[LovesShelly]

Hi everyone! I haven't been on in what two weeks? I missed everyone .

I couldn't get on here because I've been in and out of the hospital since the 29th of September. I had my gallbladder removed on the 29th and the docter messed up the sugery. I went from hospital to hospital trying to find out what went wrong. Finally on the 7th of this month I got sent to a hospital that found out what went wrong. On the 11th I had another sugery to fix what went wrong with the first surgery. I just got home from the hospital late last night.

I'm healing well and it really doesn't hurt too much. I can't go back to school untill I get my stiches out. Which means I can't go back 'till the 31st.

I was wondering if anyone on here has ever had sugery like mine. And, if you have, how long did it take you to feel better? Do you still have problems from the surgery? Do the scars fade any, or do you always have the scars?

I hope to be on here more now that I'm home. And I can't wait to talk to everyone again

[Yoda]

Oh golly you've been having no fun, it seems.

Welcome back and I hope you feel better soon.

It is hard to say how soon you will recover since I don't know what the problem was or what they did in the second surgery. Did they use a scope to do the original surgery to take the gallbladder out? If so there is about a 4 inch incision by the belly button where they put the scope in and they remove the gallbladder through that incision. If so there would be three or so other tiny incisions in the abdomen and they put nitrogen gas in to help them visualize the gallbladder. That makes your belly kind of poofy for a couple days but usually you start feeling better after just a few days.

If they use the older method of a larger incision to directly view the gallbladder that takes longer to heal and a bit longer to feel better.

Did they tell you about diet after the surgery? Since it has been a couple weeks you probably should tolerate most food okay at this point but again I don't know what all they did to you so I can only speak in general terms.

Talk to your doc about what to put on the incision to reduce scarring. My sister's doc told her to put vitamin E on hers. There are other things too so ask the doc. Also don't use tanning beds for several months or sunbathe in that warm Tennessee sun.

[LovesShelly]

Yoda,

They used the scope when they took my gallbladder out. What went wrong was the docter cut some part below my liver by accident. It's the part that connects your liver to your intestines or something like that. He than put 7 clips in that area to try and put it back together. It's hard for me to describe it, so I'm sorry if it doesn't make too much sense.

In the second sugery another docter stiched my lower intestines to my liver. He made a large incision on the right side of my abdomen to do the surgery.

No, they didn't tell me about any diet. Just that I shouldn't eat too much at once, to make sure I can tolerate eating.

I'll ask the docter about scarring when he takes the stiches out. I think vitamin E sounds like a good idea.

[gma45]

Glad you are out of the hospital and feeling better. Vitamin E or Aloe works great my daughter was born with a cleft lip and I put Aloe vera on her scar and you could not even see it. Welcome back!

[missbelle]

Sounds like medical malpractice to me....Sounds terrible what you went through. How very stressfull. At least now its over but I feel that you may want to consider getting a lawyer...just a thought

Glad you are better but your body has gone through a lot. It will take time to feel like yourself again..I am thinking at least six weeks

Hugs

Hello, LovesShelly. Healing well is good.