may also find yourself going two or three times more often. Don't freak...again normal. Eventually your body regulates itself.
2. Favourite foods WILL taste weird. Expect it. If it happens don't freak. It's your body's reaction to having that 'green thing' removed. It took six months before chocolate stopped tasting metallic And don't get me started on how weird pancit tasted.
3. Certain foods may trigger diarrhoea. Make note of them. Again normal...just inconvenient.
4. You will lose weight after the removal. Part of it is because some food tastes weird. It's always your favourites too. Part from food giving you diarrhoea. Normal...just a pain in the ass. And part from just not being hungry. Again....normal.
5. Don't restrict your diet. The best thing my surgeon ever told me. If you do your body will find it more difficult to regulate itself to the missing organ. Eat as you did prior to surgery. Just remember if the food contains a lot of fat or oil, ie. bread dipped in olive oil, fried foods, pulled pork sandwiches you will find yourself in the bathroom very quickly. Again inconvenient...make note of the foods and eat them sparingly.
Otherwise, enjoy life after the removal of your gallbladder.
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Date: 2013-11-04 03:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-31 03:21 am (UTC)But it was "band-aid" surgery (or staples in his case; he's a hirsute beast) and he suffered more before the surgery than after.
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Date: 2013-10-31 10:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-31 04:27 am (UTC)Your LJ is very instructive.
(good luck)
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Date: 2013-10-31 01:21 pm (UTC)I'll...go away and stop being a killjoy now...
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Date: 2013-10-31 01:26 pm (UTC)*sighs*
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Date: 2013-10-31 01:54 pm (UTC)I am fond of "chole" because I once impressed a Greek woman by knowing what she meant when she vaguely gestured at her abdomen and said it.
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Date: 2013-11-04 03:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-10-31 02:48 pm (UTC)That said, she is much happier in general and the rest of us had a fascinating week watching her on the good drugs.
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Date: 2013-10-31 03:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-31 04:00 pm (UTC)Out, damn'd bladder! out, I say!—One; two: why, then
'tis time to do't.—Hell is green.—Fie, my lord, fie, gallbladder, and
afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our
pow'r to accompt?
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Date: 2013-10-31 04:58 pm (UTC)You sure there is no other way than removal? From the comments here (by people who've done it or know people who have) looks like there's a need for lifetime adjustment to this surgery, So, good luck with that.
During my stint as a medical transcriptionist, I've noticed that 'ectomies' (removal) are only too common in the US. So you have tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, cholecystectomy, appendectomy and many more :) And I've always felt that the funda in your country is "if something bothers you, just get it out and done with forever" :) Easy does it, eh? Back here in India, things are more conservative :) So you try 101 ways to preserve something in your body while giving you a reasonable quality of life, before you decide to do away with the trouble maker. Do you want to check out Ayurveda? :)
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Date: 2013-10-31 05:03 pm (UTC)The longer it's in my body and diseased, the greater risk of internal bleeding, systemic infection, and pancreatitis. So it's one out now or two out later, or possibly death. :D
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Date: 2013-11-01 08:22 pm (UTC)I had mine removed two years ago after being in pain like once a month for years! This surgery made my life so much better. Though the holes from the operation are still not that nice to look at. :-(
You should really look at the scarring tissue - mine would have been better had I known about this.
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Date: 2013-11-05 03:22 pm (UTC)Oh yes, you could. My mum had surgery because of an anal fistula a while ago. It's one of those SUPER PAINFUL things that make other people giggle because it's bloody hard to say "it hurts so much when I poop" with dignity. I'm just sayin'.
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Date: 2013-11-05 06:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-11-05 11:52 pm (UTC)- ileostomies amd colostomies (to a lesser degree, nephrostomies/long-term urinary catheters)
- being hospitalised with any serious infection resulting from a sexually transmitted disease (especially if it's your newborn baby being treated)
--- I have seen someone hospitalised with genital herpes so bad that they couldn't pass urine, and unfortunately for them that also meant they needed a catheter inserted
- only finding out you're pregnant when you are in labour or are very far along (extra embarrassing if you've already had kids, even more embarrassing if you are a midwife!)
- coming to hospital with possible appendicitis only to find out that - surprise! - you're actually pregnant and it's ectopic (bonus points if your parents are with you and they didn't know that was a possibility)
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Date: 2013-11-06 01:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-13 04:34 pm (UTC)it's awesome article.
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Date: 2014-04-09 05:04 am (UTC)Hence, it was tthe common belief that its people needed to be saved.
I am kwge level, but I don't get to be called a kage.