"TaniO" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 28 May 2012 23:34:22 -0400, Jacquie wrote
> (in article > ):
>
>> It is scheduled for the 15th of June. They're hoping to do it
>> laparoscopic...one of the problems is all of the old scar tissue from my
>> adrenal gland surgery...the scar wraps around three quarters of my
>> stomach...so they may have to cut....they also will have to put an
>> endoscope
>> down to my stomach through the top of my small intestines to the gall
>> bladder...the ultra sound didn't show anything but my blood tests showed
>> that
>
>> a stone may have released and they have to use the endoscope to take an
>> x-ray
>
>> to see if a stone is stuck some where ...if it is they have to remove the
>> stone before they remove the gallbladder. Then I got a call that I have
>> to go
>
>> to cardiology to get a heart release for non heart surgery...remember I
>> have
>> that leaky valve. This little surgery seems to becoming a problem....I'm
>> becoming a little apprehensive. Until then I am watching my fat
>> intake...especially beef and pork fat...seems those cause my gall bladder
>> to
>> swell almost immediately after I eat it. I'm eating allot of those single
>> soups, and canned tuna.. tonight I had a romaine and iceberg lettuce
>> salad
>> with tomatoes, corn, black beans, and chicken, with low fat ranch, and a
>> half
>
>> of an avocado. So far no swelling. I try to keep my total fat intake
>> below 4
>> grams per meal...no beef or pork....only chicken breasts and fish. I have
>> lost 12 lbs.
>>
> I hope that you can have the laparoscopic procedure. I had it done last
> summer and it was the easiest thing I've ever had. They did it in the
> morning, was home in the afternoon and felt fine by the evening. I have no
> problems with eating anything now.
>
> TaniO
>
>

I hope so to Tani. The adrenal surgery was the most painful surgery I have
ever had and I would rather not be cut again