OK after the failed attempt on October 17th (where i had spent a couple of weeks telling whoever was ringing from the hospital that I didn't have all the information but I wanted it over and done so I was going ahead anyway and the surgeon cancelled the op right at the theatre door), I now have a new op date.
21st of November. This Tuesday. This time round I have had the missing test done, had the missing visit with the surgeon, the missing evaluation and the missing informative meeting.
I now know how everything is supposed to happen.
Tuesday 7 am check in. There will be 2 ops and they don't know if I will be first or second. Then I spend Tuesday night in intensive care. Wednesday lunch time I will be moved up to a room and can have people visiting whenever.
I will have a dye test for leaks and then they will start tolerance tests with water, then juice then stock.
Thursday more checks and meeting with nutritionist.
Friday if all goes well, home!!!!!
Then they said 2 to 6 weeks until I feel up to going back to work.
Much more confident this time and a huge huge thank you to everyone who was so supportive last month and who gave such great advice. I will be taking headphones and a pillow!
OK after the failed attempt on October 17th (where i had spent a couple of weeks telling whoever was ringing from the hospital that I didn't have all the information but I wanted it over and done so I was going ahead anyway and the surgeon cancelled the op right at the theatre door), I now have a new op date.
21st of November. This Tuesday. This time round I have had the missing test done, had the missing visit with the surgeon, the missing evaluation and the missing informative meeting.
I now know how everything is supposed to happen.
Tuesday 7 am check in. There will be 2 ops and they don't know if I will be first or second. Then I spend Tuesday night in intensive care. Wednesday lunch time I will be moved up to a room and can have people visiting whenever.
I will have a dye test for leaks and then they will start tolerance tests with water, then juice then stock.
Thursday more checks and meeting with nutritionist.
Friday if all goes well, home!!!!!
Then they said 2 to 6 weeks until I feel up to going back to work.
Much more confident this time and a huge huge thank you to everyone who was so supportive last month and who gave such great advice. I will be taking headphones and a pillow!
Bit of advice..... the drink they give you for the leak test can cause the runs!!! Anything from 20 min to hours afterwards. If you feel like you have wind it might not just be wind! I had my test about 18.00 and woke at about 4 am with wind.... luckily I had been prewarned and managed to get to the loo! For me it lasted on and off for the rest of the day.
Remember to take things easy - lots of healing to go on inside even when only small cuts on the outside!
Bit of advice..... the drink they give you for the leak test can cause the runs!!! Anything from 20 min to hours afterwards. If you feel like you have wind it might not just be wind! I had my test about 18.00 and woke at about 4 am with wind.... luckily I had been prewarned and managed to get to the loo! For me it lasted on and off for the rest of the day.
Remember to take things easy - lots of healing to go on inside even when only small cuts on the outside!
OK after the failed attempt on October 17th (where i had spent a couple of weeks telling whoever was ringing from the hospital that I didn't have all the information but I wanted it over and done so I was going ahead anyway and the surgeon cancelled the op right at the theatre door), I now have a new op date.
21st of November. This Tuesday. This time round I have had the missing test done, had the missing visit with the surgeon, the missing evaluation and the missing informative meeting.
I now know how everything is supposed to happen.
Tuesday 7 am check in. There will be 2 ops and they don't know if I will be first or second. Then I spend Tuesday night in intensive care. Wednesday lunch time I will be moved up to a room and can have people visiting whenever.
I will have a dye test for leaks and then they will start tolerance tests with water, then juice then stock.
Thursday more checks and meeting with nutritionist.
Friday if all goes well, home!!!!!
Then they said 2 to 6 weeks until I feel up to going back to work.
Much more confident this time and a huge huge thank you to everyone who was so supportive last month and who gave such great advice. I will be taking headphones and a pillow!
The surgeon says she would prefer to do a bypass but it depends how far they can move my liver out of the way to work and if it's too large it will be a sleeve instead. They won't decide until they are in.
The surgeon says she would prefer to do a bypass but it depends how far they can move my liver out of the way to work and if it's too large it will be a sleeve instead. They won't decide until they are in.
Well. It's done. I'm home.
I'm not quite sure how I feel about the whole thing. I shall update when I sort myself out.
All your well wishes are incredibly welcome. Thank you!
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