my first gallstone attack was in Jan 2001, 2 weeks before my wedding. They thought I had an ectopic pregnancy so didn't find out about the gallstones until I had several more attacks and had one on the freeway and passed out on the side of the freeway. When I came too, I was literally looking at the hospital right off the freeway. It was Scripps and we had Kaiser insurance so I called my husband to call Kaiser to see if I could go there. I walked into the ER barely able to stand and just collapsed on the ER registration desk. They hooked me up to an IV and got me a CAT scan that came back with the gallstones. When they got my insurance card and realized I had Kaiser they took me by ambulance down to Kaiser in San Diego only to let me go and scheduled my surgery for about 2 weeks later. There was a problem with the IV that Scripps put in, and instead of having to go through the trouble of redoing the IV, I guess they thought it was ok enough to wait. They gave me meds for pain and stuff, and the surgery went well. It was actually a laproscopic procedure and it was an outpatient procedure. I was out of work for a week, but other than that it was ok.
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Ronda
Dr. Callery 11/28/05
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