Ben Murdoch-Smith ([info]nebhead) wrote,
@ 2005-12-09 12:58:00
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Current mood: hungry

Ill, sorta
After watching a jazz concert last night, I got up to leave and found a really painful bump just above my bellybutton. Slightly concerned, I decided to see how it was in the morning.

Well, it was still kinda there this morning, so I went into the local doctors surgery to get it looked at, and aparantly I have a Periumbilical Hernia. w00t.

It's basically a hole inside my bellybutton that allows stuff like my intestines through. So that bump was most likely a bit of intestine trying to break free. Fantastic.


Aparantly, it shouldn't cause me too many problems... if anything tries to make a run for it, I've been told just to push it back inside. Forgive me if this makes me cringe slightly. My other option is surgery, but seeing as how the American medical system involves paying horrendous ammounts of money to get anything done, I may just wait til I get back to the UK for that.


So, fun fun fun. :D




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[info]evad_ukc
2005-12-09 02:05 pm UTC (link)
butbut surgery would be free, surely?! You have medical cover covering any conditions which have developed whilst in the United States...

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random commenter.
[info]sassmatazz
2005-12-09 02:06 pm UTC (link)
OHMYFRUITGROTTYMUFFINS. waiitt..so were you born with the hole in your belly button? =/

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Re: random commenter.
[info]nebhead
2005-12-09 02:20 pm UTC (link)
No, it's something that's developed recently. And it's not a hole through to the outside world, just a hole in the stuff between my innards and my skin.

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[info]kepplar
2005-12-09 02:22 pm UTC (link)
doesnt heal by itself i take it?

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Re: random commenter.
[info]nebhead
2005-12-09 02:30 pm UTC (link)
nope, it'll just get bigger and bigger with time. *Joy*

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Re: random commenter.
[info]cgaqualla
2005-12-09 02:57 pm UTC (link)
can you find some time to pop back to england, even if just for the op and then going straight back to america?

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Re: random commenter.
[info]evad_ukc
2005-12-09 02:59 pm UTC (link)
"popping" back costs $600+

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Re: random commenter.
[info]cgaqualla
2005-12-09 03:01 pm UTC (link)
how much would the op cost in america?

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[info]piggeh
2005-12-10 01:19 am UTC (link)
erk, that doesn't sound good..

*hugs*

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Oh bother!
[info]senekal
2005-12-10 04:52 pm UTC (link)
Be careful and get that seen to!

This is kind of the reason one should buy health insurance when travelling to the US.

It's also one of the reasons that the US health system needs an enema.

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[info]kimmiky
2005-12-11 06:01 am UTC (link)
:| *hugs gently* At least it's not serious... apparently? :/

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[info]nebhead
2005-12-11 10:42 am UTC (link)
The hole's getting bigger, so I'm most likely gonna have to go in for surgery after Christmas. Cest la vie.

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