Is gallbladder removal scheduled for next week premature?

Keep your gallbladder, if you possibly can! Mine was removed in 2012 after I had told several doctors that it was going out, but I had a Pipida scan, and they told me I was wrong, even though my alkaline phosphatase level was raised in my blood! After removal, I couldn’t eat or even drink water for about 10 days and had to go back into the hospital where they gave me some kind of medicine, whose name I’ve forgotten, which removed cholesterol from my stomach, I think. I took it for nine weeks, and then became allergic to it, which is par for the course for me. I lost 60 pounds and nearly died and had to subsist on mashed potatoes and canned carrots for many years. Eventually, I was able to start eating other soft foods, but I’m still on a completely bland diet and in fact, I’ve started blending my food because I was having so many stomachaches. A doctor told me that if you have IBS before gallbladder surgery, it will be 1000 times worse. Well, I would say maybe 1 million. It’s a life changer, for sure. I can’t have any spices, no raw vegetables, no tomato sauce, the list goes on. Our gallbladders are critical for some of us! I’m so angry about it. Doctors rely on tests rather than intuition these days, apparently. Good luck!

The ultrasound can give false negative report. Clinical evaluation and a good history is best. I have had a number of patients with stable scans but post op pathology was showing acute and chronic changes.

I had a HIDA scan ..I think it's "nuclear"... it was easy..and revealed sludge..I had been suffering from extreme gastro issues for a long time.. and didn't know about this.. no pain.. but potassium levels so high from eating cantaloupe (I thought that was healthy.. but too high potassium can cause some illness .. I forget what the name of it is..my termite guy said.. they should have checked your gall bladder right away.. they did his grandfather's).. anyway it just happened to show up on a chest CT.. they surgeon said ..it has to come out NOW..why didn't they check this before.. my PCP (an angel!! ) had the idea to check the lung CT..so ..the surgery.. I thought I was allergic to Lidocaine and they put a label on my gown NO lidocaine. 2 anesthelogists (spelling?) said we won't use it.. while on the table with the breathing mask on I heard the lady say..add the lidocaine.. and I fought so hard 2 men had to hold me down... it took so long to wake me up.. and I was very ill..live lone.. my sister in law took me.. but couldn't stay the night.. so NOW the hospital has a new policy ..if a patient is allergic to something they won't give it to them.. I kept a copy of my original preop..and all the copies from the chart.. the DR was very angry at me on follow up visit..accused me of harping.. so then I've continued to develop one digestive issue after another..but now sure it was the gallbladder.. at least I know I don't have gall stones!! And don't worry about potassium.. (I thought I was having a heart attack from it that time and sent the repair man home.. didn't want to die in front of him..) I'll be praying you make the right decision!! Always keep a copy of everything.. I have cabinets ful.. but they don't eat anything..the HIDA scan was very easy.. they wanted me to drink milk and I'm allergic so I used a vanilla plant based Ensure..has to be "fatty".. I hope this helps you!! God bless you!!

Hida Scan is normally used to measure how well ur gallbladder is working. Before I had my gallbladder removed in 2021, a regular abdomen scan picked up some issues w/gb. But I had no symptoms or pain until 2021 - worst year of my life after breast cancer. In 2021, I started having an odd taste in mouth. Then I would experience pain in my right quadrant of abdomen and I was unable to eat. I ended going to ER @ hospital about five times in about a two month period. Each time they were unable to see anything. Finally, I met w/a general surgeon after my primary referred me. Surgeon said sometimes MRIs or scans don't always pick up anything. However, he felt that GB was going out. I have not had any pain since its removal. It did take my body three months to recover and eat normal again. I lost 15 lbs because I had no appetite.