Hi All. New here (unfortunately)! I am a 40yo male who works in emergency services.
Been dealing with an AF for a couple years now, severe in the last 10 months. Conventional treatment isn't working so I've now been told I need surgery.
At first my surgeon said LIS, but then he said after reviewing my case file, that he feels with LIS I am at too high risk of incontinence, and even with minor incontinence my career would be over. He now wants to do a fissurectomy with tag removal and a modified Lords procedure.
I also need my gallbladder (may be the cause of the constipation that caused all this) out and the surgeons are talking about coordinating so that I have the gallbladder surgery and then the other surgeon comes in at the end for the fissurectomy and Lords.
Reading info on the fissurectomy and Lords I am now scared to death and it seems as though the Lords procedure is much worse than LIS and all the surgeries together I am going to be in hell for a while afterwards!
Confused, frustrated and now scared as hell about all the possibilities. Great combination!