Tag Archives: health

Gallbladder Secession From the Union

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

I’m losing another vestigial structure today. Little known fact in the history of Speaker7, but a week before my tonsillectomy I had a HIDA scan. I was crammed into a tube, filled with helium and then twisted into a horse … Continue reading →

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Post-Tonsillectomy Adventures

Posted on December 22, 2012 by

Many of you have been asking about my tonsillectomy recovery. This may be something I hallucinated. I’m on some pretty strong painkillers. It turns out it wasn’t such a bad idea to read tonsillectomy horror stories online. It makes the … Continue reading →

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To Doc with Love

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you are aware of my tonsil issue, which the media has dubbed Tonsilgate. If you are not a regular reader, you can catch up by clicking here and here. The short … Continue reading →

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STDs and the Olds

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

This post was a suggestion by the remarkable Jen from Sips of Jen and Tonic. And Jen never steers me wrong…except when I jumped on that post-a-day bandwagon because now I’m writing about the elderly and genital warts. And I … Continue reading →

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Hugo for Movember

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

Who better to raise awareness about prostate cancer and mental health issues than Hugo, the man of 1,000 faces? True, he does not have a prostate. He does not have any lower body at all as a matter of fact. … Continue reading →

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Mission Not Accomplished

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

Friday was supposed to be the day my tonsils were liberated from my body. But alas it is not to be. My pre-operative experience has been…troubling? Is that the right word? No,  I think I meant to write “giant clusterfuck.” … Continue reading →

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Con-sul-ta-tion

Posted on October 13, 2012 by

con·sul·ta·tion/ˌkänsəlˈtāSHən/ noun: 1.) The action or process of formally consulting or discussing 2.) A meeting with an expert or professional, such as a medical doctor, in order to seek advice Did you know that a tonsillectomy entails removing one’s tonsils? … Continue reading →

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Things You Should Never Do

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

1. Research tonsillectomy on the Internet and read posts by people written five days post-surgery. The person who had an easy go of it is not busy posting his easy-peasy experience on the blog. He’s not going to make time … Continue reading →

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My Dear John Letter

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

Break-ups are never easy. In a few weeks, I will be saying goodbye to my tonsils.  They will move out of the space in the back of my throat that they have been living in rent-free all these years, and … Continue reading →

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In case I die before you read this. . .

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

The Internet is neat with its social networking (stalking) capabilities, series of tubes, weblogs (aka blogs), emoticons, Nigerian princes. It has this: But the ability to access information about virtually anything does have its downsides…especially if you are a hypochondriac … Continue reading →

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