gallbladder and pancreatitis

[Guest guest]

In my daughters case, her whole problem began with the gall bladder

and the surgery she had for it. She had been ill for several months

and the Dr kept asking her if she had insurance to cover the

surgery. At the time her husband had started a new job and was

waiting for the insurance to go into effect. One day I was called

over to her house and she was horribly sick and jaundised. I called

the Dr. and told him,,,,his first words to me were " is her insurance

in effect " . And yes at that time it was. She was put in the

hospital and had emergency surgery. She nearly died then and was in

2 different hospitals for over a month after the surgery. That was

the beginning of the end as far as her life was before all of this

ever happened. It started the pancreatitis and now 7 years later,

she is in so much pain and so ill and depressed that she will let

no one into her life and will not leave the house. So to me the

gallbladder was the begging of the end for her. I had gallbladder

surgery, had 4 small incisions, and stayed overnight, came home and

was up and out to work in a week. Not so with her, she was cut

completely open, had drain tubes in her forever, got so weak she

couldnt eat, talk, didnt know what was going on around her and

nearly died. Sorry to ramble on so, but this is such a sore point

with me and I can only wish it had been me instead of her. Jean, IN