!!! Live with them?! I have sludge, not even actual stones yet, and I couldn’t imagine having this shit become a normal part of my life. I also can’t imagine throwing up after every meal, that sounds awful. I’m sorry you went through all of that! And I’m glad you eventually got it out!

Yeah they take abdominal pain seriously! I checked into the ER prepared to wait and my butt didn’t even hit the seat before they called me back. It was all very immediate and I was surprised because usually I feel like medical professionals don’t really take me seriously. They had drawn my blood, given me an IV line,…

Thank you! The idea of surgery freaks me out but y’all are making me feel better.

It was really dull for about two weeks and Monday I couldn’t sit in one place because it hurt so bad. It was like getting cramps under my ribs if that makes any sense at all? I had to leave work early yesterday because the pain combined with pretty much starving made it too hard for me to keep keeping on.

I wish! Alcohol dehydrates so it’s a no-go too. At least beer would fill me up some! 😭

Thank you for the info! That makes it a little less daunting (though I don’t want to miss any more work than I have to!)

I have to get a HIDA scan at some point soon. Apparently I have sludge in mine, and I’m one of the few lucky ones that this causes pain for. I really don’t want to have to have surgery so I’m crossing my fingers that it gets better. 😂

I’ve been extremely grumpy the last 30-something hours because my gallbladder decided to hate me and the ER doctor put me on a clear liquid diet.

That’s... an interesting take...?

I’m sorry, was the fact that those 500 angry white supremacist guys were *white supremacists* somehow lost to you? If you’d use your reading comprehension skills, you would see the next line after the quote you pulled said toxic masculinity was likely a factor but it’s *not* more of a cause than anti-semitism and…

That’s so incredibly gross and I’m sorry that you’ve had to call people out because they should know better. As you can see from my caps and exclamation points, I probably wouldn’t have been gentle in calling them out so I commend you for having patience though I think it’s perfectly okay to tell them to shove that…

I think this is a really good explanation of why we shouldn’t use POC as encyclopedias. I have friends that I do ask questions, but it’s when I don’t understand something that I’ve read and need clarification or because what I’ve found to explain it feels inadequate. Otherwise, I try to figure it all out on my own —…

I’ve been reading and not commenting because I haven’t had anything really poignant to add to the conversation (especially considering I’ve been a rage beast since Friday over this mess — makes me less articulate and more just screaming), but this... I have to type in all caps and I’m sorry.

Yeah it’s fucking ridiculous how many people make excuses for them and their ~rights~. Fuck all that noise.

No. They should be named and shamed. They should lose their jobs, their safety nets, their sense of moving through the world feeling safe. These anti-semitic, racist, Neo-Nazi, Klan Member shit stains on the underwear of society deserve to be outed for what they are. You don’t get to support causes like ethnic…

It’s actually kind of weird to me (I go to SHSU about 30-40 minutes away) that they keep choosing CStat. The college itself denounces that stuff every time it crops up and there are always pretty big counter-protests and yet they still keep coming back.

I’ll be counter-protesting at the ATM event.

Even ol’ Turtleface McConnell said something more decisive than President Orangeade and Mike Pence. Shit, even Dan Patrick did better and he’s about equal in the realm of stains on humanity to Trump himself.

I had someone chew me out and block me on Facebook over saying I’m 100% okay with Nazi punching. The “people defending Nazis” thing is also a part of Dump’s America

Oh of course! Just reading all of the tweets and statements today from people I would have expected to try to skirt around straight up calling them Nazis, White Supremacisrs and racists REALLY put the contrast on Trump’s shitty statement. I honestly thought I would meet Jesus (or maybe Satan considering my life…