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F*ck You
[Why I hate the pancreas and you should too.] The pancreas is the crybaby of organs. Take its neighbor the liver, for instance. You can beat the hell out of the liver (“Bottoms up!”), but if you ask for forgiveness early enough and pinky swear to be nice, it will sometimes give you a do-over…
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Good Day Sunshine
I’ll be honest. I didn’t really want a steel wire threaded up from my wrist to the inside of my heart. Abundant anxiety as my brother and I tried to find our way through the maze of hallways at Kaiser Walnut Creek. No one seemed to know where I was supposed to be for my…
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Heart of Gold
Some merciful good news last night. I had an echocardiogram yesterday (that’s an ultrasound of the heart), and it showed no damage and my heart working normally. The aorta is slightly dilated (hmm, Dr. Google has a lot to say about that), but the cardiologist is not concerned, at least for now. Big exhale. Nonetheless,…