Losing parts

[dreamer]

Going to NKC hospital today for gall bladder removal, no stones no sludge , just not working. I told them I’d had it along time and didn’t like to think they’re going to remove parts of me for not working right, I shudder to think of everything else that no longer works right.

 

[Johnnu2]

I guess it would be 'poor form' to ask for your old parts back......???

 

[barrya]

My bet is that the old parts are sent to China for reworking. Barry

 

[Jimbo357mag]

Is there a big market for rebuilt and used gall bladders? :shock: :shock:

 

[contender]

Gall bladder issues are not fun. It changes the way you eat. Miss Penny had her's out several years ago. Her's was so bad, they had to cut her open, & couldn't remove it by laparoscopy. Her recovery from that wasn't fun.
BUT,,, the alternative is much worse. if it ain't working,,, it can cause BIG problems!

Good luck on your surgery.

 

[6mm Remington]

Had mine out a few years back and I have no issues at all still eating what I want.

 

[sfhogman]

Is there a big market for rebuilt and used gall bladders? :shock: :shock:

Yup. Scammers in Asia tell their customers the gall bladders come from bears.

 

[Merle1948]

Going to NKC hospital today for gall bladder removal, no stones no sludge , just not working. I told them I’d had it along time and didn’t like to think they’re going to remove parts of me for not working right, I shudder to think of everything else that no longer works right.

AMEN to that !!! :lol:

 

[Rick Courtright]

Is there a big market for rebuilt and used gall bladders? :shock: :shock:

Hi,

Tell the Chinese it's from a particularly potent bear, and maybe they'll buy it! Poaching bears for their gall bladders cuz the Chinese think that works better than those blue pills is big business.

Rick C

 

[vito]

Losing parts is no fun, but I thank my lucky stars that I was born in an age where such surgery is possible. I would be long dead were it not for the ability of some doctor to fix my problem by removing or repairing one of my parts. I had major blockage in five major vessels of my heart, and went through quintuple coronary bypass, and that was 22 years ago and I am still going strong. After a punctured lung I ended up with a life threatening lung infection and during the surgery to remove 5 quarts of infected material out of my lung I "lost" about one third of that lung, and now 18 years later I am still doing OK. More recently, a CAT scan for a kidney stone showed a mass on my other kidney which turned out to be cancer, and that kidney had to be removed and right now I am fine with the one remaining kidney. And last of all, I have "lost" both knees, about 14 years ago, when I almost had to give up the ability to walk due to severe arthritis, but I walk just fine now with the artificial knees. So as you can see, I have lost a lot of parts and I'm still here on the green side of the grass. Don't get too discouraged at having to give up parts as long as you get to keep the rest of you still working. Stay alive even if you can't stay whole!

 

[Fox Mike]

Hope all went well. Today's manner of removal is much less invasive than in days gone by. Do what the nurses tell you.

 

[coach]

I haven’t really lost any yet but have had a few reworked. That’s good enough for me.
Good luck.

 

[pete44ru]

Had mine out a few years back and I have no issues at all still eating what I want.

I was seized with awful gut pain early in 1977, and so had my gall bladder excised - they said it was diseased & shriveled up like a prune, giving me jaundice, too.

Since I was gonna be knocked out for the surgery, I asked/received from my surgeon a "two-fer" (doing something else while he was in there). My surgeon (ex-USN) didn't even charge me for the extra "work". :mrgreen:

Still eating whatever/whenever, though.


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[Skoopski]

Be sure to keep your receipt so you can get your core charge back... :mrgreen:
Good luck.