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Waiting list for surgery.

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patsy1066
patsy1066

I landed up in A&E at UHW, Cardiff on February 14th with excrutiating pain in my side and was diagnosed with gallstones on February 15th after a scan revealed lots of them in my gallbladder. I had my pre-op assessment on March 1st and I'm still waiting for my operation. I contacted my doctor's surgery and was told there was a 36 week waiting list and I probably wouldn't hear anything until after August 17th. It seems a bit pointless to have a pre-op and have to wait this long for the actual surgery in my opinion. So far I haven't had any bad attacks since the first one, a couple of times I thought I was going to end up in hospital again but it didnt happen. I would like to get it done though. Fed up of being on the low fat diet! Thanks for listeningconfused

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  • tasha76634
    tasha76634 patsy1066

    Posted

    I got to wait 4 camera down my throat and some thing done up the back passage then they should have a date 4 my surgery then fingers crossed it will before december x
    • patsy1066
      patsy1066 tasha76634

      Posted

      Sounds uncomfortable Tasha. Good luck, I hope they sort things for you as soon as possible. x 
    • tasha76634
      tasha76634 patsy1066

      Posted

      Im not looking forward to it lol but its got 2 be done thanks x
  • wendy37281
    wendy37281 patsy1066

    Posted

    With me I had no trouble after I went on low fat / dairy free diet drink 3 ml bottles of water a day the surgeon on the morning of op said if I still wanted the op I said yes as I didnt want to have gallstones causing infections again I have tins of soup 0.7 g of fat, cup shots which are cup a soup with pasta , benefit cereals which contain 0.8g of fat greek style fat free yogurts, wholemeal bread dont have sugar got that used to that sort of diet dont miss cheese or margerine I may if I have a cuppa tea have 4 rich tea biscuits as they only contain 1g of fat
    • patsy1066
      patsy1066 wendy37281

      Posted

      From reading lots of posts it seems that staying on the low fat diet  is the way to go even after the op. A lot of people say they still have problems with pain and eating issues. Considering gallbladder trouble is such a common illness the medics don't seem to be very knowledgeable about treating the after effects but they're quick enough to operate!

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