Gallbladadder op abandoned- really scared

Hi silly old bird, glad you are feeling better today.

Silverlining thanks so much 👍

Glad you’re having a better day Sillyoldbird. Thinking of you x

LadyGaGa

Glad you’re having a better day Sillyoldbird. Thinking of you x

Thanks LadyGaGa xx

Thought I’d just ‘pop in’ to see how you are feeling? Hope you are calm and coping 🍀

Crossstitchfan

Thought I’d just ‘pop in’ to see how you are feeling? Hope you are calm and coping 🍀

Crosstitchfan that’s very kind of you. I’m feeling a lot better about things thanks. I have both my scans next week but the results will not be until two or three weeks later.
I’ think what’s caused the problem is that I had a really bad gallbladder infection last year. Apparently this can cause adhesions so this may be why everything was stuck down and the procedure was abandoned. The scans will be able to see what approach they should take if they decide surgery is still appropriate.

For some reason, I only saw yiur thread today silly old bird. What a roller coaster experience, so frightening. There’s good advice and support here.
Not gall bladder but, I had complex cateract surgery as a result of several episodes of inflammatory eye disease, the pupils were sticky lots of adhesions. I didn’t have the cancer fear but it did complicate all kinds of things
I hope things are soon resolving

Sillyoldbird

Crossstitchfan

Thought I’d just ‘pop in’ to see how you are feeling? Hope you are calm and coping 🍀

Crosstitchfan that’s very kind of you. I’m feeling a lot better about things thanks. I have both my scans next week but the results will not be until two or three weeks later.
I’ think what’s caused the problem is that I had a really bad gallbladder infection last year. Apparently this can cause adhesions so this may be why everything was stuck down and the procedure was abandoned. The scans will be able to see what approach they should take if they decide surgery is still appropriate.

Hello again, thanks for getting back to me. I am glad you seem to be a coping. It’s the waiting that’s the worst!
Hopefully the results will be favourable. Please let us know how you get on

Good luck this week😊

Thanks everyone 😘

Good luck with your scans next week 🍀

How are you Sillyoldbird?

I’m ok thanks Silverlining. Scans all done this week and now waiting for results. As far as I know, they take 2 - 3 weeks.

Glad it’s all done, you just have to wait now. Hope it wont be too long. Keep calm and carry on. Chances are all will be well.

Oh Sillyoldbird I’m sending you a virtual hug. Waiting and worrying is the pits isn’t it? I have terrible health anxiety so I can totally empathise with your distress right now.

Maybe try an OTC calming product? You could ask at your pharmacy. A bit of a crutch to lean on for the next couple of weeks while you wait. Kalms or Bach’s Rescue comes to mind.

Thanks! Surprisingly, I’m coping ok now.
I wouldn’t say I’m on top of the world, but I’m not panicking quite so much now I’ve started to think more rationally.

The scans are not just to rule out anything nasty, but to see how bad everything is stuck down and what approach they can take for surgery.

I know that part of my initial panic reaction was because of my anxiety and the clumsy way I was told about the abandoned procedure.

I have to keep telling myself that gallbladder cancer is very rare and that my symptoms actually fit chronic gallbladder disease, which is the main case if the adhesions they found.

Fingers crossed I’m right .

All the very best to you for a reassuring result. 🤞

I am glad you have an op scheduled. My DH was on the waiting list to see a consultant for 9 months with acute pain episodes from numerous gallstones. Eventually his gall bladder ruptured and he got sepsis. He waited 3 days for an operation. Luckily he survived it.

Unfortunately now that his gall bladder has been removed he suffers from a condition of pancreatic insufficiency. Of course this wasn't mentioned as a consequence at the time.

I wish he had been able to have his gallstones removed as this would have been avoided. Good Luck.

It does seem things have improved for some operations.

Mrsmeldrew sorry to hear you and your husband have been through something so traumatic.

That’s a long wait! I was only 5 weeks from the GP referral to seeing a consultant. I don’t know how long it will be for my next op (if that’s what happens) but don’t expect I need to go back to the bottom of the queue.

I hope he made a good recovery despite the setbacks and his ongoing issues.

Thanks Sillyoldbird. It's another chronic condition to add to the others he has. And of course there is a shortage of the Creon tablets he needs to take for the condition.

He had a scan for pancreatic cancer when this condition was diagnosed and he got the all clear which was very good news.

The consultant said he had to stop drinking alcohol as it would damage his pancreas irreversibly. He has done this - 2 weeks to date, fingers crossed. I am proud of him as he does like a beer or two. I have also cut down alcohol consumption as I feel guilty so that has to be a good thing.

mrsmeldrew I have sent you a PM re Pancreatic Insufficiency.

Mrsmeldrew good luck with the cutting down alcohol. I’m not a big drinker but I do enjoy a few glasses of wine at the weekend. Since all this, I’ve decided to reduce this by half. I can’t say I feel any better but it can’t do any harm. ☺️

Just a bit of an update for anyone interested. I had my scan results today.
Good news - they found no malignancy and I’m scheduled in for a second op in the summer. It may be a bigger op with open surgery instead of keyhole and it will certainly be trickier as my gallbladder is stuck to various organs but I’m just so relieved to get this outcome.
Thank goodness for the NHS. ♥️

What a relief Sillyoldbird, thanks for the update.

Oh phew. What good news sillyoldbird. Well not that you'll need a bigger op but at least it's not something sinister. Good luck when the time comes