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iv got gaulstones and had an infected gaulbladder but am feeling alot better now, but have been told by my gp that he is referring me for surgery but he didnt say how long id have to wait. do any of you know how long it might be? im in the midlands uk.
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eileenhoops loz72370
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alistair95425 loz72370
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you say GP is referring you for surgery, but you must be seen by a relevant Surgeon, who may well have a couple of scans first, maybe a MRI ir HIDA scan. He wont just jump in on the GP's say so!
With my experience once results back and depends how quickly after seeing surgeon you have the tests, then if all confirmed it can beanything up to 3 months provided you don't have anyu adverse problems beforhand,and I am sure they'd need to know that you are ok to have op if your gallbladder has previously been infected. Certainly like my surgeon, he wanted to be sure that removing gallbladder was the right cause of action.
wish you well
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When I was in hospital for 10 days this time last year they were going to try and remove the bladder then but after 3 days of not being able to fit me in I was released and told by the surgeon it would be about 4 weeks. 3 weeks passed and I chased up the hospital to be told 4 weeks was totally unrealistic and ended up with an appointment 5 weeks later in early March, unfortunately my surgery was pulled whilst in theatre due to detection of a heart problem, I was then referred to a cardiologist, this took them 2 weeks to send me a letter to ask me to call and make an appointment, when I called I had a 3 month wait to see them at end of May which was a total waste of time as after a raft of tests all the cardiologist said was known his opinion I was fit for surgery and that they should have tried administering this or that drug to bring my heart under control, which he said from reading the notes they had not. It then took them 2 weeks to write to me to say I could now have surgery, I then didn't get an appointment till mid November some 22 weeks later. I had hoped that I would have been a priority after being cleared for surgery but I obviously wasn't and was firmly at the bottom of the list.
It's funny though that after my surgery the surgeon said had they realised how bad my bladder was they would have taken it out in January, I did say I was in hospital for 4 days and hooked up to a morphine pump for a few days for the pain, bloods taken twice a day and antibiotics being made up specifically from the results of the bloods as per level of infection, I also had ultrasound and an ercp test, I guess there was a failure in communication about how bad I was at the time.
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