Postby bitchslapped » Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:46 pm
I think I may know what you are referring to by a "blinking great drain", & if it has external tubes w/a bulb or bag on the end for fluid collection it certainly could be called the "mother of all drains".
The important thing is to get that bile/fluid out of there & eliminate/reduce backup/pooling which can cause abscesses, infection, fever. Less time in the hospital, ER, the better.
There is medication to keep the bile thin & flowing if appropriate in your case.
The stents can only be as big as the roadway will accommodate, so think of it as a roadway where traffic backs up sometimes requiring construction of an overpass or a turnaround (the drain) diverting the overflow.
Sounds like your docs are doing what needs done in managing this & keeping that biliT # down.
Best Wishes
Bitchslapped
DSS,35YO,unresect mCRC DX 7/'14,lvr,LN,peri,rib
FOLFOX+Avstn 4 Rnds d/c 10/'14
Stent 9/'14
FOLFIRI+Avstn 10/'14
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Me:garden variety polyps + precancerous polyp, diverticulitis
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