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The Christianville Spirit
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January 28th, 2026 – TCS # 929
Howdy from A Freezing Cold Texas, My Readers! It is Pretty Rare for It to be This Cold. At One Point, It was Forecasted that The Wind Chill would have went Somewhere in between – 3 (Negative 3) to –10 (Negative 10). Crazy, Right?! It was So Rare that We were under an
“Extreme Cold Warning” (Which, Again is Very Rare for Our Area of Big Ol’ Plano, Texas!)
Anyway, so There is “How’s The Weather where You Are”
So, This Newsletter, I will admit, is Kinda Personal as well as Difficult for Me to Write. No, It’s Not Bad. Don’t Worry!
So, I will admit that Since Christmas and going into The New Year have been a Bit of A Struggle both in My Body and in My Mind. I’ve Sounded Positive and I am. But, Struggling a Bit
You Know, If You didn’t Know, Just before Christmas, I had an Emergency Gallbladder Removal (Refer to “A Grinch-y Gallbladder Christmas” – Newsletter 924) because What I thought was “Just Kidney Stones” or “Just Pain for Getting Violently Sick All Day”, turned into Getting Surgery within 24 Hours.
Now, The Thing that I am struggling with is The Part that No One talks about, The Recovery!
So, Just to be Clear, I’ve had Surgery before!
I’ve had Eye Surgery to Straighten My Eyes;
Mouth Surgery, to close The Roof of My Mouth;
Plus Upper GI (To Check My Stomach) and Dental Work to Removal The Farthest Teeth. Spoiler Alert and
Medical Trigger Alert! Just Saying!
But, I’ve never in My Life, Have I had Experienced
Surgery-Surgery (Like where There are Slit Marks on Your Body; aka Moderate Risk Surgery) and
of Course, Surgery-Surgery-Surgery (Important Organs; Transplants; aka High Risk Surgery)
But, There is One Thing that People Don’t Tell You, Recovery Ain’t for The Weak!
So, I should have Explained about The Following:
What The Frick is The Gallbladder and Why Does It Matter?
Honestly, I thought that The Gallbladder was One of Those Organs, like The Appendix or Tonsils, where It was Okay for It to be Removed. The Best Way, I am explain it in that,
The Gallbladder is a Small Organ that acts sort of like
The Gas Tank for The Bile (The Yellow Stuff that comes after Getting Sick so Much that There is Nothing in Your Stomach) from Your Liver to be Stored.
As I am Sounding like My Mother for a Minute,
Basically, The Bile is what is Used to help Digest Food and Move the Poo in Your Intestines along. It also can Affect Mood and Several Other Things, but The Digestion and The Poo are The Most Important Parts of It’s Function.
So, Can You Live without It? Yes, You can. You just have to be Mindful about Eating Habits, like Not So Much Fried, Fatty Foods, and/or Junk Food. Luckily, I don’t eat that much of that anyway, with Chick Fil A (Lightly Fried Chicken) and My Favourite Food, Mac and Cheese being The Exception.
Now, The Things that They don’t tell about, is The Recovery from It. To Me (Before Surgery), Recovery meant, Time in The Recovery Room, then a Drive back Home while You are Very Loopy and Sleep it Off.
Recovery from Gallbladder Surgery, Try It hurting for a about A Week and A Half Every Time that You do The Following
It Hurt everytime I did The Following:
++ I Sat Up
++ Coughed
++ Gagged
++ Yawn
++ Hiccupped
++ Moved Position (To Sleep)
++ Walked Very Slowly (At Home)
++ Trying to Figure Out What to Eat (Been a Struggle!)
And, Then, Those Things that are Personal but Happen after You have Mainly Recovered.
Looking Down and Seeing The Slits (Aka Incisions) on Your Body; Fears of Medical Mishaps because Healing is Taking Longer than You thought; Fear of Going Back to The Hospital again; “Scar Tissue” that feels like Pressure on Your Belly, and Then, Of Course, When Moments of Constipation happens. What about Kidney Stones?!
Well, I had One in My Back, right before This Big Winter Storm and Yes, I got Sick several Times!
I was Very Worried about Going Back to The Hospital but, I think It only Tore a Little Scar-Tissue on My Belly but, Otherwise Okay. Part of Recovery, I guess.
It seemed like Trifecta of Things,
Constipation, Kidney Stones, and A Winter Storm
With My Hyper-Sensitive Nerves after My Surgery (Another Thing that People don’t Tell You about Recovery!) could Feel Every Movement of My Constipation and Kidney Stones; and Being Stuck in an Ice Storm didn’t Help! So, Recovery and Life Post-Surgery have not been Easy. I have been doing It though but, Not Easy. I did learn something, The Bile Duct from The Gallbladder to The Liver was unusually Small, Must be Part of My PTLS! The Things You Learn about Something like This!
All in all, I’m not a Doctor but, If You can Keep Your Gallbladder, Please Keep It! Unless You want to The (Fun Recovery I have been having!
Thanks For Reading The Christianville Spirit. Recovery can Fun or Horrible, Depending on How You See It!
