Richard recovering from emergency operation (appendicitis)

[Smurfen]

can someone tell me what an apeendix is? lol, im not that good medical english talk
but Richard has always healed quickly

[skylock]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Think all this is front page worthy or meh, forums are enough?

Of course this is front page news.

Any complications could result in the delay of the next Top Gear Season or even just postpone any filming that needs to get done.

[Vector]

Originally Posted by edkwon

I've seen guys younger than me spend months in the ICU because of burst appendixes that weren't operated on, its a horrible mess, so i'm coming from a place where those jokes don't sound funny, just ignorant.

Most jokes don't sound funny when you've had personal experience with the matter at hand. But that doesn't mean we should all just stop making jokes due to the slight chance you might offend someone, esspecially on the internet. Lighten up man.

[Tranquillizer]

i had mine removed couple of years ago. it went perfect. good to hear that he is alright.

[Tranquillizer]

Originally Posted by Smurfen

can someone tell me what an apeendix is? lol, im not that good medical english talk
but Richard has always healed quickly

this linky will help you out with that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendicitis

[ambermorn]

oh man, richard's really in the wars. hope he gets better soon!

[jeffy777]

Originally Posted by aaurora

I believe when the article said he had 'almost completely recovered' I think it's regarding his 2006 crash as they talk about his amnesia....that's just how I read it.

Yes, on closer examination, you are indeed correct. I am guilty of skimming articles sometimes, not always the best thing to do.

[skylock]

http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebri...d-hammond-fan/

Richard delayed appendix op so he could keep word to fans

24 APRIL 2008

Top Gear star Richard Hammond took devotion to the show's followers to new lengths on Tuesday. The presenter persuaded doctors to delay a crucial operation by two hours, so he could honour a commitment to have lunch with fans.

Richard had been due to meet the winners of a competition over lunch at upmarket celebrity hangout The Ivy restaurant in London. Unfortunately the evening before the 38-year-old experienced stomach pains. On going to the doctor he was told he'd need his appendix removing immediately.

Aware that one of the competition winners had cancelled a holiday to meet him, Richard soldiered on stoically with the appointment.

"He couldn't eat anything because the operation was a few hours afterwards," a friend told the Mirror newspaper. "After the meal they said their goodbyes and Richard checked into hospital."

The TV star – who two years ago suffered a high-speed crash while filming Top Gear - said afterwards the pain wasn't "too bad" and compared the operation to having a tooth out. Amazingly he'll have to go back to hospital next week as during the procedure surgeons found he also has kidney stones and a hernia.

[jackson_oat]

I had kidney stones before. It was uncomfortable, but it was tolerable once you become accustomed to it, even though it was bloody uncomfortable for the most part. As much as I hope he gets better soon, I am unsure of how much to believe about the entire story. Sometimes it can be something of nothing (not that having your appendix removed is nothing) but I think I'd rather wait to see if he writes anything about it in his own column before jumping to conclusions.

[jayhawk]

Originally Posted by aaurora

http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/2008...9520-20392817/

Update: Doctors also found kidney stones and a hernia - so he's back in hospital next week to remove the stones. Not having a good trot, but it's good they were found sooner than later...

they are going to surgically remove the stones? Must be nice! I had to piss out one, it hurt so bad before I pissed it out I threw up.

[jackson_oat]

Originally Posted by jayhawk

they are going to surgically remove the stones? Must be nice! I had to piss out one, it hurt so bad before I pissed it out I threw up.

Me too!! I wasn't sick before, I was sick after.
Some people just get all the luck...

[aaurora]

Originally Posted by jayhawk

they are going to surgically remove the stones? Must be nice! I had to piss out one, it hurt so bad before I pissed it out I threw up.

wow.....ouch!! I can imagine it would be painful but for the doctors to 'discover' that he had stones as well do you think that they did not affect him when he went to the toilet, can they lay dormant so he wouldn't have known?

[Polly]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Think all this is front page worthy or meh, forums are enough?

Yeah, front-page it. I'm sick of seeing Carollas weird-looking arms.

[argatoga]

He should avoid the Krusty-Os.

[Blind_Io]

It's interesting how they can perform this operation with a scope these days. They actually go in through the navel so there's no scaring.

Now, why must they always mention his crash? Anytime Hamster makes the news they spend half the article or more re-hashing his crash. Let it go, I'm sure he wants to move on and look ahead. I know that, were I in his position, I would not want to be defined by the crash.

[jackson_oat]

Originally Posted by Blind_Io

It's interesting how they can perform this operation with a scope these days. They actually go in through the navel so there's no scaring.

Now, why must they always mention his crash? Anytime Hamster makes the news they spend half the article or more re-hashing his crash. Let it go, I'm sure he wants to move on and look ahead. I know that, were I in his position, I would not want to be defined by the crash.

I agree. This bothers me, too. They said they wouldn't mention it anymore on Top Gear and he wrote the book and I imagine that could have been some kind of means of closure for him about it. That way, the public would know the events and that would be the end of it. Annoyingly, the papers, as usual, have to mention everything else, despite it happening two years ago. But then again, think what they did to Princess Diana. They can't seem to let her go, I don't imagine his crash will be disappearing any time soon, either as stupid as that is.

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by skylock

Of course this is front page news.

Any complications could result in the delay of the next Top Gear Season or even just postpone any filming that needs to get done.

Originally Posted by Polly

Yeah, front-page it. I'm sick of seeing Carollas weird-looking arms.

Okie dokey, done.

And thanks. I always hesitate to post stuff on the front page, especially when it's after the fact.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally Posted by Blind_Io

It's interesting how they can perform this operation with a scope these days. They actually go in through the navel so there's no scaring.

Well, not quite none. There's 3 incisions made for a laproscopic appendectomy. If I remember correctly from mine, there's one to fill you up with air, one for the tools to cut/remove the offending organ, and one for the camera. Then they quite literally staple you back together - you come out looking like you've suddenly taken up extreme body modification!

[BlaRo]

Originally Posted by edkwon

I've seen guys younger than me spend months in the ICU because of burst appendixes that weren't operated on, its a horrible mess, so i'm coming from a place where those jokes don't sound funny, just ignorant.

Are you serious? You need a handful of these:



Do you want to know how close my appendix was to bursting? My stomach burst with agonizing pain for a week straight, and I was forced to stay in bed the entire time watching America's Funniest Home Vidoes reruns with a bucket next to me for the multiple times I had to vomit. My mom massaged my stomach and navel for hours on end to no avail, I couldn't eat a thing, and I was constantly crying from the pain. When the doctors finally took a look at me, they had to comfort me with the idea that knives would be stuck into me while I was asleep. Ever tell an 8-year old that? It's the scariest feeling in the world, I didn't know if I would come out of it alive and live to the 3rd grade.

I spent another 2 weeks in the hospital, ate crummy pizza, wandered around the gift shop pulling an IV drip behind me, and managed to watch something called The Lion King for the first time in my life while wishing I could be outside with all the other kids. When I came home, the metallic balloon my parents had bought me slipped from my tiny fingers, floating past the trees into the unforgiving cloudy sky. "DAD! GET IN A PLANE AND GET IT BACK FOR ME!" I cried next to the beige Lincoln Continental Mark III parked in front of our apartment.

The doctors would later say that I was mere hours from seeing it burst, sepsis, and the messy cleanup that would have resulted.

So if you can't joke about it, then you might as well be dead. Gimme a freakin' break.