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Marvlisa - 20 Sep 2006 01:33 GMT

Have any of you ever had your gallbladder removed? If so, how did it change
your life style, such as diet, weight gain/loss, etc.

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Howard McCollister - 20 Sep 2006 04:55 GMT

> Have any of you ever had your gallbladder removed? If so, how did it
> change
> your life style, such as diet, weight gain/loss, etc.

It would be very unlikely that having your gallbladder removed would change
your lifestyle, diet, weight gain/loss in any substantive way.

HMc

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Marvlisa - 20 Sep 2006 13:22 GMT

The gallbladder plays an important part in digesting fats. Couldn't removal
of the gallbladder cause weight gain or digestive problems?

>> Have any of you ever had your gallbladder removed? If so, how did it
>> change
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>HMc

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Howard McCollister - 20 Sep 2006 14:34 GMT

> The gallbladder plays an important part in digesting fats. Couldn't
> removal
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>>HMc

The gallbladder is a storage organ - its job is to store and concentrate
bile, and eject some of that stored bile in response to food intake,
especially fatty foods. However, bile is always flowing into the small
intestine - removing the gallbladder doesn't stop that - and the body
accommodates its absence well.

About the only adverse side effect, which occurs occasionally in some
patients, is some transient diarrhea or loose stools due to irritation of
the colon from mildly increased bile salts in addition to increased fat
transit through the small intestine. If that occurs, it usually resolves
within a couple of weeks.

No special diets, no lifestyle changes. I have seen some people gain weight
after cholecystectomy due to the fact that they are often able to eat foods
that they couldn't eat before the gallbladder was removed.

HMc

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(PeteCresswell) - 20 Sep 2006 13:57 GMT

Per Marvlisa via MedKB.com:

>Have any of you ever had your gallbladder removed? If so, how did it change
>your life style, such as diet, weight gain/loss, etc.

Yes; a little over a year ago.

I still have no top end. Biking, I get winded biking on hills that I never even
noticed before. Windsurfing, I'm out of breath and just *way* tired much of
the time.

At work, I've lost much of my focus and drive. Used to be when there was a
problem I was on it like a pit bull. Now it's more like "Awww gee...
something's wrong here.... I guess I ought to do something about it.... maybe
tomorrow..."

Basically I went from being a vital 64 years old to being 83 years old -
seemingly overnight.

All I can think of is that it was something to do with either the anesthesia or
the non-steroidal anti-inflammitories that they injected me with repeatedly to
get me back in bed when I had trunk spasms right after the procedure.

Having said that, I know a half-dozen people who had the same procedure and talk
about it in the same way they'd talk about having a tooth removed.

Still, after what it did to me, I'd advise anybody who is contemplating such a
procedure to look long and hard (but only among reputable medical sources) for
alternatives.

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