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Warpy

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12. Ever see one? They're not terribly impressive

Reply to immoderate (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 05:50 PM

Feb 2012

for the amount of pain they cause as they pass through, just tiny pieces of red gravel.

Gallstones are similarly unspectacular, tiny pieces of yellow gravel. A really bad gallbladder has enough of them to be full of sludge.

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