kaylingr

I had my gall bladder removed by lap just over a week ago. They sent me home the next day. Everyone said I would feel better immediately, and my dr. said I could be up and around again in 3 days. I only had 1 gall bladder attack. It was painful, and it lasted 5 hours, but I didn't think it was worth removing an organ for. They said the ultrasound showed I really needed the surgery. After the surgery, they said I had many small gall stones, a huge one 2.5x2.x2, and another one .6 that was lodged by the duct. They said I would have been in for emergency surgery that week.

The night they released me I was back in the ER with pain and tenderness. They thought it could be a wound infection and sent me home with antibiotics. At this point it was revealed that even though my operation had been done by lap, because of the size and severity, they had had to displace a lot of tissue, and I could expect a more difficult recovery.

2 days later, I was back in the ER with the worst pain by far I have ever had in my life. Much, much worse than the 1 gall bladder attack. It was like a knife stabbing me in the back everytime I tried to breathe. At first they thought it was kidney stones, but they ruled that out. They admitted me.

I was in the hospital for an additional 4 days. They did ultrasound, ct-scans and MRI's. They did every blood test under the sun. Even on morphine, I was still in pain if I breathed too deeply. They thought the pain might be caused by 'impaction' because I had not had a bowel movement since the surgery, (I had been taking Kolace, to no avail). They gave me an enema, which obviously moved my bowels, and insisted I had to eat the hospital 'house diet.'

For 2 weeks before the surgery, they had had me on a no-fat diet, then this house diet was heavier and fattier than anything I would normally eat. (Beef with broccoli, chicken marsala,meatloaf and stuffing) I plead with them just to let me eat some sick peoples food- chicken noodle soup, or rolls, or jello, but no go. After I would force myself to heat the house meals, I would get terrible diarhea- yellow, like a baby's.

I started lieing about eating the meals, and stopped requesting pain medication as much as I could, because I just wanted to be home with my 6 mos. old son, and I no longer believe there is anything they can do for me. They sent me home yesterday, saying there was nothing wrong with me, I was just 'sensative'.

I am still in great pain, which is excruciating whenever I take a deep breath. Is there any hope this will improve? Any idea when? I am supposed to leave on a trip to see my m-i-l, who is mourning the loss of her husband, and my grandmother who is dieing and wants to meet my son, in 3 days. I feel like this is a very important trip, but can't imagine being able to make it. The surgeon says it is fine.

Last night I had a low-fat meal- a very small piece of grilled chicken with Tahini and rice, and was in desperate pain, although it passed within the hour. I haven't had any bm's since I stopped eating the hospital house food, but I am still taking the kolace.

Also, I read on-line that deep breathing and walking are important, they never said that to me. Why is that?

I am in much, much worse pain than before the surgery, and wish I had never had it done. Please help me.

-K.