So I have already seen the resident and the surgeon this morning and both went on and on with how lucky I was ... so between them I was told:
Normally the proceedure to take out a gallbladder lasts 45 minutes ... I was in surgery over 3 hours
My gallbladder was 5 times the size of a healthy gallbladder ... as Dr. D. said, "It was so very very very sick"
The stone in my gallbladder that blocked a duct and stared all this was the size of a marble
They were one minute from just cutting open the abdomen because getting it out lapriscopically was just proving very difficult ... but they were able to do it ... my lapriscopic incisions are a bit larger than they would normally be (which I am super fine with) ...
Dr. D. had photos of everything and I actually said yes to seeing them ... they were pretty gross ... he said again and again while looking at the photos I was so very lucky ... he wasn't sure why the ER doc that got assigned me didn't immediately operate ... he said it couldn't have gone any longer than Monday ...
I told him I felt so stupid I didn't know this is what was happening a month ago when I had paid ... he told me stones take years and years to develop ... that most people never have any symptoms and nothing ever happens ... and that there would be no reason for me to automatically know when getting a backache it was the gallbladder ... he said to just keep realizing how lucky I was ... which I do ...
OK I a wiped out now ... I woke up feeling great but I think I already need to rest ...
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