Gall Bladder Surgery Pre-Game Countdown
As some (most) of you know, I'm having my gall bladder removed Wednesday (tomorrow) at 2:30pm. The hospital has called and we went through all preregistration questions and the do's and don'ts for me for the next 24 hours. I have never been hospitalized for anything before, so I'm slowly starting to get anxious about the situation. The lady on the phone was nice enough and she assured me that "Dr. Brown knows what he's doing and he usually doesn't mess around once he's in there". Thanks lady, that's good to know, but I'm not sure how to take that statement. Do some doctor's mess around once they cut you open and your stuff's all exposed?
This is a laproscopic, out-patient procedure, so unless something crazy happens I should be home later that day. There is a chance that things (i.e. organs) have moved around and in that case they would do a traditional surgery to remove it and I would be staying at the hospital at least over night. But we don't expect anything like that to happen.
So I'm about to head home for my last decent meal before I'm stuck sucking down soup for the next week. I believe we're having pasta with some sort of vodka cream sauce that Steve makes really well (shout out to the Wills's). The camera is charged and ready to take play-by-play photos of the events tomorrow. Dr. Brown has said that some of the OR's are equiped with video recording apparatusi to which I asked if he would record the procedure. He said to remind him of it and he'd see what he can do. Otherwise, he said he would take pictures for me to share. So either way, the next blog should have visualizations for your viewing pleasure!
Well, the time has come and I must shut down my computer and head home. I sure hope this wasn't my last blog ever because it was pretty lame. Just in case know that I love you all. Well most of you anyway. Set a little reminder on your Outlook for 2:30, 11/15/06 and think of me as my organs are being exposed. Habba enjoy and talk to you soon!
Totally Unrelated: For those interested, the team name picked for my World Series of Pop Culture team is "The Nagheenanajars".
This is a laproscopic, out-patient procedure, so unless something crazy happens I should be home later that day. There is a chance that things (i.e. organs) have moved around and in that case they would do a traditional surgery to remove it and I would be staying at the hospital at least over night. But we don't expect anything like that to happen.
So I'm about to head home for my last decent meal before I'm stuck sucking down soup for the next week. I believe we're having pasta with some sort of vodka cream sauce that Steve makes really well (shout out to the Wills's). The camera is charged and ready to take play-by-play photos of the events tomorrow. Dr. Brown has said that some of the OR's are equiped with video recording apparatusi to which I asked if he would record the procedure. He said to remind him of it and he'd see what he can do. Otherwise, he said he would take pictures for me to share. So either way, the next blog should have visualizations for your viewing pleasure!
Well, the time has come and I must shut down my computer and head home. I sure hope this wasn't my last blog ever because it was pretty lame. Just in case know that I love you all. Well most of you anyway. Set a little reminder on your Outlook for 2:30, 11/15/06 and think of me as my organs are being exposed. Habba enjoy and talk to you soon!
Totally Unrelated: For those interested, the team name picked for my World Series of Pop Culture team is "The Nagheenanajars".
5 Comments:
At 11/15/06 9:05 AM,
bigD said…
I approve of your team name.
Laproscopic is the way to go. My grandpa had his gallbladder out vis a vis that method a few years back. They kept him overnight, but he's 75. He bounced back quick and doesn't seem to show any ill affects.
A guy from my old neighborhood had his gb out and he said that onions and greenpeppers gave him problems after the surgery, and still do to this day.
My uncle had his spleen removed about 10 years ago and then it got infected and they made some more surgery on him to clean out the infection and they took out his gall bladder while they were in there (I guess his doctor is one of the kind that 'mess around').
One of teh wif's co-workers daughters had her gall bladder removed last week.
That is the extent of my experience and knowledge of gall bladders, thank you for your attention.
Habba enjoy and ruck and etc.!
At 11/15/06 9:21 AM,
SS said…
MIL had an ovary removed laproscopically last thursday. she's doing fairly well now, but was toast for a couple days.
good luck yo!
At 11/15/06 1:04 PM,
bigD said…
What about your grandpa SS, didn't he have his gall bladder removed? I seem to recall some story along those lines.
At 11/15/06 1:42 PM,
tschy said…
Well, it's 2:35 - and hopefully your guts are getting pulled through a tiny tube right now - and your not getting it taken out the hard way. If you want some good Soup recipe's call Cheryl, she has a few that are excellent.
At 11/15/06 2:32 PM,
SS said…
since she's getting filet'd already, why the eff not?
my great grandpa had his gall bladder or appendix removed like 60 years ago. the doc "messed around" and left a sponge in there, and he went septic and died, the end.
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