Surgeons: At the edge of life.
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Amazing program because of the awesome job Surgeons and consultants do. Guy needs his spine straightening which obviously needs surgery millimeters from the spinal cord. He starts to lose seriously large amounts of blood.
2nd patient is a woman who needs a excessive amount of skin & growth from her stomach.....talking about 30lbs!
I think the NHS is poorly run but it’s these people that deserve everything they need to do this sort of thing.
2nd patient is a woman who needs a excessive amount of skin & growth from her stomach.....talking about 30lbs!
I think the NHS is poorly run but it’s these people that deserve everything they need to do this sort of thing.
petop said:
Amazing program because of the awesome job Surgeons and consultants do. Guy needs his spine straightening which obviously needs surgery millimeters from the spinal cord. He starts to lose seriously large amounts of blood.
2nd patient is a woman who needs a excessive amount of skin & growth from her stomach.....talking about 30lbs!
I think the NHS is poorly run but it’s these people that deserve everything they need to do this sort of thing.
Wasn't it 40-odd pounds in the end? I still feel bilious just thinking about it.2nd patient is a woman who needs a excessive amount of skin & growth from her stomach.....talking about 30lbs!
I think the NHS is poorly run but it’s these people that deserve everything they need to do this sort of thing.
The spinal surgery was astonishing. Manufacturing parts on the hoof!
.It was actually 45kg they removed - a lot of fluid had drained out.
I thought last weeks episode was badly edited. The poor woman with the tumor at the base of her brain just went rapidly downhill every time she was on camera after each operation. It wasn't clear but it was implied she never actually left hospital & eventually died as she was too ill for radiotherapy once the surgeon had told her he couldn't do any more.
There must have been a question over whether she should ever have been operated on & just told to enjoy the few months she had left. Sadly not everyone can be saved.
I thought last weeks episode was badly edited. The poor woman with the tumor at the base of her brain just went rapidly downhill every time she was on camera after each operation. It wasn't clear but it was implied she never actually left hospital & eventually died as she was too ill for radiotherapy once the surgeon had told her he couldn't do any more.
There must have been a question over whether she should ever have been operated on & just told to enjoy the few months she had left. Sadly not everyone can be saved.
Halmyre said:
petop said:
Amazing program because of the awesome job Surgeons and consultants do. Guy needs his spine straightening which obviously needs surgery millimeters from the spinal cord. He starts to lose seriously large amounts of blood.
2nd patient is a woman who needs a excessive amount of skin & growth from her stomach.....talking about 30lbs!
I think the NHS is poorly run but it’s these people that deserve everything they need to do this sort of thing.
Wasn't it 40-odd pounds in the end? I still feel bilious just thinking about it.2nd patient is a woman who needs a excessive amount of skin & growth from her stomach.....talking about 30lbs!
I think the NHS is poorly run but it’s these people that deserve everything they need to do this sort of thing.
The spinal surgery was astonishing. Manufacturing parts on the hoof!
It's been an absolutely cracking series and the type of TV that I'll happily pay my licence fee for.
Like a poster above, I've had my life saved by the NHS twice, once to fix a broken neck 34 years ago and then to remove one of my kidneys due to cancer in December of last year. My experiences have already given me the utmost respect for these surgeons, consultants and nurses but this program just takes that further. How they can focus and function for such lengthy spells of time and stress is truly impressive.
I see next week is a kidney donation - can't wait to see that as I assume it will be similar to what I had done in December.
To all the medical staff, I salute you!
Like a poster above, I've had my life saved by the NHS twice, once to fix a broken neck 34 years ago and then to remove one of my kidneys due to cancer in December of last year. My experiences have already given me the utmost respect for these surgeons, consultants and nurses but this program just takes that further. How they can focus and function for such lengthy spells of time and stress is truly impressive.
I see next week is a kidney donation - can't wait to see that as I assume it will be similar to what I had done in December.
To all the medical staff, I salute you!
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