rumors have been running rampant throughout madison and minneapolis, and i feel that i need to clear this up on record. to follow up on a previous post, i do not in fact have 2 pancreases (pancrei). while it is possible for that to happen (look it up naysayers!!!) i only possess one.
a shadow in one of my abdomen CT's led my surgeon to believe that i may have two pancrei (pancreases) but this was disproved after my latest small bowel series. (basically i was forced to chug two bottles of barium as quickly as i could; then the doctors took pictures of my stomach every 10 minutes to watch it travel through my intestines.)
it has now been determined and proven through multiple tests that my gallbladder is the culprit of my stomach pain. or at least it might be. the doctors aren't sure about that, but they are sure that it's about 1/4 of the size that it's supposed to be, so it should come out of me ASAP. in doctor-speak, that means june 3...10 days from today. at 7:30am, two tuesdays from today i will be sans gallbladder and up 4 scars from where i started the day. i hope this means in the near future i will have booze-filled evenings without ridiculously painful stomach pangs and can once again enjoy sushi (and any type of food that involves flavor). if not, i may to have to become a vegan or fruitarian. something that makes my life more exciting than bran muffins and nila wafers. i used to love the "simple goodness" of nila wafers, but i think one box too many has made me a bit more simple-minded than i was when i first started eating them.
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