You know, one other thing to consider here is this: the other patients who had their GB removed, did the staple pattern look EXACTLY the same? If so, this points to a problem with his film cartridges rather than with your body. With every cholecystectomy, there is a little bit of variation in the anatomy, the number of staples, etc., so each should look unique.
I seriously doubt that anyone would take your GB without your knowledge. It's not commercially viable and we don't give anyone GB transplants. You live just fine without one. The other thing is that it is not impossible, but really, REALLY difficult, to remove the GB without incising the skin. You would have some laparascopic scars on your belly.
Symptoms of gallbladder removal include intolerance of fatty food (nausea, cramps, diarrhea), but this usually lasts for only about 2 weeks before the body adapts. That's the only symptom indicative of lack of a gallbladder.
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Originally Posted by frostfire
can one be born without gallbladder? There's a baby born without brain and only brainstem.
Without bile secretion, one would notice diffferent color then?
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Haven't heard of it, but anything is possible. The gallbladder simply stores and concentrates bile, while the liver makes and secretes it. If you never had a gallbladder, you wouldn't really notice anything. If your liver fails to produce bile, you notice that your stools turn a pale gray color. And you get yellow. Then you bruise really easily. Then you get confused. Then you die.
Bear gallbladders are harvested in Asian countries so we can drink the bile. Supposed to be for virility or something. The QPs here probably know far more about this cultural tidbit than I. So are you large, hairy, do you crave salmon, and sleep all winter?
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