Dealing with symptoms after Gallbladder surgery

@sciograndma, My thoughts and prayers are included with this reply. Being in a rural area can pose a disadvantage to many patients who are seeking care, as you are well aware. Might I ask if your doctor has intervened and made contact with your insurance due to the fact that you 'need' this colonoscopy, and that there is a discrepancy between in network/out of network with your specialist and hospital? In my town, I have already been billed by the ER physician as being out of network while hospital is in network. Most of the time my insurance makes the adjustment, but on occasion, I have had to make the contacts myself.
Doctors are here to address our medical needs, and often not aware of the oddities of our insurances. There must be a person in the office who handles the insurance claims and billings. You and they might have to keep on making contacts and advocating for your health. Why don't you call your doctors office on Monday?
Or is there an in network provider/facility who is within a reasonable distance for you to get to?

thank you for your prayers!! The dr doing the colonoscopy has had his office resubmit the request. It just takes time...which I am not sure I have a lot of. Thanks for your suggestions!

I have gallbladder surgery about awk ago.. I've been having really bad pain in the middle of my back. Little shortness of breath.

Hi @shannanpruett57 and welcome to Connect. You may have noticed I moved your post to this existing discussion on gallbladder surgery so that you can connect with others with similar experiences. Simply click VIEW & REPLY in order to read what others have said.

I'd like to introduce you to fellow Connect members @missdraggunn and @kozlo52 who have both had gallbladder surgery and may be able to offer you support.

Back to you @shannanpruett57 what has your doctor said about this back pain?

Many many many people I talked to said they've had shortness of breath and pain in the abdomen for a while after surgery. Like 4 weeks sometimes. I had back pain for about a week and the abdomen pain was off and on. Worse in the evenings. Better in the morning. It takes time.
I know my hospital gave me a tummy pillow and a breathing thing I sucked into for 15 seconds to help my lungs to prevent post op pneumonia.

Hello I just had my gallbladder surgery on Tuesday and I am having a hard time with nausea. How long will that last and is it common?

Welcome to Connect, @snoel. When my husband had gallbladder removed a couple of years ago, he had a difficult time with even clear liquids in early recovery days. I think that he was able to try small amounts of bland foods after 4-5 days. He mostly sipped tea and broth while he introduced toast, crackers and soup. In a couple weeks he was eating things like mashed potatoes and puddings with some soft chicken. He had no problem with gradually progressing to a more normal diet with no spicy or fried foods. Now after several years, he pretty much eats whatever he wants.
It's nearly 1 week since your surgery. How are you feeling today? Do any foods sound appealing to you? Do you have a scheduled follow-up with your surgeon or PCP?

Thanks for replying, I don’t feel to good. I started eating toast and I’ve lost 10 pounds in a week. I’m just disgusted. They also told me I have severely obstruction sleep apnea and they want to do surgery to take out my tonsils. I’m 50 years old and don’t think I will make it. This surgery has took a lot of me. What do I do?

Wow I read your story and I’m complaining please forgive me. I think you’re a strong woman. God Bless you.

Feel free to scroll through past posts to see what myself and others have experienced. I am doing better each week. Now almost 2 months past surgery. I still have occasional nausea and still working with my GI doctor to get a permanent solution. I developed IBSC after surgery which stemmed from my chronic constipation I've always had but my body was over producing bile and it couldn't pass. Also I have general anxiety and some of my nausea came from me feeling terrible for so long. I get spells of nausea usually stemming from acid. I have a hard time with full fat dairy and caffiene especially. Other than that I've been eating more and more each week, still loosing weight though (probably from not eating a lot a lot). The nausea was very high especially before and after surgery. Then I'd say 3 weeks after I seen it start decreasing dramatically. Now the past month it's been very light spells usually once or twice a day.