Update to Heidi...or anyone who has had psuedocyst sugery

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Hi Heidi,

Well they are doing the surgery on my husband on Nov. 14th. They

feel the walls of the cyst are thick enough that it is not in danger

of rupturing soon. They cannot do the cystgastrostomy--because of a

prior stomach surgery, his stomach is flipped so they cannot attach

a drain to it. They are going to put a drain to his intestines. I

know the name, cannot spell it.

The surgeon does not feel that the spleen needs to be removed at

this time. He disagrees with my husband's gastroenterologist. They

are going to do a cat scan a couple of days before the surgery to

look at the spleen again and decide then.

He is also not going to fix the hiatal hernia because he said it is

a medium risk surgery already, he doesn't want to complicate things

by doing more surgery at the same time.

If anyone here has had this surgery and can relay their experiences

post-op I would appreciate it. We are a bit nervous, but also

anticipating it as I hope my husband will get much relief once he

has the surgery. In saying that, we also know he is lucky because

he doesn't have alot of the symptoms that are associated with this

disease and with the cyst.

Thanks all,