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[arguchik]

well...i have officially had my first surgery. they took out my appendix friday night, at the UW medical center.

and no, in case you're wondering, they didn't do the laproscopic procedure. i had an "open appendectomy." the surgical chief resident told me it's cheaper, faster, and only minimally more scarring; also that it's what *he* would have, if he needed an appendectomy. so i agreed. just get it done...ya know? i don't wanna die.

there's nothing like having your abdomen sliced open to let you know that you're alive.

and i still don't like narcotics. narcotics + sharon = bad bad bad like puking your guts out, running into walls bad. i'll take plain tylenol, thanx.

so what would you do with 150 oxycodone tablets, if you were me? hehehe.

wanna see my scar? ;-)

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[crash66.livejournal.com]

That appendicitis thing is a bugger eh'

We'll have to compare scars and storys when I visit. Remember to take it easy for quite awhile after the operation. I think I slept for a week after.

Glad your ok.

[(Anonymous)]

yeah, i'm not up for doing anything too active right now. i walked a block to a restaurant this morning, and was like...."ok, that's enough exercise for today." i find that i have a lot more energy, though, when i'm not taking the narcotics.

the pain isn't as bad as i thought it would be, though, as long as i don't move around too much, or in ways that require much from my abdominal muscles. the sucky thing is that the breathing tube from the surgery really fucked up my throat, and it hurts to cough, so my throat is perpetually froggy.

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

oops, that was me. didn't realize i wasn't logged in...