Gallbladder removal?!? Help???

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Okay!!! I went to urgent care last night and it turns out I may need my gallbladder and appendix removed. I’m going to be getting a CT scan done soon but it’s most likely that I’ll need to take them out 
Has ANYONE had these surgeries done??? How long does it last and what were your healing times? I’ve NEVER had surgery in my life and I’ve never been sedated at all so idk what to expect 😥
I’m sorry I’m really freaked out I’m currently in massive amounts of pain and I can’t help but panic over the idea of waking up in the middle of surgery or something wrong happening 😰
UPDATE: thanks so much for all the responses and reassurance so far! Makes me feel better on what to expect and what I’m going into :)

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I had my gallbladder removed. it was easy surgery,I went home the next day.  had 3 incisions  (one was large due to the gallstone being so large it wouldnt fit through the tiny incisions they make). I was up moving around and healed within 2 weeks. I had a csection 2 months before so i think i recovered nicely lol.  I did not have any drain tubes

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look up the gallbladder diet
gallbladder removed - it was an outpatient surgery so I went in that morning, had surgery, and went home after I went pee. make sure that you have a pillow with you in case you have to cough or sneeze. I was up moving around within a few days. only have 5 small scars.

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First diagnosed with gallstones during ER visit with serious lower back pain in 2009. Surgery scared me at the time so I put it off for years since the pain was not constant but would come and go. But stupid me of coarse it just got worse and during the worst flare up of my life I rushed to ER and finally had both gallbladder and appendix removed in 2016. It was a microscopic surgery so no big incisions, there were a total of four and each about an inch in length so you would never know today that I had surgery unless i pointed it out. I spent 2 nights in hospital, couple days in bed on pain meds and recovery was about a week. Super sore after surgery but nothing close to the excruciating pain my gallbladder was causing🤮

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never had my gallbladder removed but i haved had 2 surgeries a breast reduction was my first n my 2nd was a myomectomy . coming out of the anesthesia was crazy my 1st one. i remember wanting to throw up n the kids say that i licked their faces lol(but we do that I think i did that because i was happy to be alive lol) n the tubes front the breast reduction ... after u get over being groggy u will be ok praying for u

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I had my gallbladder removed during a 2 week hospital stay, so I didn’t get to go home the day of the surgery like most people. My recovery also took longer because I have some chronic health issues. It’s been a month since the surgery and my scars still haven’t completely closed up. The gas they put in your abdomen during laparoscopic surgeries is awful because it’s super painful when it escapes through your shoulders, but it only lasts a couple days. And for like a day or two after the surgery it will really hurt to change position or anything else that puts stress on your abdominal muscles but they’ll give you pain meds for that. Just make sure you get up and walk around (even when it hurts) to avoid blood clots and breath deeply to avoid pneumonia and your recovery will go much faster :)

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gallbladder removed in 2013 and was a crazy easy procedure.. went back to work 5 days later.. recovery was easy

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Ive had both removed an neither of them are that bad....i was back to almost normal within a week 😊

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I had my gallbladder removed. worst part of it was the drainage tubes I had for a week. its not that bad though. just be sure to have someone bring you a pillow for the ride home. hold the pillow against your stomach to help any bouncing the car may do.

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I had my gallbladder removed in 2013. 
I soent an entire year going to the ER with chronic back aches!! Like the worst back aches I’ve ever felt. I would lay in bed and cry that something wasn’t right and it was gonnabhve to be operatedon... I think they thought I wanted pills... but my back was bad. 
Finally the last time I went the doc in the ER just HAPPENED to be a gastroenterologist! He said ‘why the hell has no one checked this.’ 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ that evening my gallbladder burst and I had emergency surgery. 
I was in the hospital for 2 days and then I slept it off at home for about 4-5 days and was back at school(beauty school) 9 days after my surgery!!! Stretching hurt for a few weeks... but literally less than 3 weeks later I went to Taylor Swift concert and I was back to normal!!!

Gallbladder removal?!? Help???

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