Things I did not know about..

JamesR said:
They would have operated at any other time.
Apparently they aren’t to do keyhole at the moment due to cv19, and don’t want to risk open operations when not desperately needed.

I don’t quite understand why keyhole is a no no, but apparently my treatment is a nationwide approach atm.
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I had mine by Keyhole, about 17-18 years ago. I struggle to see the scar now, it was only ever about 3-4cm, I was up and about very quickly after the op and as long as you follow their advice for taking it easy, no lifting etc, the recovery time for keyhole is vastly reduced from standard surgery. Assuming techniques usually improve then recovery will be even quicker now. It really should not be a big issue afterwards.

I think the NHS went into ultra conservative mode to allow for a massive influx of covid patients, all guns pointed to that side of the ship. Now that capacity is not being used we may see standard ops start to begin up again as theatres, dr's etc are being unused and that is daft.

The whole experience for me started and ended within 24hrs but I do remember it was very painful and also worrying. I hope it goes well for you and it happens quickly (y).
 
IanM said:
Radio waves do not travel in a straight line! Get knocked about by all sort too!
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Yep, rain is a real pain for that.
They bounce of stuff, that’s why you use to get “ghosting” on old TVs years ago as part of the signal took longer to get to your aerial by bouncing off a building.
 
that i can cut womens hair, or more important my wifes, mind you its blunt Bob so just straight lines and she has very very straight hair..;)
 
I learnt this from another thread and was totally gobsmacked.
The Barron Knights were the only band to support both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
 
JamesR said:
They would have operated at any other time.
Apparently they aren’t to do keyhole at the moment due to cv19, and don’t want to risk open operations when not desperately needed.

I don’t quite understand why keyhole is a no no, but apparently my treatment is a nationwide approach atm.
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Keyhole requires air under pressure in the theatre to inflate the abdomen - so any Covid in the air would be getting thrown around the room basically.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I had mine by Keyhole, about 17-18 years ago. I struggle to see the scar now, it was only ever about 3-4cm, I was up and about very quickly after the op and as long as you follow their advice for taking it easy, no lifting etc, the recovery time for keyhole is vastly reduced from standard surgery. Assuming techniques usually improve then recovery will be even quicker now. It really should not be a big issue afterwards.

I think the NHS went into ultra conservative mode to allow for a massive influx of covid patients, all guns pointed to that side of the ship. Now that capacity is not being used we may see standard ops start to begin up again as theatres, dr's etc are being unused and that is daft.

The whole experience for me started and ended within 24hrs but I do remember it was very painful and also worrying. I hope it goes well for you and it happens quickly (y).
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Wish mine had been keyhole... I've got a bloody great scar from when mine was done more like 4inches than 4cm.

I home on leave remember waking up in agony and sweaty my dad took me to A&E, I remember being seen and taken to a ward next thing I remember was feeling very high and happy. Then the drugs wore off and I realised was still in hospital and had been operated on. Still no idea why my scar is as big as it is compared to others I've seen. But I remember they used staples not stitches and having those out was horrible.
 
Wolf said:
Wish mine had been keyhole... I've got a bloody great scar from when mine was done more like 4inches than 4cm.

I home on leave remember waking up in agony and sweaty my dad took me to A&E, I remember being seen and taken to a ward next thing I remember was feeling very high and happy. Then the drugs wore off and I realised was still in hospital and had been operated on. Still no idea why my scar is as big as it is compared to others I've seen. But I remember they used staples not stitches and having those out was horrible.
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Yes, but you can tell anyone who sees it that it was a knife wound. Blokes will be impressed, your kids will go wow, women will swoon :love::LOL:.

I was lucky, dissolvable stitches so even they were not an issue. Sorry, that doesn't make your experience any better does it :rolleyes:
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Yes, but you can tell anyone who sees it that it was a knife wound. Blokes will be impressed, your kids will go wow, women will swoon :love::LOL:.

I was lucky, dissolvable stitches so even they were not an issue. Sorry, that doesn't make your experience any better does it :rolleyes:
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Problem I have with that is I have actual knife wounds and they're nothing like the lovely clean cut of my appendix scar ?

They were stitched up with something akin to fishing wire?. Now that did bloody hurt having that removed could feel the plastic/wire thread pulling through made me feel physically sick ?.
 
Wolf said:
Problem I have with that is I have actual knife wounds and they're nothing like the lovely clean cut of my appendix scar ?

They were stitched up with something akin to fishing wire?. Now that did bloody hurt having that removed could feel the plastic/wire thread pulling through made me feel physically sick ?.
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Friend's wife called 111 with the pain. They asked her to go to hospital. He took here there but sat in the car park with his son as they were not allowed in. After a few hours got a call to say that they will need to operate and remove the appendix. Full open rather than keyhole. Now she has been adviced bed rest and simple food for 3 weeks. luck of the draw...
 
Reading this thread I've discovered there are actually things I don't know :geek:
 
I did not know you could slice the wire on an electric lawn mower or hedge trimmer and not have to take it to the tip. Following some very helpful and patient advice in the Random Irritations thread I bought a connecting gizmo for a few quid, wired it up (correctly ?) with the two sections of cable and then cut my grass yesterday for the first time since 'the incident'.

I wish I had known this two hedge trimmers ago ?.
 
Did you know that if every one of us had posted just once a day, based on post count, one of us would be over 182 years old! ;)
 
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