My mother has a bleeding ulcer that is not
healing. Her doctor wants to operate to
remove it(they tried other treatments, but
they didn't work). I want to know what
the prognosis is for an 80 year old woman
having this kind of surgery.
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 06-26-07 20:05pm
Well, any kind of surgery has some risk to
it, especially at that age.
However, if the ulcer is not taken care
of, it can actually cause a life
threatening infection that will require
emergency surgery later on.
That is what happened to my grandmother.
She had to spend, I believe it was, 22
days in the hospital and come home with a
bag. I do not recall how long she had to
keep the bag for. She is doing much
better now though.
