webenda wrote:MurphOnMillerAve wrote:...I lost my gall bladder...
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That seems like a strange thing to lose. Is it common, I mean, for people to lose their gallbladder? I actually have never seen mine, so if I did lose it, how would I know what to look for? Should I have mine checked... in case I have already lost it and didn't notice it missing?
Apparently, it had been long-gone before I had arranged for its removal. And as far as knowing when it has become defective or dead, oh, believe me, you will know, though you may suspect, as I did , that you are having a heart-related episode. I would wish the pain on nobody ,and certainly not you, Wayne.
Before my episode, I never gave my gall bladder any thought. Then, on a trip quite a distance from home, to Upstate NY, after a long hike, I returned to the motel, ate, and attempted to sleep. That attempt lasted for the entire night, with pain starting and remaining in the center - it seemed - of my torso, then radiating over my left shoulder to the center of my back, accompanied by a sustained stomach ache and vomiting.
Early the next morning, I walked downstairs to the night clerk's desk and announced I thought I was having a heart attack. He asked if I wanted an ambulance, but I declined , saying I'd attempt to drive myself to the hospital, which was nearby (couple of miles.)
When I entered the ER, I announced to the Admissions nurse that I thought I was having a heart attack. That motivated them super fast into a whole series of tests, etc. While speaking to one of the nurses, I mentioned the vomiting. She reacted to that strongly, asserting she suspected the vomiting did not indicate a heart episode but, rather, gall bladder problems.
Further tests indicated the gall bladder so they scheduled me for surgery right away. They contacted my wife, at my request. I told her and the attending physician that I would travel the 3-4hrs homeward for such surgery, to my own familiar hospital and doctors. I did not want my widfe inconvenienced with a desperate drive alone to join me Upstate and possibly find a corpse waiting for her, and then having to deal with that problem - alone. The startled doctor said, and I quote her exactly, "
You'll die at the side of the road! You need this surgery NOW."
I declined, signed out, called the motel, saying Goodbye, and hit the road, having been assure it was not my heart that was the problem.
I have a theory that the gall bladder's decline and demise had been signaled by a series of "heartburn" events I had been having for several months, after even simple snacks of ice cream or bowls of cereal. So, Wayne, is persistent heartburn a signal from your gall bladder that you are in trouble? I leave the answer to that question to my betters. I don't even know if a gall bladder can be "checked," as you mentioned.
that's all why I lost my gall bladder in 2015
How long the ordeal (for both) would be would be a factor, too. 
