Galbladder problem

Hi thank you for your reply, my mother went to the doctors and they said if she hasn't heard from the hospital in 2 weeks for the date for surgery to contact the doctor back and they will chase it up. She is eating hardly anything and is weak obviously though she is spending most of her time in bed shes up a little while to do a bit of this and that .shes slow and a little unsteady. She wont let me intervine in getting her back to hospital. She is prefering to wait for an appointment. I dont think she will be strong enough for an op at this rate. So I am just feeling frustrated worrying for her and I think the hospital should havd done more indepth tests etc on her and as shd had a temperature it would indicate an infection though i dont know if she has a temperature though she said she didnt. I will ring 111 tomorrow see what they say.

Hi Sarah I dont have much faith in thier judgement. They are not quick enough to follow through and seeing different consultants appears to cause inconsistent opinions of diagnosis if a consultant cant seem to find the problem to then discharge a patient when they could have a life threatening medical problem. What happened with you shows when it comes to making serious decisions they are way too blas'e. Not all were incompetant most were doing thier job properly with my mum until the last consultant she saw made a decision to send my mother home rather than keep her in overnight and do the scan the following morning then they could have kept her under observation and if needed to have an emergency operation. Now i feel his attitude as I explained in my first message on here has in turn made my mother have to wait weeks for an op. She is only in her early 70s and is a generally fit and healthy woman who leads an active life. Other than her diabetes she has always been well with a trim figure.my mother is very young at heart and mind Intelligent and witty. Its as if he is treating her as if shes just an elderly woman who was overacting about her symptoms, he did not examine her himself before discharging her.he was the last consultant to see her before she left hospital. I have been keeping a daily record of everything said and what tests and results on her since she first went into hospital. I am going to wait and see how she is tomorrow and will ring 111 tomorrow for advice if they can help. My mother wont ask now for a doctor or go to hospital before the appointment because shes been told of the impending op in a few weeks but I dont feel she can wait if shes so weak. Seems to me if she was a private patient she probably would have had more indepth investigation into her present health relating to her galbladder and decisions made sooner. her lack of appetite is only going to make her worse while shes waiting.

Since writing this the hospital still has not admitted her for a pre op consultation. That was told to her 2 weeks ago that she would hear from them .the hospitals admins are rubbish! Every person is treated as a number . She has not been exam8ned any further no one has had her back. So how do they know what is going on with her.she is weak.harly eats much.she is very unsteady. She has no appetite. What i believe is going on is worse than known. Forget age.shes a human being . Shes my mum. Shes young at heart and always been well.never over wieght. She hasnt needed to go to the hospital for 25 years. Shes amazing and is being treated like shes of no interest. I hate all of the hospital workers that are failing her.so i have kept a diary of it all .mark my words i will make sure they are accountable for the neglect.