Concerned about my postop gallbladder test. Thoughts?

@tiglily

Welcome to Mayo Connect. It can be scarry to read imaging tests with out provider explaining. But I also look at mine as soon as published.

You say it was a post-op test? What kind of surgery did you have? At first I thought you had gallbladder removed, but then as read more, sounds like you still have your gallbladder.

Do you have follow up appointment with your provider to go over results?

@roch yes I had gallbladder surgery. Post op appt is next tuesday

@tiglily - I personally had my gallbladder out over 10 years ago, and honestly, I can remember very little about the testing or what was said afterward. I was just so relieved to get that gallbladder out, cause it was causing me extreme pain.

I'm tagging some other members who've had gallbladder removal surgery who may have been told something like you or otherwise be familiar with the terminology: that your doctor sent your gallbladder off for testing since you had an intramural gallbladder (porcelain), and your stone was hard and immovable in the gallbladder wall @msb18 @sq2753sw @cherawgirl @marieryan @gallbladder2014 @christina315 @woodsiechris @claytamos @peter2019.

Have you had the chance to send your surgeon a portal message about the testing results, @tiglily? If so, what did they say?

If you are recently postoperative, your surgeon should have discussed the intraoperative findings with you. The pathology results will take longer, but should be back before your postoperative followup to discuss with you at that appointment. Those findings you mentioned aren't worrisome for cancer, they're just descriptive terms of the specimen by the pathologist. The special tissue stains necessary for cancer cell diagnosis take longer than plain tissue examination but they should be completed by the postoperative visit. I dont think that you have a thing to worry about. You just had a sick gallbladder. Feels great getting rid of that, doesn't it?

Its standard they send it off to pathology for analysis. I wouldnt be too concerned or worried. Mine was similar to yours after it was removed thanks to years of Sphincter of Oddi Dyfunction and a narrow bile duct but no cancer found.