Gall Bladder Removal Is Imminent
Monday I had an ultrasound done of my gall bladder. Just like the ultrasound I had done last year, this one indicated that my gall bladder needs to be removed, as soon as possible, by force if necessary. (The difference is that this year, I can afford to have it done.)
The gall bladder processes the fat that you eat. Mine has a big-ass stone in it, so, whenever I ate something too fatty, it caused blockage around the gall stone at night, and that blockage hurt like hell. So, a year and a half ago, I stopped eating really fatty foods. However, recently, the stone has gotten big enough to hurt like hell in the daytime, when I eat foods that I used to be able to handle.
I’m meeting with the surgeon on the 20th to schedule what day I will bid that organ goodbye.
How sad is it that I’m sort of looking forward to the 3 to 7 recovery days that will follow? Because, really, when else in my life would I have the opportunity to lie in bed playing World of Warcraft, without being wracked with guilt?
I’m gonna level up like a mofo.
Also, I will eat a chopped beef sandwich, two chili dogs, some cheese fries, a wheel of brie, and a cow-head taco… all pain free. W00t!
(Concentrating on these thoughts will keep me from being scared, I hope. I’ve never had real surgery before. I hope the surgeon is nice. I hope they don’t leave scissors inside me, or cut off my legs by mistake.)
