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Old 09-24-2007, 07:27 PM  
kektex
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Thanks for the wishes Cunning!

My surgery cost around $7000. Considering the minimum wage here in Venezuela is around $300 I did a lot of thinking about the people that cannot pay for insurance and have to rely on the very deficient government healthcare. And I still had to wait almost 8 hours to get seen by a doctor.The nurses told me they didn´t know what the hell was going on but they had never been that busy in ages.

I actually went to one of the most expensive hospitals around here because it was the closest one to my place and my dad was freaking out watching me all curled up in to a ball to ease the pain. He had to drive me because I could barely walk,let alone drive.

I also had laparoscopic surgery. Three small incisions and I can walk right now but with a bit of pain. The doc said I cannot eat any solids till wednesday to prevent any indigestion that might make the incisions open up.
I´ll see if I can get the doctor to give me a copy of the video they made during the operation cos I totally forgot to ask them for the apendix in a jar hehe...
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