Hospital

[canand]

I be going for my Operation this Wednesday comeing up and I am so scard becuse its my first Operation.

[MoogleViper]

What is the operation, if you don't mind me asking?

[Emasher]

I don't think there's anything to really be afraid of, unless its something serious or uncommon.

[conzer16]

Have faith in the medical staff - they're there to help you. Although there's always a risk with any surgery you'll be fine!

Best of luck!

[The fish]

You should be fine, but regardless, I wish you the best of luck!

[Dante]

I be going for my Operation this Wednesday comeing up and I am so scard becuse its my first Operation.

Your be fine mate, best of luck Canand. : peace:

[canand]

Its because I got 3 abses on my bum.

[Ellmeister]

Wasn't there an exact same thread for you a little while back? you was deciding which game to get to keep you occupied :p

Enjoy the operation.. its fun!

[canand]

Wasn't there an exact same thread for you a little while back? you was deciding which game to get to keep you occupied :p

Enjoy the operation.. its fun!

Yeah I did I got Sonic Rush Adventrue.

[welsh_gamer]

Its because I got 3 abses on my bum.

I don't wish to appear thick, but what is this?

Good luck with the operation tho. Personally I hate hospitals, and hope I never have to go under the knife during my lifetime.

[Dante]

An abscess is a collection of pus that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue on the basis of an infectious process (usually caused by bacteria or parasites) or other foreign materials (e.g. splinters or bullet wounds). It is a defensive reaction of the tissue to prevent the spread of infectious materials to other parts of the body.

The organisms or foreign materials kill the local cells, resulting in the release of toxins. The toxins trigger an inflammatory response, which draws large numbers of white blood cells to the area and increases the regional blood flow.

The final structure of the abscess is an abscess wall, or capsule, that is formed by the adjacent healthy cells in an attempt to keep the pus from infecting neighboring structures. However, such encapsulation tends to prevent immune cells from attacking bacteria in the pus, or from reaching the causative organism or foreign object.

Abscesses must be differentiated from empyemas, which are accumulations of pus in a preexisting rather than a newly formed anatomical cavity.

[Emasher]

An abscess is a collection of pus that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue on the basis of an infectious process (usually caused by bacteria or parasites) or other foreign materials (e.g. splinters or bullet wounds). It is a defensive reaction of the tissue to prevent the spread of infectious materials to other parts of the body.

The organisms or foreign materials kill the local cells, resulting in the release of toxins. The toxins trigger an inflammatory response, which draws large numbers of white blood cells to the area and increases the regional blood flow.

The final structure of the abscess is an abscess wall, or capsule, that is formed by the adjacent healthy cells in an attempt to keep the pus from infecting neighboring structures. However, such encapsulation tends to prevent immune cells from attacking bacteria in the pus, or from reaching the causative organism or foreign object.

Abscesses must be differentiated from empyemas, which are accumulations of pus in a preexisting rather than a newly formed anatomical cavity.

So did you actually know that or did you just forget to cite your source?

[AeroScap]

So did you actually know that or did you just forget to cite your source?

lol emasher! you do that a lot! Always wondering if things are the original or just from somewhere else! just give it a break!

btw GL at hospital!

[uəʌəsʎɐɾ]

Dude- I've had eye surgery. My operation was 'routine' but risky. Your operation sounds as if it's routine, and utterly low-risk. Don't worry about it! I mean, it doesn't matter even if you are, you'll be out of it.

I'm actually surprised - I don't really count anything as an operation unless it's a full general anaesthetic. You'll be fine! Hospital food really isn;t tha bad, and your situation will mean you won't be in a ward for very long at all.

It's fearful, but ultimately a tiny worry. At least you know how it will turn out. Nobody told me that my surgery would alter the status quo.

[ReZourceman]

btw GL at hospital!

What?! Where?! I love Green Lantern!

Good luck dude.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Good luck, dude.

Funny enough, I'm listening to Knights of Cydonia. "NOone's Going To Take Me Alive!!!"

Make of that what you will!

[Supergrunch]

I had to have general anaesthetic a year or so ago, to expose my lower eye teeth. I could have had local, but that would've meant that I'd have had to sit still for 45 minutes and any movement could have caused permanent nerve damage, so I went for the general. It wasn't too bad, but the anaesthetic did make me feel ill for about a week afterwards, though I think such a reaction is fairly rare.

[MoogleViper]

OK sorry.

Last time I went in to the hospital was to have an x-ray for the orthodontist. But it was the day after the halloween party and I was majorly hung over. When they were x-raying my jaw my vision wen black and my body went weak so I just sat on the floor and waited for it to come back. The nurse looked at me and said, "What's wrong don't you like dentists?"

Another time I had to have this camera shoved up my nostrils. I will have to have an operation in a few years, when I've stopped growing, as I can't breathe through my nose. For you medical students I have a bent septum and the tissue is swollen and inflamed (I think that's right).

[Charlie]

I had to have general anaesthetic a year or so ago, to expose my lower eye teeth. I could have had local, but that would've meant that I'd have had to sit still for 45 minutes and any movement could have caused permanent nerve damage, so I went for the general. It wasn't too bad, but the anaesthetic did make me feel ill for about a week afterwards, though I think such a reaction is fairly rare.

I had something similar done to one of my top teeth but didn't get a choice - I had to get the general anaesthetic.

2 and a half years later it is finally in the right place. 2 or 3 more visits before I get rid of my brace! Really can't wait!

[Blackfox]

Good luck and try not to worry! :)

[canand]

I had it on Wednesday 12th December and came out the next day and I had good Hospital food but I have to wait for my operation and I did not have it tell the afternoon and I was so hungery I had the operation and I asked for a Sandwhich and they said I need to drink 2 jugs of water and I couldent drink 2 jugs but I had tea and 5:00 and I had a midnight snack. they told my Mum to go some where and the canteen was full and she have to go outside in the cold and some one from the hopital said my mum can stay with me becuse I got Special Needs and then they told my mum to go home.The next day they told me to wash the wond and I cant and they did not do it for me and my doctor came in and said I could go home then when they gone I phoned my mum on my tv/phone thing to come and get me.

[Jimbob]

I've only had 2 operations in my life, one at age 6 (Hernia) and one at age 17 (2 ingrowing Toenails and tooth removal). So i wish you best of luck for your operation.

[canand]

I've only had 2 operations in my life, one at age 6 (Hernia) and one at age 17 (2 ingrowing Toenails and tooth removal). So i wish you best of luck for your operation.

I had it all the detalis are in my last post.

[Stefkov]

I've had quite a few operations its's scary to think back. I've lost count of how many on my ears for Gromits. It was like 5 years of them, then 3 years of T-tubes and finally not long ago they were out.
I've had one on my face cos I knocked out some teeth and basically ripped my face apart.
I figured I'd turn this thread into a general operations thread seeing as though it's back from the depths of page 2 and onwards.

[Tellyn]

Well it's good to know you came out alright canand. :) I've just had one operation in my life, I was about 8. I had tonsilitus and had to have my tonsils removed.

[Letty]

I had to get my stomach pumped when I was 4 or 5, because I drank an entire bottle of calpol.

[Ten10]

Back then it tasted soooo good so I don't blame you. However you try doing the same thing today and its a rather different sort of potion.

[Paj!]

I love Calpol. I purposely have the 3months+ one all the time, as the older one tastes rubbish. I just love the taste.

I know, i'm crazy.

[somme]

I love Calpol. I purposely have the 3months+ one all the time, as the older one tastes rubbish. I just love the taste.

I know, i'm crazy.

No you're not. I want some now! lol

[killthenet]

Everyone loves Calpol, it's a staple at parties in Camden.

[MoogleViper]

Glad to know you got through it ok.

[canand]

But it hasent heled so good I have to have a Vac thing becuse I got a big wond and I dont think I can go back to college becuse they might not let me becuse its takeing to long and Thanks for saying get well soon.

[Dyson]

A bigt wond? What's that?

[Raining_again]

But it hasent heled so good I have to have a Vac thing becuse I got a big wond and I dont think I can go back to college becuse they might not let me becuse its takeing to long and Thanks for saying get well soon.

a vacc pump? Must be a serious enough wound to need one o those :/

[canand]

a vacc pump? Must be a serious enough wound to need one o those :/

Yeah it is big that is why I need a vac pup and do you know what it is for I done't.

[Beardy Man]

I don't wish to appear thick, but what is this?

Good luck with the operation tho. Personally I hate hospitals, and hope I never have to go under the knife during my lifetime.

And during your death time?

[canand]

I have seen the vac machine know.

[Raining_again]

I have seen the vac machine know.

Sorry i didnt go into this thread for ages ^_^

I work in a booking service call centre for district nurses, they deal with them on a regular basis. =) That's the only reason i know what it is.

Hows the wound doing?

[canand]

I stopped the V.A.C on Monday becuse I did not like it becuse they kept on pulling my harirs when they take it off and I could not a have a number 2 becuse I was scared of the V.A.C and its 1.5 cm know.