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- A Day Later, Organ Lighter
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2008.06.20 \ 6 Comments \ Filed under: Health, Medicine
I feel now is as good a time as any to mention that I had my appendix removed last week. I had been feeling pain in the area since last September, but it was only just recently, near midnight, that it was ready to burst.
I drove myself to the hospital emergency ward and within hours a surgeon had plucked the little infected worm from the end of my large intestine. Aside from the usual dangers involving general anesthesia and potential bleeding issues, the procedure is pretty straightforward. There is some risk of post-operative infection and/or complications from pneumonia involved so I was hospitalized for a few days after to ensure everything was A-OK. I’m still feeling a bit of pain and I’m required to take it easy for another few weeks, but mostly it’s behnd me.
During the procedure my doc even took a nice portrait of my gangrened appendix (click only if you can handle graphic pics of innards).
Should I feel naked? For some reason I do.
Anyway, it’s really not too big a deal but some cultures may not handle it so well, either from an emergency medical standpoint or from a mythological or spiritual position that says your body must stay intact.
Do any of you in Sri Lanka have a view on this, or personal experience? How well, for example, is the emergency system set-up to accept and accommodate emergency appendectomy surgery? And is there any other stigma around removing an organ, even if it is poisoning you?
I look forward to hearing from you.
OLDER ENTRIES
- To Kottu Readers: Care to Comment?
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2008.06.17 \ 18 Comments \ Filed under: People, Uncategorized
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I could really use your help in bringing some measure of Sri Lanka online to America.
- Gone to the Birds
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2008.06.04 \ No Comments \ Filed under: Birdhouses, Birds, Wildlife
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Birds are all around us. When you’re bored or troubled, take a break and tune in. You’ll be amazed at what you hear. And if you tune in enough, you’ll be even more amazed at the subtle changes you begin to learn.
- Sri Lanka Floods, Can’t Catch a Break
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2008.06.02 \ No Comments \ Filed under: floods, monsoon
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“At least 13 people, including two children from a family, have been killed and over 225,000 displaced due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall that has hit several parts of Sri Lanka over the past few days, officials said here Monday.”
- Journalist Hacked to Death
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2008.05.28 \ No Comments \ Filed under: Human Rights, Journalism, Journalists, War
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In my last post I mentioned how disgusted I was about how journalist in particular are being singled out by controlling entities–be they terrorist or other groups related, at least indirectly, to members of the government.
- Call for Sri Lanka Journalist Reports
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2008.05.23 \ No Comments \ Filed under: Human Rights, Journalism, Journalists
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I can’t say I’ve been as horrified as I am to know how journalists in Sri Lanka are being treated.