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Here'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.

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[zephiey.livejournal.com]

The first and only time my gallbladder made itself known with excruciating pain resulted in emergency surgery. That was three years ago and while I don't miss it there are a few new things I've experienced that I feel I should pass along.

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.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

This is good to know! Argh, digestion.