That is not a side-effect, that is a feature! Very glad to hear you are doing better physically and emotionally, Michael.
That is a tough one to hear. As one of the crowd missing original issued equipment (spleen), though, I can say that afterwards there is little guilt about losing parts. We have an incredible gift in our bodies, including how forgiving they are about rough treatment. Best wishes. On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Rest and get well. And don't be too frightened about the surgery. Gall > bladder surgery is not too bad, and when I had mine done, I felt so much > better afterwards. The only side effect I have is that I can't eat > lettuce. > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Michael Dinowitz < > mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > > > > I just wanted to thank you all for the prayers and well-wishes. I'm alive > > and recovering at home, though I'm still mostly in bed. Once the > > anti-biotics run their course I'll be going back to get my gall bladder > > removed. :( > > There's something psychologically devastating about a part of your body > > being cut out and I kind of dread it. > > > > I had attacks of this sort in the past though never this severe and > thought > > they were just gas (based on a passing medical opinion). My desire not to > > impose is what stopped me from calling Hatzolah on Shabbos and I was > > totally wrong in that regard. If I have a problem in the future I'll use > > someone else's pain scale to determine when it's time to go. > > > > For now my job is to get better, get back on track work wise, and get > > things here stable. Yes, and get some sleep. I'm only awake now because > > Judith needed to be woken up to write an article for someone. She's doing > > freelance press releases and was too zonked yesterday to do it. One part > of > > me feels I should be working on billing a client now but the other part > > says to sleep and heal. Hard decision. > > > > Thanks again > > > > Michael > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359221 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm