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Posted 3/1/2014 8:45 PM (GMT 0)
I'm having a Gastrojejunostomy, closing of a fistula, and a resection on Monday. It's not being done laparoscopically. I'm starting to get a little uneasy. To complicate things we are supposed to get snow in the northeast Sunday evening into late Monday. I suppose everyone feels this way. I'm just terrified of having abscesses and infections that would prolong my stay. It's at U of Penn hospital. I know it's a top hospital and my surgeon is one of the best but I can't ease my mind.
Posted 3/1/2014 10:44 PM (GMT 0)
It's normal to be nervous before a big surgery. Hang in there, it's almost Monday.
Posted 3/2/2014 3:04 AM (GMT 0)
Hope your surgery goes well with a speedy recovery. I get pretty nervous the day of any procedure. I had a spinal tap a couple weeks ago. I was so scared. My husband and I didn't talk about it on the way there. Pretty quiet for a 2 hour ride. about 15 minutes before we got there my GI text me "good luck today, thinking of you". Well I lost it. Cried the rest of the way there..... Sounds like you're having a pretty major surgery. Trust your surgeon and all will go well.
Posted 3/2/2014 3:12 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck with surgery. Not surprised you're nervous, but hope it all goes well.
Posted 3/2/2014 3:12 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck with surgery. Not surprised you're nervous, but hope it all goes well.
Posted 3/2/2014 11:22 AM (GMT 0)
I just had an open surgery to resect my duodenum. I though I would have been out in 7 days. That was on feb 10. I am still here. Ya it sucks but the body heals on its own time. My advice is to try to be patient, yes it is hard. But now I feel so much better. Trust your doctors and have faith. I got really upset that is was taking so long to heal so I started writing my thoughts down in a journal. Once I put it on paper I felt as though it was dealt with and out of my brain. Lots of swears are in there and some days I wrote the same thing. But it helped me to cope so I could relax, rest, and heal. I wish you all the best. I think I will be going home in Tuesday. Whew!!
Posted 3/2/2014 3:27 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks all! Blacky, sorry to hear that you are still in the hospital. I asked my surgeon about resecting the duodenum too. He believes it only complicates things because of the bile duct. Is there a reason your surgeon chose the do a resection there instead of a gadtrojejunostomy?
Posted 3/2/2014 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
My surgeon made the decision when he was in there. There turned out to be enough room to resect without being to close to the ampulla duct. It was the best case scenario for me.
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