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I appreciate you telling your story, and apologize for insinuating that it was a useless organ rather than an organ that you can live fine without in most cases
by thirsteh 12y ago
I appreciate you telling your story, and apologize for insinuating that it was a useless organ rather than an organ that you can live fine without in most cases.
- SiVal 12y agoYeah, that statement I agree with. And no apology necessary (but +1 to you for it anyway), because it wasn't an issue of etiquette but of factual correctness. And not just "someone is wrong on the Internet." This one matters, because if someone with a somewhat gravelly gall bladder but no history of gallstones (picked up by ultrasound while looking at something else) decides to go ahead and have it removed based on the assumption that it literally does nothing except put you at risk of gallstones and can be removed with no risk other than the very minor cutting, he might end up like me, and I'm hoping to prevent a few cases of that. I'm also hoping to put something out there for people who end up like me to find via Google, so they can try Cholestyramine. Apparently it doesn't help some people, but it was miraculous for me.