DEAR DR. GOTT:
I am a 50-year-old male. I recently had my gallbladder removed.
Could you explain what the symptoms of this condition are? Could the problem have been taken care of without surgery and what are the two types of surgery used?
I don’t know why I had my gallbladder removed, how it was removed and what symptoms I had that indicated it was my gallbladder that was the problem. Is gallbladder removal surgery serious?
DEAR READER:
When I got your letter, I sat rather dumbfounded at my desk for several minutes and had to reread it four or five times to make sure that what I was reading was really what you wrote.
I am thoroughly shocked that you do not even know what your symptoms were! [Read more...]