OMG, JC, I went from terrified concern to ribald laughter reading your post. How shall I procede? I'll take the humourous stuff (get the pun?) first, so as to assure you that I have no bile about your post. <gg>
Every time you mentioned GB, I thought you were talking about about the President, BTW. "Gee, first Cheney and his heart, now Bush and his gall bladder. Those poor Repubs!"
And "sucking it out through a jumbo straw". If that doesn't qualify for Sauna visual of the week, I don't know what will!
OK, now, on a more serious note, my mother had her gall bladder removed about twenty years ago, after years of chronic digestive problems and pain. While the surgery was surely more complicated and risky then than it is now, she said she'd wished they'd taken the damn thing out long before. It changed her health completely and quickly. She's now in her mid-sixties, playing tennis and gallivanting like never before.
Also, the improvements in anesthesia recently are remarkable. I don't know when the last time was when you had major surgery, but my surgery last week was much easier to recover from because of less toxic anesthesia (not to mention great new anti-emetics).
I say if you've been feeling poorly (a little southern phrase in honor of Eudora) and this procedure is recommended by someone you trust, it's a good idea.
Only one caveat: You must return and show us your scar! |
