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Hi. I have posted on this site over my gallstones and gallbladder removal. As my op draws closer (6th August)
Im still fretting and being a big wimp over the fact that i wont wake up after being put to sleep and worrying about things such as what if they nip any of my other organs, serious complications becoming involved...
Is still normal for me to be fretting so much over what the doctors say is 'minor surgery?'
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sally_14743 helen1983
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Or flying in a plane.
You are having to trust a surgeon and his team. That's not being in control.
just except you are a worrier. And like me you always imagine the worst. But your logical side knows this operation is a day surgery it's a straight forward operation. Your fear of not waking up is just fear. They give very light short lived anaesthetics for day surgery so you come round quickly and can go home. Within hours.easily brought round. If it was a risky operation you would be kept in over night.
Worse case scenario there is a complication in surgery and they have a little extra to do. Your asleep..you won't be aware of it that's there problem..... They may then keep you in overnight to check your ok and your home the next day ..... You wait once it's done you'll be saying it was a breeze... ( I burst into tears when they came to my room to take me down for surgery I was so scared) 3 hours later I was drinking mint tea and saying it was a breeze.and having a joke with the nurses .. Nerves are a curse ... Believe me it was worth having it done .. Nerves and anxiety come and go.
helen1983 sally_14743
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stella43632 sally_14743
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sally_14743 stella43632
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I had symptoms for 15 years before my gp twigged what was wrong. I was told I had gastritus and ulcers. I had a very nervous stomach . If I am nervous feel sick instantly. So therefore the constant waves of nausea and the milder attacks of vomiting were diagnosed as nerves. The massive colic attacks which I had roughly once a year were diagnosed as food poisoning or a tummy bug . And my rolling around on the floor almost fainting with pain was propberly viewed as ott.
I managed mine by diet without knowing it my brain got a phobia of meat and fat . So my symptoms were bearable. But once diagnosed with a gallbladder packed with gallstones all my symptoms made sense. Since removal in February . I am a different person. My symptoms were not nerves they were gall stones. I didn't realise how nauseous I was always feeling. Now I can eat fruit salad etc acidic foods no heartburn. I can eat food meat etc no sickness no intigestion. I am calmer and have more energy.
The operation is safe but most of all it's cures the problem. People who have side effects after have other things wrong that the operation doesn't solve. But for me I have no acidic stomach problems now. My bile is dripping into my tummy at the right rate now . My stomach feels healed of gastritus and ulcers.
You will feel a new women. Yes an operation is scary especially for us anxious control freaks !!! Lol
we hate the thought of being unconscious and not in control!!!!!
But I wish I had been diagnosed 15 years ago.... I am 50.
Hope all goes well Sally
stella43632 sally_14743
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sally_14743 stella43632
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wont be long ... And you will see the difference in yourself ...
pc76807 helen1983
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dorcas44815 helen1983
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Although the "minor surgery" is a bit incorrect. My surgeon said that while it was a routinely performed op that it was still considered major abdominal surgery and was therefore not to be taken lightly.
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