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Botany
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Efilroft Sul
(4,344 posts)1. Been where you are now a year ago. Wishing you speedy relief, comfort, and resolution, Botany.
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PittBlue
(4,727 posts)2. Good luck and take care.
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hermetic
(9,150 posts)3. Best wishes for you
Hope you are soon up and at 'em again.
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MustLoveBeagles
(14,949 posts)4. Good luck with your procedure
Take care of yourself
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Norrrm
(4,156 posts)5. A cement block, studded with nails ripping its way down through your guts.
Lying in bed, twisting and turning to find that mythical position of slightly less pain
(12 on the 10 scale).
Demerol is your friend.
and then this decimal point from the calculator finally pops out with instant relief.
Voice of experience
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Botany
(76,528 posts)6. No pain but I will be delighted not to have
the itch from the bili rubens anymore. Not
fun.
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