SC - Apology

[Huette von Ahrens]

- --- Ron and Laurene Wells <tinyzoo at aracnet.com> wrote:

> >- --- Ron and Laurene Wells <tinyzoo at aracnet.com>
> wrote:
> > > You guys are all wrong.  > -Laurene
> >
> >Since when is making a joke spreading
> misinformation?
> >Yes, I was wrong, but I didn't mean it as
> information.
> >I meant is as a joke, which is why I put the smiley
> >face after my statement.  So lighten up Laurene and
> >find a sense of humor.
> >
> >Huette
> 
> Not everyone seemed to understand it as a joke.  I
> apologise for causing 
> any offense.  I was just trying to clarify a detail
> that some people seemed 
> not to know the truth about.
> Just as I'm sure you would clarify a detail about
> cuskynoles, or chocolate, 
> or potatoes, or any one of the many other medieval
> food related misnomers 
> that arises quite often in this list.  My apologies
> for coming across as 
> "humorless".
> Though it be true that I am terrible at telling
> jokes, I DO know how to laugh.

> -Laurene

Well, after having read your subsequent posts about
your personal experiences, I can understand where you
are coming from and I, too, am sorry for jumping down
your throat.  Please accept my apologies.

My mother suffered for over 15 years with gallbladder
problems, before finally allowing her doctor to remove
her gallbladder.  He found 15 small stones [less than
1/4" in diameter] and one very large stone [more than
2" in diameter].  I was 9 years old when she had her
worst attack, and I can still remember the horror I
felt as I watched her writhe in pain.  I am glad that
those were the days when doctors still made house
calls, because I disobeyed my mother and called our
doctor anyway.  I am not sure that she would have
listened to a paramedic.  But she did listen to our
doctor and allowed him to take her to the hospital.
Since then she has been pain free [almost 40 years
now] and now wonders why she put up with the pain for
as long as she did.  While she did have to avoid fried
foods for a couple of years afterwards, she has since
then discovered that she can eat fried foods in
moderation.  But then, our family has never been fond
of fried foods, so that was never much of a problem. 
However, since her operation, she can no longer eat
"gas producing" foods, such as cabbage and cucumbers,
which is more of a problem for us Germanic types. 
What?  Give up sauerkraut and coleslaw?  That was
harder for her.  She still eats a little, despite the
gastric distresses they cause her.

I have been symptom free, so far [knock on wood] and
hope to remain that way.

I have a co-worker who had the ultrasound treatment
for her gallstones several years ago.  It worked for a
couple of years, but eventually she decided to have
the operation.  Her doctor did it with a laser and an
incision of only one inch and under a local
anesthetic. She is doing well now and has experienced
no problems since then.

Huette

 



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