Monday 27 June 2011

Still waiting...

Yes i'm still awaiting my surgery and the pain is becoming increasingly unbearable at times plus the fatigue is very distressing. All i seem to be doing these days in between work is staying home in bed as i'm always feeling both physically and mentally drained.

Over a month ago i was admitted again for a week via A&E. This time i was on duty at work when i suddenly collapsed and started vomitting so the porters who found me rushed me to A&E where they got me into resus as my vital signs where not good. When i started to come round and stop vomitting i was moved to majors and was eventually brought up to the ward at about 2am the next morning. I was discharged a week later but they couldn't find out what had caused my episode.

Anyway, at my last clinic appointment last week one of the other surgeons suggested that if Prof Heaton agrees that instead of waiting on the elective list for so long they could do my surgery in the Liver theatre when there is no transplants but in that case they would need to get me in soon but not necessarily do the surgery that day or the next. I would have to wait in hospital until the theatre is free and when Prof Heaton is on duty. I haven't heard anything back yet from the surgeon so i don't know whether it is going to happen or not. Also he asked if i was prepared for another long stay post surgery as it is major surgery and recovery and healing will take a while, so i could be looking at another few months as an inpatient.