Gallbladadder op abandoned- really scared

Sillyoldbird - you’re not the only one who has this fear. These days most cancers are treatable and sone are curable.

Medics are not very good at reassuring people. I was having scans for a post menopausal bleed. One of the nurses asked me if I ‘had anyone with me’. This immediately terrified me. Turns out they were just sending me to another part of the hospital and if I had someone with me they’d need to know. My first thought was ‘they are going to give me bad news and don’t want me to be alone’. Similar things have happened to me over the years. When I worked for the NHS I always explained to patients what was happening in a way that didn’t frighten them. Sometimes ( pre mobile phones) if surgery was running late patients would ask me to phone home to say they were going to be late. I always said, it’s nothing to worry about, I just have a message from so and so, rather than saying ‘ this is the medical centre’.

Thank you everybody. I can cope with the prospect of mores serious surgery (just about). It’s the fear of it being cancer which terrifies me. There was just something about the way the way they were talking to me that suggested they were worried about it.
I had to have a colonoscopy this time last year due to a positive bowel screening test. It turned out ok but I just feel a bit punch drunk with it all, Ive had a phobia of cancer most of my life.

If you were in a private hospital they can’t do anthing other than the operation booked, which is why I prefer the nhs who deal with anything unexpected on the premises.
Private hospitals always send such patients straight back to the nhs hospital for treatment. It’s something a lot of people don’t realise.
I hope it’s dealt with quickly and you get your operation. When I had mine out in an nhs hospital it was my first ever operation at 73. I was fine. You will be too.

As Crossstitch fan says the reality is not as bad as the concoction in your head or something to that effect. Good luck ..

Oh, bless you! What a frustrating, horrible and scary thing to happen. I can understand how you feel and I just wanted to wish you all the best. (Sod this ‘luck’ lark!)
The one thing I can say is that, when I have had things happen to me that have scared me half to death while awaiting the event, invariably, the reality is not as bad as the rubbish your brain comes up with! 💐

Yes mine was abandoned as well and I went into an NHS hospital (2016), it turned out I had a non cancerous lump ( Fibroma) on my liver and the gall bladder was fused, I waited 3/4 days on a day ward waiting for a CT scan then was referred for an MRI and ended up having part of my liver removed as well as the gall bladder a few months later ,I know it's easy to say don't worry, but it isn't easy, as your mind keeps going around like a washing machine.
Hopefully you will be picked back up quickly and your scans escalated to put your mind at rest.

PS I was 78

Oh you poor soul. Anyone would be terribly upset after such an ordeal.

I do hope that you hear more information soon, as often the unknown is so much worse than being informed.

When I had my gallbladder removed by keyhole surgery I was told that it is not unknown for this to be abandoned and open surgery done instead. So this obviously is not all that unusual, and it is a shame that the clinicians weren’t more forthcoming.

Good luck and do keep us updated.

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