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So, I don't know if I shared this, on Wednesday I had an ultrasound done. MPREG is real, yo.

No, actually I had it done because I've had increasingly painful episodes where after I eat food my back begins to ache, and my doctor was naturally kind of worried about a) digestion-related pain and b) how I kind of stopped eating much. So he had me do an ultrasound, which was actually pretty cool; I got to look at my liver and be all "Welp, glad you're there, sorry about my mid-twenties buddy".

My doctor thought it might be pancreatitis or gallstones, or an off-chance of kidney stones. I was deeply hoping it was not pancreatitis, because that's some serious shit and also you have to stop eating entirely for like a week. The results came back this afternoon. We have a winner: it's gallstones!

Seriously how am I so feeble. It really passes understanding.

Anyhow, I have to see a primary care physician, which means I have to find a primary care physician and then probably wait two months, though I'm begging to be put on a waiting list for cancellations because oh my god seriously I ate french fries last night and I have suffered for it for going on 24 hours now. That taken into account, though, I still can't have surgery done, if it's needed, until November; Mum's having surgery the middle of this month, a surgery she should have had ten years ago, and if she reschedules it again I might kill her.

GALLSTONES. THE NERVE OF IT ALL.

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I had them too, except my symptom was acid reflux, not digestive-related pain. ... I ate a lot of chicken until the thing came out, which is obviously not an option for you. But laparoscopic surgery was RIDICULOUSLY easy for me. I took five days off work, though the next week or so, I had to wear sweatpants to the office, which you may not be able to do. I wish you luck on it, though!