Jimmy Eat World and Dysphagia

[melluransa]

There's nothing too odd about this video. It demonstrates a modified barium swallow study. But what made me and the rest of the class laugh was the background music. I hadn't heard this song in years! XD The Middle, by Jimmy Eat World; Orchestral version. Wth?

There was also this video, in which the phrase "naughty epiglottis" is used. What a naughty epiglottis!

Comments

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

That's so cool! I'm glad you're ok.

I would want a dvd of my insides. Then I could gift it to my kids one day! Imagine their delight at seeing their mom's insides. Then I could say, "Whassa matter, kiddos? You were in there. It's nothing you ain't seen before!" Horrified, they'd then beg to go be adopted by another family or something.

[zeph317toho.livejournal.com]

*dies* Your poor kids! :D They would be so grossed out! "Mooooooooom! You're disgusting!" and you would be laughing and laughing your evil laugh!

I was sorta okay. The endoscopy and colonoscopy were clear, but another scan showed that I only had 9 percent function of my gallbladder so I had to get it removed. I was traumatized forever. I am gallbladder-less! :O I hope this doesn't make you love me less! Since there's less of me to love!

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

They'd hate me. XD

Your poor gallbladder! What does your gallbladder do? Something with bile? It's ok! I love you even if you are missing a gallbladder. ...so if they took it out, what happened to the space where it used to be?

[zeph317toho.livejournal.com]

Your kids will love and adore you! And suffer untold embarrassments courtesy of you! :D

A healthy gallbladder apparently stores bile until it's needed for digestion then squirts it out. (FYI I'm not a medical professional. :P) I told the surgeon I didn't want it removed because I was very attached to it. Get it? Yeah, he didn't think it was funny either. He didn't have much sense of humor at all.

I assume that the liver and my fat just sort of oozed together and filled the void. Honestly, I try not to think about it. *shudder* I almost died of terror before the surgery; I was a mess. Scared out of my mind. Then in a weird way it all worked out okay because I stumbled upon Tokio Hotel while I was on the couch recovering from the surgery. There's always a silver lining, I suppose.

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

:D

Gallbladders do that? GUESS WHAT I learned about bile the other day because I saw the would "biliousness" and thought of Bill. "Oh," I thought, "It's an adjective meaning Bill-like. How lovely!" Then I looked it up and means "pertaining to bile." Poo. It's not Bill-related.

I think that was funny! Of course you were attached to it. :D Doctors are left-brained, logical, detailed. The right-brain handles some abstract stuff like humor, sarcasm, and tone of voice. He with his left-brain dominance didn't appreciate you being cutely Zephy.

I bet it was scary! Abdominal surgery, hnng! Being cut open! Exposed organs! I'm glad surgery has come as far as it has. Imagine living in medieval times. *shudders*

But yay! And what a silver lining! A fabulous, twinly silver lining!