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Pain in old gallbladder surgery site

Digestive Health | Last Active: Sep 3, 2023 | Replies (54)

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@martyspeicher123

Thank you so much for taking the time to help educate me with your situation and I do intend to to see a PT. Actually, the PT that came to my home suggested I do massage the area but I thought all of the swelling would just go away and it didn’t.
This was my first surgery - ever, and I was probably a little naive thinking things would go back to normal.

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You’re welcome. I hope you’re able to find something that helps. It was 7 years after my kidney surgery when a PT finally told me: “Just because it’s common doesn’t mean it’s normal,” and that it could get better. It’s not the way it was, but I’ve made progress.

Especially in an emergency, I feel like physicians/providers aren’t really thinking about what happens after the diagnosis is “solved,” that most things have some sort of ripple effect.

i.e. I was told the kidney surgery was “minimally invasive” and most people are back to usual activities within two weeks. That was laughable! But I believed them.

Wishing you all the best.