spleenet

Well friends, a weight has been lifted from me. Yesterday afternoon I had an operation to remove my colon (colectomy, in official medical terminology). Those of you who know me well...and probably most people who've met me in passing...probably wouldn't argue with a
description of me as 'stubborn' (though I prefer 'steadfast in my beliefs and pursuits). In the current situation, I appear to have been able to take this mental trait straight on to corporeal. My body simply would have nothing to do with the 'medical route' and so surgery became the best path.

So, I'm minus one colon BUT it turns out I have 2 spleens!!! The surgeon says this is not really that uncommon, the second one being very small and actually called a spleenet :)

My surgeon, a woman who radiates competence and overall kindness (like exactly what you want from a surgeon) says the surgery went very well. It will take some time to recover (duh), but for one day out, I'm feeling pretty well, have a button that I push that feeds me pain drugs, may get to eat real food again pretty soon, and am one thankful little spleenet.

miss you all - MG