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01-24-2008, 08:29 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& to be "gutted" tomorrow.
As one who has had more than his share of operations (if I am correct it's more than 10), I'd like to wish Bill all the best tomorrow.
You will now know how all those big bass feel.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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01-24-2008, 08:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Southern RI
Posts: 383
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Hey Bill... good luck, keep the faith and fast recovery. Didn't know you even needed gutting.
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01-24-2008, 10:02 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,036
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Nice way to put it paul! 
Anyway, I have made alot of this, Simply because I have never been thru something like this...But for those who want to know exactly what it is I will explain..
About a year ago I had stomach pain, I thought it was simple constipation or somehing and blew it off...After a week or so My family told me to get checked...After a cat scan I was told I had Diverticulitis and that I needed to be in the hospital on Antibiotics to clear it up...I didnt think anything of it and just said "oh thats the thing where you cant eat seeds" no big deal...I was wrong...Last september I had another bout but it was milder...Then this past December I was again hospitalized with it agaion making that 3 bouts in less than a year..I also had a colonoscopy to confirm it.
The Surgeon explained to me that at my age I was at severe risk for the next episode to ruptue into my stomach causing a life threataning infection..The standard thing to do in a case like mine is to just have the affected part of the large intestine removed and the good ends sewn together...and it should end my problems for good..In mY case I have about a 9 inch section affected on my left side...
I had to wait for all the inflamation to go down before any surgery...and now I am at that point and tommorow is the day.
They are going to try and do it laproscopicaly but may have to convert to an open surgery depending on what they see..It is between a 3 and 4 hour operation...After that I was told to expext a 5 day Hospital stay and a total of about 6 weeks for full recovery, if it is done laproscopic I can expect a 3 to 4 week recovery...
It is an area like a hose that has those bubbles or weak points in it and thats what they need to remove...
I am just explaining it so people know what I am having done and why!
Today is prep day and I am enjoying all the laxitives to clean me out!!
I am nervous , I think its only natural and cant wait to just get this overwith...Well thats what is going on! Thanks for the well wishes everyone....They do help! |
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01-24-2008, 10:08 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
Posts: 5,451
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You'll be fine. It will suck for a few days ( maybe a week or so actually) but your young enough to recover quickly. Recovering is attitude and I know you have that so channel it to getting better.
(Just hope the doctor doesn't fish and if he does he thinks it would be a fitting twist to use an old rusty bait knife)
Good luck and don't sweat it besides chicks dig scars!
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Why even try......... 
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01-24-2008, 10:11 AM
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Hunting for a 40
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: RI
Posts: 615
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good luck Bill.
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01-24-2008, 10:19 AM
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Finally
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: FL
Posts: 7,181
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Me an Lorna wish you the best of luck with that Billy, I'll be praying for it all to go well....I'll give you a call later...Hang in there, it will be over b4 you know it....Enjoy the meds...
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01-24-2008, 10:45 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: North Smithfield
Posts: 153
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Bill, we've never met face to face, but I've read alot of your articles on OTW, Risaa newslestters, etc... Thanks for them they really helped me out and pointed me in the right direction.
You'll do fine with your surgery, and I wish you a speedy recovery. Hope to read about you catching a 70lber in the bay this summer, you deserve it. Good luck and get well soon, Will.
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01-24-2008, 11:13 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Doctors these days don't know squat. If they'd seen the movie "Alien", then they'd know what is going on. Just make sure they got a lazer or robot lifter or something to get that sucker after they open you up.  Good luck, Bill. |
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01-24-2008, 11:24 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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This procedure is SOP for this condition and has a high probabilty of success.
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01-24-2008, 11:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Wakefield, RI
Posts: 315
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Good luck, and hope that you have a swift recovery, mate.
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"When you stare into the abyss....wink. It'll confuse the hell out of it."
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01-24-2008, 11:45 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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bill
we all love you....
feel better fast
we need you back in action asap 
ps the length of the hose is very long |
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01-24-2008, 01:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 451
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good luck
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01-24-2008, 01:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 429
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Best of luck Bill.
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01-24-2008, 01:58 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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Good luck Bill--you'll do fine.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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01-24-2008, 02:01 PM
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Sand pounder
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Mattapoisett MA./ Noyack, NY
Posts: 420
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Good Luck
I had the scope job for a bad gall bladder about ten years ago. I wasn't doing any sit ups but I was back to work in 10 days . It only left what looks like some small caliber wounds - the gangsta look  |
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01-24-2008, 02:39 PM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
Posts: 6,358
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Good luck Bill.
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Domination takes full concentration..
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01-24-2008, 03:00 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Good luck Bill. We'll figure a way to torture you so you forget about the pain |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
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01-24-2008, 03:10 PM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Good luck Bill. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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01-24-2008, 03:31 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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you still got like 800 ft left so not to worry |
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01-24-2008, 03:34 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Ask them to save it, you could use it as an eel skin!!
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01-24-2008, 03:35 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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or sausage links
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01-24-2008, 04:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Beverly
Posts: 513
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Good luck on your surgery and recovery #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& I'm sure you will be slinging snakes come spring time.
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"You should have been here yesterday"
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01-24-2008, 04:52 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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Hope they don't gut an #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& the same way you rig an eelskin....drive a nail through it's head and pull the skin back with pliers 
Good luck Bill you'll be fine. Scary chit I was the same way last year about a week from now. Hospitals suck....nurses are good.  |
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01-24-2008, 05:20 PM
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Shorts and Sandals
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: southeastern mass
Posts: 597
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Best of luck Bill
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01-24-2008, 05:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
Posts: 3,630
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Good luck and a quick recovery and a 70lber on the piece of your gut this spring
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01-24-2008, 05:50 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,425
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Good luck
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01-24-2008, 05:58 PM
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end of the fence guy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: tiverton ri
Posts: 749
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good luck bill
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boat fish dont count
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01-24-2008, 06:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: N.K.
Posts: 1,330
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Good luck man and hurry back !
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01-24-2008, 06:25 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,463
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I read this thread title quickly and thought it said "#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& to be "OUTED" tomorrow...
My first reaction was, now that I know, I can tell.
Good luck anyway Bill
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01-24-2008, 08:53 PM
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The Director of Fun
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Long Island, NY (south shore)
Posts: 214
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get well soon, Bill
we are rooting for you!
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