Septic Gallbladder

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Looking for a hand hold as really unsure 😩 admitted Sunday lunchtime via out of hours with suspected gallbladder colic. Scans / tests have revealed & confirmed that I've got a septic gallbladder full of stones / sludge and pancreatitis. I 'fit the criteria of
Female
Fair
1 stone overweight
Nearly 40
Recently gave birth

Surgical team coming to chat with me in the morning. Chatter till now has been you are on a semi urgent pathway - they won't give me wait time even if I push - I hope they will take GB out ASAP rather than adopt the wait and see approach which I've overheard with other patients in the bed bay I'm in as the current regime of antibiotics, buscopan and morphine are holding them at bay. Terrified to eat anything as have been sick (emetophobia) and constantly nausea, it took me till today to be able to have water or lucozade and braved a small portion of veggie pasta without getting colicky pains). So not to drip feed:

I am due back at work in July after mat leave

I have the worst mum guilt ever as DH has been left to solo parent which he is struggling with. No family help close by to assist.

I also have private health insurance through DH work and don't know if that would be the better option as they won't give me the timeline for the semi urgent pathway 😡

Side note, I haven't had anything proper to eat since Saturday lunchtime. Had small portion of veggie pasta at tea time tonight as felt hungry and 'safe' to eat as in hospital. Have a shy bowel at the best of times and now worried as I've not 💩 since Sunday morning 😬 and been loaded with morphine, anti sickness and a cocktail of antibiotics 😩 I'm usually a once a day 💩

Appreciate any wisdom MN'tters as my brain is 🌀

Poor you! Is there a private wing in the hospital you're at (sometimes they have these) which could mean you get a private room?

My dp got admitted (to a NHS hospital) with pancreatitis and they told us there was no point transferring to private until he was discharged and then he saw the consultant privately afterwards which was much quicker. However if they are talking about elective surgery I would say it's worth raising the private thing now! I think once you're in the NHS system in an NHS hospital it's hard to move around. Pancreatitis is nasty and v painful so you have my sympathies

@RacingLine thank you for replying with your wisdom. After bloods this morning they deemed that my gallbladder had to go ASAP so I'm very fortunate that it's been evicted today. In a tonne of pain and my head is in the bin. Recovery begins tomorrow 🤞🏻

probably better out than in as they say! hope you start feeling better soon - don't underestimate how long it takes and make sure you're resting properly

You really need to use your private health care so get DH to get on to that and get the wheels in motion

If the NHS will move quickly and whip it out then great but you can't rely on that I don't think

I had mine out in February. It wasn't too bad and I felt well recovered in about 10 days, but I was up & about in about 4 days. Bending over etc was sore. The relief from the pain was immense, aswell as the anxiety of a bout was about to hit.

I also hadn't realized how uncomfortable and bloated I was before. My stomach feels so much more comfortable now. It used to feel like a drum! Now it feels soft and normal. Best of luck, if you have an opportunity to go private I would.

UPDATE

Escaped well was punted out late evening yesterday and have been trying really hard to rest today. There really is a severe lack of care and compassion. Checked the port at my bellybutton and it's on the top (previous laparoscopic surgeries due to stage 4 endo) which explains why I feel like I've been punched 🫠 been managing pain with paracetamol fortunately 🤞🏻

Wind 💨 is vile I want to run away from my bum! Still no 💩 but haven't really eaten since last Saturday night.

Gas pains have largely stopped but I've been mainlining peppermint tea ☕️ and water

Had some soup for lunch with a couple of oatcakes - terrified to eat in case I get pain and been supping lucozade