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Should I have this operation?
Just before I broke up for my summer holidays in July I kept getting pains on the right side of my chest I had them one week during the day and then the following week during the night in which my parents took me to hospital. I had a scan and found out I have gallstones. I went to see the surgeon last week and he said I should have an operation which should take place after my GCSE's because its better that I dont have it before them and the I can recupperate during the summer. The thing is my mother is determined that I should not have this operation. She is making me drink St John's Wort and Cornsilk which my brother was prescribed when they lived in Russia. The thing is he had a different problem only it was to do with the gallbladder. The herbs don't seem to be working as now I can't eat cheese either (strangely enough getting pains after talking about cheese with my maths teacher who just had the same op). My mum asked about medicine and lithroscopy (sp?) which the he said they would come back after finishing that treatment. My brother did some research and said about sending me to India for the treatment but I think he was joking. My mum has talked about sending me to Russia for treatment without operation she has the impression that surgeons will take out anything without looking into the alternatives first. My dad said they wont send me to Russia though 
But if the surgeon says I should have the operation I probably should right? 
Any advice is greatly received
Thankage
But if the surgeon says I should have the operation I probably should right? Any advice is greatly received
Thankage
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You definitely should. Don't let your family's lack of rationale cause you long term medical problems.
If the surgeon has recommended you have this operation then you should, otherwise you dont know what sort of problems you might have in the future. Doctors dont say you need an operation just for the sake of it, so theres obviously something wrong that needs fixing.
Talk to your mum and tell her how you feel, get her to talk to your doctor/surgeon again if need be.
Talk to your mum and tell her how you feel, get her to talk to your doctor/surgeon again if need be.
Hey, you're 16 now (most likely) you dont need her permission (i think). Have the operation, if its NHS then they arent gonna advise a costly operation are they? Even if its private they wouldnt jump straight into surgery without thinking of other solutions! They dont like operating on youngsters! Tell your mum you're having the surgery! If she wont let you, your body have it anyway! And from what i know, its not exactly a huge big operation thats a big deal! Get it done as soon as!
The doctor said that if I don't have the op I have more chance of getting pancreatitus and she must have blanked that part out. I did try to talk to my mum (my dad said he will just go with what ever I want), and It came out int the most wierdest argument ever It went from that operation to organ donation to pshycological problems and I really don't know how.
Your mum obviously doesnt like surgeons for whatever reason! But trust me you dont want it to develop, set up the appointment and go with your dad if your mum wont have it! She's not thinking about the fact that we're quite civilised about organs these days! Besides, its your choice whether you choose to donate organs eventually (i mean, you arent dead yet!) But then maybe someone she knows went in for a routine op and died. Ask her specifically why she dislikes the idea of surgery, and try not to argue!
Good luck with it!
Good luck with it!
Thankyou.
She just thinks that if you take out and organ then you can't put it back in, nobody we know died in an operation she had one on her kidney but wouldn't let them take the whole kidney out. She didn't asked the doctors if the could try all the could not to open my my dads throat when he got meat stuck in there. Only people who we know who died in hospital died from strokes.
She just thinks that if you take out and organ then you can't put it back in, nobody we know died in an operation she had one on her kidney but wouldn't let them take the whole kidney out. She didn't asked the doctors if the could try all the could not to open my my dads throat when he got meat stuck in there. Only people who we know who died in hospital died from strokes.
Twaffy
She just thinks that if you take out and organ then you can't put it back in
She just thinks that if you take out and organ then you can't put it back in
Well, um, you could in theory but it would be rather pointless for most things.
Hey, you can live without a whole host of body parts. I agree, you shouldn't take them out unless you really need to (!) but you can do just fine without lots of them.
You really do not want to have pancreatitis.
Ye, most of the body has become defunct now! The appendix for example! We dont need it, we just still have it! Makes no difference in or out!
Maybe you should consult another doctor to get a second opinion. He'll either confirm that you need surgery which might reassure your mother that the operation is necessary, or he will disagree about the surgery and suggest alternatives and save you from an unnecessary procedure. It's always a good idea to get a second opinion about serious medical matters.
Um......."most of the body has become defunct"?
I don't think so.
Actually, it's thought the appendix might be important in developing the immune system in foetuses. It could be that we don't need it at a later stage in life, but we do need it while in the womb. It's just that foetuses don't tend to have appendectomies.
I don't think so.
Actually, it's thought the appendix might be important in developing the immune system in foetuses. It could be that we don't need it at a later stage in life, but we do need it while in the womb. It's just that foetuses don't tend to have appendectomies.
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Maybe you should consult another doctor to get a second opinion. He'll either confirm that you need surgery which might reassure your mother that the operation is necessary, or he will disagree about the surgery and suggest alternatives and save you from an unnecessary procedure. It's always a good idea to get a second opinion about serious medical matters.
We went to see the gastroentorologist (sp?) and he said go see the surgeon. I'm seeing that doctor (which I can't spell the name of) again at the end of the month
Thanks for the advice
In rabbits there is a shrub growing on their appendix apparently.
No. I don't eat a lot of anything like that mainly potatos and vegwith somthing grilled . My maths teacher said that its a good idea not to have more that 10 grams of fat every 2 hours, but I wasn't doing that before she said it anyway. I basically eat fruit and veg though. good thing I like them
good thing I like themok, not most, just a lot (when you consider the grand scheme of things). And i hadnt heard that they thought it helped develop the immune system in the foetus! TSR teachers you something everyday
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