I used to go to a doctor in Albuquerque with a recurring sinus problem that nothing seemed to touch, until the doctor finally asked me, despairingly, "Do you have anything I can CURE?"
After a moment's thought, I said, "Well, I do have recurrent heartburn."
He leaped on this as an excuse to get me scanned (or was it x-rayed? this was a few years ago, and I've slept since then), and we discovered that I had gallstones. In fact, I had so many gallstones that they were packed in so tightly that quite a few of them were cube-shaped (I brought some home as souvenirs, until I decided they were too biohazardous to keep around).
Heartburn was the only symptom I ever had. And I still have it.
Don't have a gallbladder any more, though.
And the day after the surgery I walked down to the nurse's desk and said, "I'm dressed, and I'm ready to go home. Let me OUT of here."
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Date: 2013-08-17 11:33 pm (UTC)After a moment's thought, I said, "Well, I do have recurrent heartburn."
He leaped on this as an excuse to get me scanned (or was it x-rayed? this was a few years ago, and I've slept since then), and we discovered that I had gallstones. In fact, I had so many gallstones that they were packed in so tightly that quite a few of them were cube-shaped (I brought some home as souvenirs, until I decided they were too biohazardous to keep around).
Heartburn was the only symptom I ever had. And I still have it.
Don't have a gallbladder any more, though.
And the day after the surgery I walked down to the nurse's desk and said, "I'm dressed, and I'm ready to go home. Let me OUT of here."
I hope your surgery goes as well.