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It's good to be alive
So, last Monday morning, around 4am, I started to get pain in my chest under my right rib. I wrote it off as a gas pocket and kept doing what I was doing... but the pain started getting worse and also moved from my right side to the center of my chest (about an inch under where the ribs end). It just stayed there and didn't seem to want to go away like a gas pocket normally would.
Finally, after putting up with it until about 11 Am I decided that it was time to get it checked out, so off to the local hospital ER went I for some evaluation. Well, after testing me with an EKG and other tests the verdict came back that it was not a heart attack. However, after a CT (CAT) scan and some other tests it looked like it was my Gall Bladder. Met with a surgeon and he ordered a few more tests for the following day. Next day (Tuesday) was an MRI and something else, followed by a confirmation from te Doc that indeed, it was my Gall Bladder, it was infected, had gall stones and, to quote him.. "it was hot". 2:30 PM that same day I was in surgery and it was removed using Laproscopy. Talking to the Doc afterwards he said it was scared from previous attacks and he wondered why I wasn't in worse shape from the infection. (Put me on massive IV doses of antibiotics). I'm happy to report that the next day I was doing really good and was on solid foods already and by Thursday evening (although still *very* tender I was sent home. Doing better every day now, walking without any pain and more importantly able to draw a full lungful of air without pain. My point of all of this is to caution everyone not to just shake off heavy pain and think it's a gas pocket. It can be much worse, from a heart attack to a gall bladder to kidney stones to ??? Take pain seriously, it's natures way of telling you that something isn't right. I got my Christmas gift early. I'm still alive.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless. 
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12-23-2019, 12:49 AM
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Very thankful that you’re doing well and great post to make everyone aware of the issue. It’s too easy to do the “man thing” and brush it off, but it’s not the smart thing.
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 Scott, Portland, OR '85 V-20 I/O, Merc 170
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12-23-2019, 03:32 AM
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I'm glad your doing well Paul. Your so rite about pain .it is indeed letting you know something is wrong.Glad you got it taken care of and that you can enjoy a wonderful Christmas!
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1988 Grady White Seafarer Yamaha 250 ox66 on a bracket
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12-23-2019, 06:42 AM
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Happy to hear that that's all it was and that you are on the mend already. I totally agree with your advice. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
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1987 V20 1996 Jonhson 150 OceanRunner
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12-23-2019, 12:13 PM
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Close call, D, glad your back in the pink. This will be a christmas you won t forget.
One of the guys at a parts house i trade with was having lower back pains and shortness of breath, turned out to be a gall bladder problem. I always thought of gallbladder as a digestive problem. I guess that issue presents itself in many different ways.
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