so unexpected thing is unexpected

[seperis]

Went to ultrasound; doctor states I have gallstones?

God, that word just lacks style so much. The question mark is more a product of my lack of ability to put this in context or like, you know, wtf? I am going to be consulting with a surgeon, or so my doctor reports. I feel this entire thing is a product of the fact that this morning I was texting svmadelyn about how pretty the hospital is. And it is! Glass and steel and a garden and all modern and comforting and now, you know, surgery.

Okay, yes, of course I googled, but you know, people who have had this or done this or whatever, give me an idea of what level of panic I need to be graduating to? I am more at the stage of "what the hell".

*sighs and hits google* I reserve the right to be really weird about this for a while.

ETA: I am breaking my soda only on weekends rule. Wikipedia is so very--informative. I've named my gallbladder Horace. If something has this many issues, it gets a name that is easier to use for hating it purposes.

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[dhrachth.livejournal.com]

My Dad should have gotten his gallbladder out but was afraid of surgery and kept putting it off. He had various complications and eventually it ruptured and he ended up with emergency surgery, a giant scar, and three weeks in intensive care.

My grandmother had hers out, just like her doctor recommended, and was back to normal in a couple weeks and much better off afterwards.

Although I'm sure some doctors are a bit surgery happy and recommed removal prematurely, you can make yourself a lot worse by letting fear of surgery get to you.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

I think that's pretty much my freak-out place; I've never been under general and the idea of it freaks me out. The closest I came was a drip for what they called twilight sleep when they were biopsying my lungs when I had pneumonia; I was very stoned and really zen, but still conscious and had my memory (which was in retrospect informative, but at the time I was mostly finding the video just hilarious--lungs! Tiny tiny cutting thing! Cool!

Thanks for commenting!

hoping you feel better

[name_les]

I have ADHD, hypoglycemia, tons of allergies, and generally only need the minimum dose of drugs for pain/anesthesia (slow to metabolize?). Summary: Sensitive System - At the very leat, most drugs make me feel weird.

I've been under general anesthesia more times than I can recall. One time I was under for 8 hours. The surgery itself, laser surgery (when it was fairly new) to reduce the size of the hemangioma on my left vocal chord N throat, didn't last that long. After part of the tumor was burned away, they couldn't get the bleeding to stop. Apparently, my doctor took a break while I remained under (this is typical during long surgeries). He may have actually gone to consult a colleague, but when he told me the story, it sounded as if he was wandering the halls and just happened to run into someone helpful. :D Anyway, they packed the area with ADRENALINE to stop the bleeding. When I woke up, I was rather IRRITABLE. And nauseous and hungover. I always woke up feeling like I'd been on a bender. I don't remember feeling depressed, mainly because I was so damn glad to be alive.

I was always anxious about going under, but it had to be done. Lots of things can go wrong, though usually don't. Srsly, I am not the luckiest person yet I've survived general anesthesia multiple times! \O/