On 8/20/2013 5:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 20/08/2013 10:07 AM, George Leppla wrote:
>
>> Not fun and kind of scary if you don't know why it is happening. Two
>> weeks after my gall bladder surgery I had a wonderful dinner of fried
>> chicken, french fries... you get the idea. What happened about 30
>> minutes later was almost legendary.
>
> Hold it. What are you saying?... that it used to hit you thirty minutes
> later and now it doesn't?


Yes... the body acclimates and adjusts to not having a gall bladder
after time. It learns how to not dump so much bile at once and how to
deal with what is dumped better.


>I was looking forward to being able to eat
> the occasional order of deep fried fish and chips, though the cardiac
> diet recommends I avoid that. I never could handle greasy food.

Everyone is different. Sounds like you were dumping bile directly into
the intestine already. Just be aware that this can happen and take
things slowly and see how you react.


> Thanks. This laproscopic surgery was a piece of cake compared to the
> heart surgery. It took me almost 6 months to get back to where I am
> after just two days after the GB.

Laproscopic surgery is a great step forward in medicine. It has
limitations and some drawbacks but all in all, it is a pretty wonderful
medical advance. I've had both kinds (lap and open) and if given a
choice, I would take lap surgery any day.

George L