CONSULTANT APPOINTMENT

Hi Sue

Am glad that your appointment went well and there is now a plan in place. It sounds like they are looking after you well.

I hope that you get the date for your surgery soon, in the meantime we are here if you need us.

Jane

Hi Sue - I haven’t been on here for a few weeks and just seen this. You are in excellent hands with Miss Madeline McDonald. She did my surgery. Started out keyhole and had to have horizontal abdominal due to endometriosis and ovary being stuck to rectum. She did what was in my best interest and avoided any risk of having damage to bowel and the potential of a stoma. 
I also worried due to being over weight but they didn’t have an issue with doing the operation. I don’t even remember them giving me the anaesthetic- I just remember coming round in the recovery area and Maddy was there to check how I was and advise of the change from keyhole/vaginal to abdominal. 
I am now 6 weeks post op. Recovering well ( went to London for theatre show last weekend ) and going for a radiotherapy planning scan at Weston park 2/9 and then due to start treatment 16/9 ( belt and braces treatment just to be on the safe side). 

You will get through this - Hallamshire Hospital staff were brilliant. Wishing you all the best. 

Mandy x 

1. Hi Mandy, so good to hear of your positive experience at Sheffield Hallamshire and that you are well on the way to recovery. I haven’t got a date for my op yet as having an incisional hernia repair at the same time so they have to liaise with the bowel surgeon. It will be an open vertical op. Told it will be sometime in September. It can’t come soon enough for me. I’ve managed to lose a stone since my diagnosis and that has brought my bmi down from 40.3 to 39.9. Still high I know but every little helps. Told I’ll be in for 3 nights. Just out of curiosity, were you in a shared ward or a room of your own? I think it varies depending on the hospital. I will be ok with either to be honest. Good to hear positive things about Miss McDonald. I haven’t actually met her yet as it was another Doctor I saw at my initial appointment. Wishing you all the best.
2. Sue. X

Hi SueB4 

I’ve been in a shared bay with 3 other ladies on the gynae ward, but also had my own room, so I had experience of both (I had 2 gynae surgeries at the Hallamshire). I had open abdominal surgery for both, with vertical cut and my experiences with both the staff and the care I received were very good. All good wishes for your upcoming surgery.

Sarah xx

SarahH21

Thanks Sarah, It’s good to hear positive things about Sheffield Hallamshire. I have just read about your journey. You have certainly been through the mill as they say. So glad to hear you are now doing well. I have been told that if my colon is nicked during the op ( very very slight chance) then I will end up with a stoma and bag as I had quite a lot of large and small bowel taken away during my previous bowel surgeries. I told them I would face whatever was to come. You come across as a very strong lady and have faced everything that has been thrown at you. I wish you continued good health. Thank you so much for replying. 

Sue X