Comments on: On Kevin Rudd and gallbladder operations

By: AdamTucker

AdamTucker — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:31:21 +0000

What’s with Alexander Downer’s timing re Rudd? Appalling behaviour!

By: mark

mark — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:04:55 +0000

Sounds like Kevin might be out of action for as long as two weeks from what Therese Rein was saying on the telly.

By: Emma

Emma — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:38:42 +0000

I had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on Tuesday. I was home on Wednesday. No complications, and no diet or anger issues that I know of, just a bloody great pebble occluding my gall bladder. Today, Saturday, after three days taking it easy, I’m a bit sore but otherwise fine, though I look like I’ve been in a knife fight. I certainly wouldn’t want to be going back to Kev’s schedule on Monday though.

By: Mark Bahnisch

Mark Bahnisch — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:14:49 +0000

@26 –

Wouldn’t it have been better if he’d just fessed up when he first had the problem and had medical treatment earlier, if the pain was contributing to these ill humours attributed to him?

Paul, it’s easier said than done. A lot of us ignore health warning signs. That can particularly be the case when people are very busy and for one reason or another, reluctant to take time off work. Acute abdominal pain can have other causes, and you need a fair few tests to identify what the problem actually is.

By: Mark Bahnisch

Mark Bahnisch — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:12:55 +0000

@27 – Adam, I really wouldn’t like to say, because obviously I’m not in a position to give medical advice. I do understand from what I’ve been told that there are potentially some longer term problems, but it’s really best for people to talk to their own medical advisors. I would observe, as I said, that I had complications, including peritonitis, which probably led to some of the stomach/diet issues I have to manage being exacerbated.

By: Pavlov's Cat

Pavlov's Cat — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:54:49 +0000

Maybe this sheds some new light on the flight attendant episode. I’d be jumpy about what I was eating too. If it was a longstanding problem and he was in denial about it and was hoping it would just go away, anxiety about his diet might have been an issue for ages.

By: tigtog

tigtog — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:40:53 +0000

SMH: Rudd 'recovering well' from keyhole surgery

By: AdamTucker

AdamTucker — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:38:11 +0000

Mark, glad you recovered from your op – but the health implications you refer to don’t appear to apply to everyone. My good friend had her gallbladder removed five years ago. Occasional social drinker, so alcohol consumption isn’t necessarily a cause. Absolutely no diet/gut/digestion of fat issues since; she able to eat a lot MORE fat than before the operation. She appears to be in better shape on every front. Are longer-term problems likely?

By: paul walter

paul walter — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:58:18 +0000

#26, was wondering about that, too. Reminiscint of Latham. Wouldn’t it have been better if he’d just fessed up when he first had the problem and had medical treatment earlier, if the pain was contributing to these ill humours attributed to him?
This is a good time for him to sort these things out, tho. The country may yet have need of him sometime down the road.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:25:25 +0000

He has had the problem for some time now and it is nothing to do with frigging bad tempers. Except that the pain is intolerable and does take some weeks to recover from the surgery.