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January 05, 2006

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The stones!

(No, not the Rolling Stones!)

My gall stonesI was mistaken. When still at the hospital, I was shown what the doctor left me with — I thought it was a bag containing one yellowish gall stone. What I was really looking at was a bag with some yellowish discoloration left by the stones that were actually in the bag (the doctor gave me a bunch of gall stones, as you can see in the phtoto). I put the ballpoint pen there for a frame of reference so that you can judge the size of the stones better — they’re pretty small, eh? And, it’s interesting that some are black and some are more orange.

Anyway, I guess there were some larger stones and there were some smaller ones, but they were mostly around this size. The main problem, in my case, may have arisen due to the fact that I have (or had) an abnormally small which was easily blockable by any number of stone sizes. So, now that I don’t have to rely on that particular duct to deliver bile to my digestive system, I may see a reduction in all sorts of life-long afflictions (I can cross my fingers anyway).

I’m still feeling pretty good. The pain is manageable, although I am tired. Another nap may be in order soon.

Update: Julianna recently informed me that the “stones” did begin as one stone and must have crumbled since we got them. The original stone, then, was about the size of a small pea.

Posted at 10:38 am

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Comments (8):
Rest well and feel better soon, Tim. With or without them, you still rock.

Shepcat () (URL) - January 05, 2006 at 11:54 am

Hehe. ;-) Thanks, Shep.

timsamoff () (URL) - January 05, 2006 at 12:05 pm

I hardly know you, yet I feel like I know you a little bit better now that you have shown me your stones.

mattharmless () (URL) - January 05, 2006 at 7:58 pm

Man, not fun…

Oh and thanks for letting me steal your parents on Christmas. It was great to see them.

In other news, I finally got the gift of my first broken bone. Well two actually…it’s amazing what a game of tug-of-war can do to your metacarpals…

jpierce (URL) - January 06, 2006 at 10:25 am

you’re such a stoner… Dude, so glad you’re doing better.

Dennis the menace () - January 06, 2006 at 10:34 am

Matt ~ As they always say: “‘Twas the stone that brought us together, ‘twill be the stones that tear us apart.” (Or something like that.)

James ~ I’m glad you got to see them. I won’t get to until April. Sorry to hear about the broken bones. Tug-of-war… Man.

Dennis ~ Well, you always did know me better then some.

timsamoff () (URL) - January 06, 2006 at 1:31 pm

Tim, yeah…it’s fun saying it took 16 people to break my hand.

jpierce (URL) - January 07, 2006 at 4:44 pm

Oh, that’s better than most of my stories! ;-)

timsamoff () (URL) - January 08, 2006 at 08:25 am

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