I had an ambulance ride on Friday!

[SoundGuy]

Hope you get better soon mate

[Smitty]

At this stage, it looks like I have gall stones!! For those who don't know, I have a knackered pancreas and it looks as though this has contributed to it. Those who have had friends or relatives go through this, or perhaps those who are in the medical profession will know exactly what I am going through right now. PAIN!!! I am once again on some pretty heavy duty pain killers to try and get me through this week. An ultrasound is booked for Friday when I get back to Melbourne (away with work again) and most likely I will be in horspiddle a few days later, either removing the stones or removing the gall bladder!

Marty

my commiserations mate
I know what it feels like...bout 10 years ago had TWO gallstones removed (both the size of large grapes)
plus the gallbladder (infected) and not by keyhole surgery either
mind you ...a 12" belly scar is a talking point on a beach

that op came after a month or more of hospital admissions, endoscopies and ultrasounds

my thoracic surgeon as he was upping the morphine dose had great pleasure in telling
me that gallstones (and kidney stones) are MORE painful than childbirth.
The only problem he said is there is no pleasure in starting a gallstone ...unlike childbirth

smartarse git he was...I was in too much pain to larf
20mg/l of morphine was not much help...40 milligram was WONDERFUL

good luck
and get better


cheers

Smitty

[Strika]

Marty

...a 12" belly scar is a talking point on a beach




cheers

Smitty

Yeah I hear ya Smitty. In 01 I went through a similiar thing with my pancreas which left me with a 10" scar! When I awoke from the operation there wasn't enough morphene in the world to mask the pain, so I am hoping I can get away with Keyhole this time! Knowing luck lately though, it'll prolly end up a bigen!!

Fark it's hard to eat food which has NO fat!!! It's veggies, fruit and water!!!

[Smitty]

Yeah I hear ya Smitty. In 01 I went through a similiar thing with my pancreas which left me with a 10" scar! When I awoke from the operation there wasn't enough morphene in the world to mask the pain, so I am hoping I can get away with Keyhole this time! Knowing luck lately though, it'll prolly end up a bigen!!

Fark it's hard to eat food which has NO fat!!! It's veggies, fruit and water!!!

Marty

hope you like porridge (or anything with oats)
coz
as I found out apparently its the go to get you going again

also you need to know the medical stuff coz it helps when looking at ya sheet by the bed
did you know you are lithogenic?
so you have a cholelith and are suffering from cholelithiasis
you hope the hell you don't have cholecystitis
and the 12" comes from the cholecystectomy

finally ask if they will keep them for you..the gallstones that is
gotta have something to show for the pain


hope it goes good

cheers

Smitty

[MickLC]

I've had a kidney stone and that was farkin' agony so you have my sympathy mate, I hope you get it sorted with no hassles

[tape]

Toughen up princess.

Having said that, I've seen a child being born, and I wouldn't wish that upon anyone. Get well soon.

Stop rooting black cats under ladders whilst laying on a broken mirror Marty FFS....

HTFU Biatch

Cheers oh yeah get well soon

[red_dave]

All the best for what's ahead...

[Benno]

<insert obligatory HTFU here>

Get well soon mate!

[dilligaf]

been there and done that, like smitty in the days when they opened you up. pricks only gave me pethadine.

[Strika]

Scans have revealed three nice big fat juicy Gallstones. See the Doc Monday and hopefully can have them removed this week, as this pain is not pleasant!!!

[fireyrob]

ok that sounds aweful! get well soon!

[Smitty]

Scans have revealed three nice big fat juicy Gallstones. See the Doc Monday and hopefully can have them removed this week, as this pain is not pleasant!!!

pray they can do it keyhole style
otherwise...it hurts

hope it goes ok


cheers

Smitty

[MickLC]

Scans have revealed three nice big fat juicy Gallstones. See the Doc Monday and hopefully can have them removed this week, as this pain is not pleasant!!!

pray they can do it keyhole style
otherwise...it hurts

hope it goes ok


cheers

Smitty

Knowing his luck lately they'll go in to get them through a hole....but it won't be his keyhole they'll be using if you know what I mean

[Gosling1]

He'll be right mate, he went to a boys school as a kid......



get well soon Marty, my old lady had gallstones as well a looooong time ago, they were a pain in the .....well, you know.

[Smitty]

...bump

Marty you got any souvenirs to show us...???