Got my gallbladder out yesterday with a little extra surprise
So I had my surgery yesterday to get my gallbladder removed. Everything went pretty textbook where that was concerned. The doctor found two large stones and noted inflammation. Still waiting on the full pathology report.
It was my first surgery under general anesthesia. The only other surgery I had was my c section 6 years ago which was performed with a spinal so I was awake for the whole thing. Apparently, I had a reaction during my surgery yesterday to the anesthesia and broke out in a rash/hives that quickly went away with Benadryl that they gave. It was so transient that when I woke up a few hours later I noticed nothing about my skin. But that's a fun little note I'll need to inform any anesthesiologist in the future.
My doctor also found a small umbilical hernia (1cm) when performing the incision in my belly button. I have had pain around my belly button for years now whenever I would do some more strenuous tasks. I told my PCP about it and he chalked it up to my mild diastasis recti and sent me to PT which did help. But this whole time (since being pregnant) I've had this and likely would have never caught it unless something bad happened if I didn't have my gallbladder surgery! He sewed out the hole that was causing it for me so I guess I got a two-for-one yesterday.
My healing is going great so far. I have some pain in the largest incision and in the space between the three that are around where my gallbladder was. Haven't tried to eat any solids yet but that's today's plan . Because I have had a c section, my body has a good memory of how to move with abdominal pain like this so I've been using my arms and legs a lot to get up and down so it's not all on my core. If any of you are going to have surgery soon I highly suggest you practice lifting yourself off the bed using your arm strength so you can feel what the motion is like.
Anyways wanted to share a little bit of a success story (so far).