If you get your gallbladder removed and your surgeon says it could cause diarrhea for a while but your discharge papers say take stool softener because of the pain medication? Listen to the surgeon.

It hasn’t been a fun couple of days.

Thank you for reading my very short rant. Back to the bathroom!

    • Flying SquidOPEnglish
      6•7 months ago

      I appreciate the advice. I spent a couple of years on various opioids at various dosages due to a shitty neurologist trying and failing to treat a nerve disorder, so I’m pretty aware of what withdrawal is like. It helps that I don’t really like any of the effects of opioids apart from pain relief. I’ll be okay taking it for only 3-4 days and only for pain.

      And yeah, I’m doing a follow-up soon after Christmas. They said 1-2 weeks.

      My issues were not gallstone issues. I had low function in my gallbladder based on certain metrics which led to mild dyskinesia. But even the surgeon said he only gives it a 50/50 chance of working.

      Basically, I have had no solid food since August. I live on Ensure and Gatorade. This is the second time around for that because I couldn’t eat solid food for about six weeks starting in February of this year either. It’s not nausea, it’s a total aversion to food. My doctor described it as like anorexia except with a physical rather than a psychological cause. I also dry heave most mornings when I get up, but nothing has ever come out.

      The good news is I haven’t heaved in two days. The bad news is that the aversion to food has not abated even slightly and I’ve gone two days without heaving before. So we’ll see what happens. If this doesn’t work in 1-2 weeks, it’s off to the Mayo Clinic.

        • Flying SquidOPEnglish
          3•7 months ago

          Good luck to you! I hope every day continues to get better!

        • Flying SquidOPEnglish
          2•7 months ago

          Edit: Ask your doctor about Marinol, it’ll possibly make you munch your heart out. :) (it’s legal THC, and your condition seems chronic enough to warrant the use)

          Re the edit- I just use the real thing. It’s illegal here in Indiana, but it’s legal in neighboring Illinois and I’m very close to the state line. It helps with my trigeminal neuralgia (the nerve disorder) but it hasn’t done anything about my appetite. The only thing it does in regards to this problem is help settle my stomach after the morning heaving.

          If you are a heavy cannabis user, they have to use stronger anesthesia on you, but I seem to be able to tolerate anesthesia without any long-term effects, so that wasn’t a concern.

        • v_krishnaEnglish
          1•7 months ago

          Marinol is not thc and is absolutely garbage compared to full spectrum cannabis products. Assuming you live in a sane state, go get yourself some RSO if you want to see if cannabis can help (I don’t think it will, it doesn’t sound like your symptoms are nausea related lack of appetite)