I am due to have my gallbladder out on Friday! I am so scared 😩
I have minimal help at home & I have a 2.5 year old & a 4 month old. My partner can take a few days off work, but after that it is just me!
Anybody have any tips or recovery stories?
Also, how long did you not drive for?
I have had two c-sections and I found recovery pretty easy with them both. But I just feel petrified for this operation even though I assume as it is keyhole, that is is much less invasive!
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I was able to look after my three month old and EFB two days after surgery alone, the recovery was fairly easy for me and felt like I had done a hard core work out for about a week or so but otherwise with paracetamol it was manageable. Just keep taking the paracetamol and ibuprofen even if you don’t feel like you need to for a few days is what a was advised!
I think I drove after three days, just short trips to the shop etc and then increased it. I did do my first drive alone and without my baby just incase.
I also went in at 11am and was out by 4:30/5pm with my baby so it’s was a quick turnaround. Hope the surgery goes well 🥰x

Everyone has varying experiences but I wish you a speedy recovery for me having mine out has been the best decision for my quality of life back!!
In my experience I had a pretty easy and straight forward recovery with minimal pain I was up and walking within an hour and they recommended walking to ease the gas out your body they pump you with so slow movements hourly is good and I was told not to hold my son but that wasn’t really possible although I refrained for the first 3 days I had no choice once my partner went back to work but I didn’t get any problems xx