Re: Am I wrong to be negative about surgery

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In addition to eliminating the need for multiple medications (that I did

not tolerate well) my surgery also reversed my insulin

resistance/metabolic syndrome. Had I been able to tolerate the meds,

this may have happened eventually, but I see a lot of folks on this

board who are at the " right " dosage of MCBs and are DASHing and still

they have diabetes and/or obesity.

You don't say how old you are or what the state of your health is

otherwise - these are definitely factors that should influence your

decision to have or not have surgery. Risk increases with age,

overweight, other health conditions. In my case, as I was still fairly

young (46), not overweight, and had no health issues that were not

related to the tumor, the decision to HAVE surgery was a no-brainer.

My adrenal adenoma was causing many more problems than just high BP.

That was the least of it (unmedicated my BP rarely went over low

140s/90s); the low potassium and the metabolic derangement were far more

worrisome to me. Having never had surgery before aside from a childhood

tonsillectomy, I was terrified of both the AVS and the adrenalectomy,

but even more terrified of my strong family history of Type 2 diabetes

and obesity. Turned out both procedures were far less traumatic than I

had expected, so as you can see, I'm a big advocate of surgery if one is

a good candidate for it.

-msmith1928

Successful left laparoscopic adrenalectomy 10/13/11

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> My doctor is advising AVS with a view to adrenalectomy � I have

to let him know if I wish to proceed in a few days time. But I have

already decided that I am against surgery. The choice is take a few

pills every day or subject myself to another battery of tests followed

by surgery � with all the hassle and discomfort that implies. To me

it's no brainer � keep taking the tablets.

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> That this will be done under Britain's NHS where the nursing care be

negligent - and there is a risk of MRSA makes surgery even less

attractive. There is always a risk of coming out of hospital sicker than

you went in in the UK.

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> The only benefit of the surgery according to the doctor is that I can

stop taking the medication, which are Spironolactone and a cocktail of

five conventional BP drugs. The meds are effectively controlling my BP

and I can live with the side effects - so I don't really know why

the doctor is advising surgery

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> Have I misunderstood something - am I wrong to be so negative about

surgery?

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