Liver lesion ? Adenoma - resection in 2 weeks

Hi Net 

I’m  so sorry I thought i’d Replied but just logged into see my massive essay email didn’t send :( ! 

Hope you’re well ? How are you?

I’m doing a lot better now thank you - it’s an op I really wouldn’t want repeated ! Very poorly afterwards -Was readmitted at local hospital (not the hosp I had resection done)  as Drs thought I  had sepsis and an abscess but it turned out I had segment 7 and 6 packed with’ surgicel ‘- (a gauze that should be reabsorbed ) during  surgery as I haemorrhaged very badly during the op- my body then started to attack it as was a foreign object  ...Guildford hosp didn’t tell me that until local hosp were about to put a drain in me ! Had they said theyd packed

my liver with surgicel it may not have caused the drs at my hosp to flap thinking was an abscess...still ..very good news was that when I had my post op in Guildford they told me the tumour was benign, which was a massive relief as seeing such poorly people on my ward was so sad and eye opening how different things can be and could have been ... 

I have a CT scan  Wednesday again to check the surgicel hasn’t calcified as still in a lot of pain but guess only 5.5 weeks after resection - it’s worse at night like a sharp pain right where liver is - not sure how long it'll

take to settle ?? I had the gallbladder removed too as wasn’t in a good way but I can’t complain- it’s all done now and I am one of the lucky ones to not have ca- it’s funny the relief you feel then almost a guilt that others aren’t so lucky ...especially remembering how sick some were on the ward with very negative prognosis’s...thank you for asking- it’s very kind of you and I hope you are okay x

Thanks for letting me know Maria.  Sounds like you had an awful time but like you said all done now and on road to recovery.  It is an awful operation without all the extras you had to deal with.

I am so pleased that your results were benign.

Wishing you all the best

Net xx

Hi Maria, 

I haven't logged in for ages - I am so glad to hear your tumour was benign! What an absolute relief! Shame about the rather dramatic operation and lack of communication between the hospitals but I guess that's water under the bridge now.

Pain 5 weeks or so after resection sounds normal to me based on what others have written (when Mum was diagnosed I trawled through the entire history of the Liver group!). Do ask for pain meds if that might help, you shouldn't be in pain unless it's unavoidable. Would it help to sleep in a different position? 

All the best and get well soon,

Rachel