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Liver resection

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karen47506
karen47506

i am having a liver resection next week. Open surgery to remove a large cyst on my liver. Gallbladder out also. Any advice. Very nervous!

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  • gill70346
    gill70346 karen47506

    Posted

    I had a liver resection last September due to lots of stones caused by Caroli's disease.  Do you know how much of your liver is going to be removed? Half of mine was removed. I was in HDU for 1 day, and then Liver Ward for 6 days. I then went home and by Christmas I was feeling almost normal. In my case it was a bit more complicated than for most as I am a wheelchair user and also insulin treated diabetic (Type 2). The lady in the next bed to me also had a liver resection because of cysts and was only in 4 days.

    The worst thing I found was all the drains, drips and tubes that are in you when you first get back to the ward. Depending on your pain threshold that was not too bad and the staff do make a huge effort to make sure it is well controlled - in my case patient controlled analgesia via a drip and I could control how much I had. Two really important things - make sure when you can start walking that you go for short walk at least once an hour, and if you are given breathing exercises do them regularly. Before you can start walking also do foot exercises which they should also show you.

    If you have any specific questions please do get in touch. I will try to answer them based on my own experience.

     

    • karen47506
      karen47506 gill70346

      Posted

      Thanks ! Feeling nervous !was your resection open surgery . Mine is because of the plac of the cysts
    • gill70346
      gill70346 karen47506

      Posted

      Originally it was going to be keyhole but in the end it had to be open because there were far more stones than expected. It does take quite a while to recover but one of the Hingis I found helped was not to do too much ch too soon
    • gill70346
      gill70346

      Posted

      sorry things not Hingis!!!
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