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Originally Posted by MotherBear
I'm seeing the doc this morning for wound-checking so maybe I'll pluck up my courage and ask him what's involved. If the news isn't too good, at least I'll know to practice my screaming technique in the meantime  . |
OK, so I've been and had a lot of my sticking plasters removed from the keyhole surgery and also where the drain came out. He also shortened the bit of tubing from the T tube, so I'm looking very sporty and ready to go now. Have to go back in 2 weeks for another blood test to check how my bilirubin is doing. He still thinks I'm a little bit yellow. In 3 weeks I see him again and he will probably check me in for removal of the T tube in a week or so after that. Apparently I'll be admitted for half a day and will be sedated, he said. I wonder what 'sedated' means
- relaxed but aware of what's going on or totally out of it? He did say I shouldn't feel anything, which comforted me somewhat.
The idea of the T tube is to hold the cut tubes in place and encourage them to form a 'chimney' through which the bile will pass. When he's sure this chimney has properly formed, he'll remove the T tube and allow my tubes to seal over. Sounds like there's quite a bit involved to see how it looks inside and then to remove the tube. After the procedure I will need 2 hours recovery, so it's quite full-on.