First major complication over… almost
Been reading up on it, and gall bladder removal (cholecystectomy) is a complication in 10 percent of GBS patients. Gallstones affect about 30 percent of us, but not everyone has the dang thing yanked out. Some doctors take out the gall bladder while they’re in there. Some will only do that if there are stones or sludge present. Mine got a complete bill of health barely a year and a half ago, before the GBS.
This was a bad one–I’ve seldom been so miserable for so long. Hours in ER waiting rooms, both at Alton Memorial Hospital, which was useless, and Barnes Jewish in St. Louis, which was of some use. Horrible, ravaging pain, which has yet to completely diminish, but is distinctly better. This all because I am not just one in a million, I’m one in ten. I hate statistics.
Oh well, there are worse things - could have ended up with a bleeding ulcer or hernia. Think I’ll take the gall bladder, all things being equal. At least, thank the good Lord, it’s done! Thank you, Dr. David Linehan of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. You rock!
