Have to admit...I'm a bit scared

[Shellywoozle]

Soweeee to hear this mate, as Claire says this may be an end to the misery.

Good GWS vibes and hugs from the Woozle house hold xxxx

God I hope she is ok, saw this last night and thought poor thing.

[Drew Carey]

Moses mate, gutted to hear it has led to this. Hope she gets better though. Big hugs and good vibes to you both from me and Lily.

[Stingo]

Cripes!! Hope all is well mate...fingers crossed/big hugs/etc...

Originally Posted by 600+

Just came back from what has been the longest days in my life from hospital.

Unfortunately C deteriorated last night early hours of this morning and we had to call an ambulance and take her to hospital. I obviously went with her and she is now in surgery....visiting hours finished at 8pm so had to leave against my will and a bit later on she was taken to theater.

Speedy_Claire thnx for the info on medication! It really helped me!!! I'm now agonising waiting for a phone call from the hospital when she is out of surgery.

After that there will be a 1 week in hospital and a further 3-4 weeks taking it easy

Is her b'day on the 24th of this month........what a present she got hey???!!!

At least she will be ok......and once again I've proved to myself that i'm not good with hospitals.......so if you see me going into one challenge me........must be by mistake!

I am not a Doctor and obviously have no idea what is wrong with yer g/f.

Saw your thread originally and decided not to post, but given that things do seem to have progressed.......and as I have had a bit of recent similar experiances (Missus and Brother) neither of which ended well......I would say that you / her next of kin need to TALK to the Doctors and fully understand what they are looking at and why and also what they are not looking at (including yet).......also how / when they will be sure their diagnosis is correct and what the plans are - including for possibilities yer do not want to think about.

Obviously does need to be done in a constructive manner - you want the Doctors to help - but it is also good to let them to know that folk are interested in the patient - Doctors are humans, so good, bad and lazy in any job, having folk interested / looking over their shoulder is a motivator to do things properly - Also don't be afraid of going down the second opinion route.

Despite what is portrayed on TV (and some Doctors portray themselves) Doctors and Hospitals do not have magical powers to immediately and definatively understand what is wrong with someone - a pain in the stomach can be a symptom of a dodgy curry or part of a long list of stuff I would struggle to spell........The Doctors essentially work through a list of the most likely things (given the symptoms) - they are not going to start looking at Avian Flu or Cancers when their are more likely things to exclude first.

"a Pain in the stomach" is not a diagnosis on which treatment of the underlying cause can be based - it's a symptom that can be alleviated by treatment - but yer still need to know what the cause is.

Hope things go well - odds are that it will, but deliberately not knowing stuff doesn't stop the bad things happening.

[yorkie_chris]

Sorry to hear this, GWS C!!

I was reading through this and thinking 'Khrons' - only because it sounds very similar to what a good friend of mine went through a few years ago...

... but as has been said - the digestive system is a very misleading thing and sooooo many problems can all have the same initial symptoms - so here's hoping for the best and that it's all sorted now and she's on the mend.

Thank you all for your posts and wishes. I spoke to the hospital at 3:30am and she was out of surgery and all went very well........details when I see the surgeon.

Yesterday when we were admitted to hospital again (in the early morning) they did another set of x-rays that showed her upper bowel (spelling) being blocked. Basically the walls of the bowel had stuck together. This is something that happens if you have had surgery before and as they move the bowels out of the way it can happen.

What that means is that the food doesn't pass the stomach and stays in there which in the end you throw up as it has nowhere to go. You don't fart, it builds up air pressure in the stomach and all in all creates this sort of situation. The blood tests showed she was a bit dehydrated (expected) and everything else was normal.

She was seen by 5 different doctors, 1 A&E, 2 Gastroenterologists and 2 Surgeons. All after seeing the x-rays came to the same conclusion. This was not obvious on the x-rays done on Monday.

I spoke to the hospital again this morning and she had a good nights sleep and she didn't complain of pain......she is obviously on strong painkillers

Quiff - last night had some food myself at last Very nice big steak and her parents will be here late lunch time. I'll be as strong as I need to be to see her get well....this is not just any girlfriend This is the name of happiness and love in my life!!

Thank you all again for your posts, sms's and calls. They are truly very much appreciated!!

Hi Moses, just caught up with this thread mate, god , you,ve been through the wringer a bit yourself, as quiff has earlier said, dont neglect yourself, GWS to your girlfiend, glad she,s on the mend.

Hope everything is ok, please keep us posted, good luck.