Gallbladder stones

I haven't had my gallbladder removed, but I have done many "liver flushes" over the past 20 years, including several since becoming paralyzed.
wellnessmama.com/38/liver-gall-bladder-cleanse/

If the surgery is laparoscopic, be prepared for discomfort and possibly some really janky AD because of the gas - the hole they make to remove the stones and/or gallbladder itself will be small, and so will the incisions they use to fill up your belly with gas so they can see the gallbladder.

All that gas, though? It has to get reabsorbed, and until it is, it will hurt and stretch out all your muscles. With AB folks they get them moving ASAP.

My bariatric procedure was laparoscopic and not only did the gas hurt, properly hurt, I had bad AD for about eight days. What helped the most was as much flopping around and wiggling as I could tolerate, massaging my belly and heating pad. Painkillers? Useless. Surgeon? Completely ignorant about AD.

Also, expect your bowels to be kind of wonky while your body sorts out what to do about changes in bile for digestion.

Best wishes that all goes smoothly.

A friend of ours. He’s a compete C6, 18 years out. He says the first month was a nightmare (he lives alone and is very independent, but he spent the first month after surgery in a SNF), but he can’t articulate what was so awful - he says his pain was well-managed, he had no AD and that the colostomy really improved his bowel routine, so I don’t understand what was so horrible and suspect maybe it was being in the SNF. He says that managing the colostomy stuff - wafer (?) and bag - has been challenging but he thinks it’s the best choice he’s made since he was injured. Oh, and he uses a fiber supplement- fibercon - now to manage the consistency of his waste and finds that to be very helpful. Sorry I couldn’t get more detail from him. He lives in a very rural area and “won’t internet.”

I ask because everyone I have spoken to who has had their gallbladder removed has said they had to rush to the commode when the time came to poo. That is not good as a quad considering the bathroom here at work is not accessible and I live a 1/2 hr from home. If I get a colostomy done I can get 6 mos off work at 60% salary which is what I'm leaning toward.

Before being SCI, I used to do liver flushes whenever I felt pressure or pain in the gallbladder area. It's much more difficult to do a liver flush now that I'm SCI, but I've done several since my accident March, 2014. The cleanse always gets some debris out, and sometimes stones. In following days, I feel the return of energy and clear thinking. And in the gallstone/liver area, I feel nothing at all,...which is how it should be. We detoxify everything, including medications, in our liver, so if it's clogged up, it can't do its job. Just Google 'liver flush'. Every alternative therapy site has it's own version.

This one gives ingredients and then instructions.
www.holistichealthherbalist.com/liver-cleanse-recipe-liver-flush/

"Here are the ingredients:

• Organic apple juice (I buy the large gallon size as I need it)
• Organic whole apples, or a malic acid supplement
• 4 TB Epsom salt
• 3 cups of filtered water
• ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large organic grapefruit (I prefer ruby grapefruit) OR 3 organic lemons (needs to be fresh squeezed from the fruit!) to make at least 1/2 cup of juice"