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06/08/2011: "Oh Me, Oh, My!"

I spent the Memorial Day weekend in the hospital getting my appendix removed. I usually have a 3 day wait before I go to the doctor, but after a day and a half of the pain staying in one place, I decided to go to the hospital. I got there at 5 pm but the CT scanner was broke. I had to wait until 11:30 before it was repaired & they were finally convinced that I had appendicites. They said the surgeon would be there at 6:00am but I didn't get into the O.R. until 9:30. I'm just glad it didn't burst by then.
They did laparoscopic surgery so it wasn't very painful at all and the recovery has gone on very fast. I'm very glad I got appendicites because the scan also showed a mass on my kidney, so now I'm dealing with that. I won't be going to the same hospital for this though, I'm going to the UW for the biopsy and then if it's cancer I'll be going to the Cancer Care Alliance. My hand is still black and blue from the nurse missing my vein for the I.V. With veins like mine I don't know how they could miss it. Hopefully it's a harmless mass and all will be fine but we'll see.
I haven't worked since the surgery and it's the longest I've ever been off work. I haven't even danced but I'm going to try tomorrow morning because I sure miss it, in fact, "Let's All Dance!"