welcome to the no-gallbladder clubhammercockJune 2 2016, 06:24:30 UTC
Holy shit. That sounds like one hell of an ordeal. :( That is a long time to wait for a bed, and a long time to wait for pain relief, and I'm *really* glad that you didn't get sent home before an accurate diagnosis could be made, or find out on the fly that you were allergic to either antibiotics or morphine. Any of that could have gone...very poorly. Rest easy, don't try lifting anything heavy for a couple of weeks, etc. etc. Laparoscopic surgery is awesome, but still surgery! You don't want adhesions to form because you overexerted yourself.
The usual pre-surgical anti-anxiety medication is Versed (midazolam). It depresses the central nervous system, calms you down, keeps you from remembering stuff. You also would get a paralytic, like Propofol, to keep you from moving while they muck about with your innards.
I'm very glad everything turned out all right in the end. Be well!
(I had mine out in 2007, I think it was, but with a very solid maternal family history of gall bladder shenanigans, my surgeon had me on the schedule to get it out at the first twinges of any pain. I was thus fortunate to be spared the kind of pain you describe. And they wouldn't give me my gall bladder so that I could get it encased in Lucite. Hmph. :-) )
The usual pre-surgical anti-anxiety medication is Versed (midazolam). It depresses the central nervous system, calms you down, keeps you from remembering stuff. You also would get a paralytic, like Propofol, to keep you from moving while they muck about with your innards.
I'm very glad everything turned out all right in the end. Be well!
(I had mine out in 2007, I think it was, but with a very solid maternal family history of gall bladder shenanigans, my surgeon had me on the schedule to get it out at the first twinges of any pain. I was thus fortunate to be spared the kind of pain you describe. And they wouldn't give me my gall bladder so that I could get it encased in Lucite. Hmph. :-) )
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