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Oh Where, Has My Gallbladder Gone? · Nick and Kristen in the Podcast

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  Hello, and welcome to Nick and Kristen.
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  In the podcast today, we're going to just mostly be
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  discussing why Kristen is less of a woman.
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  Oh yeah, that's a little bit. Oh, she went in to have her
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  gallbladder removed. So we'll get into that whole
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  process, how that got started. And then some of your comments
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  from Facebook were a little detailed and a little gross.
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  And then we'll talk about Hold My Beer where it explains why I
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  could never be in the Air Force. So first gallbladder.
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  So we talked about this a couple episodes ago, that Kristen was
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  now officially going to have to have her gallbladder removed.
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  And it escalated quickly a couple days ago.
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  Yeah, so like I got blood work done after we got let go from
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  our radio job. I got all my work up done
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  because I was like, I only have health insurance for like 3-3
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  weeks. Let me get everything done.
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  My bilirubin on my blood panel was up so they ordered an
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  ultrasound and that's where they found a gallbladder stone in my
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  gallbladder, but it was on the in the neck of the gallbladder.
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  Yeah, I don't know what a gallbladder looks.
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  Like, yeah, I had to look it up because I was like, what am I
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  looking at here? So like, I, I see what they're
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  saying. So like there was a gallstone
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  that was pretty large stuck in the neck.
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  And they kept saying, like, are you feeling OK?
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  Like, are you all right? And I was like, yeah, they're
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  like, this is incredibly painful.
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  And I was like, well, not really.
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  And then I had to go to the dentist and I laid down and all
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  of a sudden I like, had this shooting pain, like right here
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  on your side. I was like, oh, from all the
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  things I read, that's a gallbladder attack and like a
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  gallstone attack. And so then I had my surgery
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  consult because they're like, you need to get your gallbladder
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  out. And I was like, yeah, I told
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  him, I'm like, I just had this one stabbing pain.
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  They're like, you're not in any pain.
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  That's so wild. And I was like, yeah.
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  And then like a couple days later, I woke up and it felt
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  like this entire side all the way down on my back, all the way
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  in my rib cage was in a vice that just people kept turning
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  and turning like was just like pressure.
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  And so I worked all day on Monday and there was a couple
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  times I took deep breaths in to talk to my clients and I almost
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  passed out because like, I could see stars in my eyes that hurt
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  so bad. And I was like, so I, I called
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  Nick and I was like, I think I need to go like to the hospital
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  or something. And so I called my doctor
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  because my schedule, my surgery was scheduled for the following
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  week. Yeah.
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  And they were like, you need to go to the ER like right now.
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  So I went to the ER. They did all this work up and
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  everything. By the time everything was done,
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  it was 9:00 at night. And they're like, we can't do
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  surgery now. So I was admitted into the
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  hospital and then I had surgery done the the first day, the next
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  day after. Yeah, like 7:00 or 8:00 in the
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  morning. Yeah.
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  Lily was very curious about the whole thing.
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  Our daughter, who's the seven, didn't understand I know what's
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  happening. And she, we had to drop her off
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  together. And then we just said bye to
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  mommy and things like that. And you weren't allowed to eat,
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  so you were like. I was starving.
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  I was, so I was, I wasn't feeling good because of the, the
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  pain the day before. So I only ate like just like a
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  couple little crackers here and there.
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  And so then they had me fast again for like almost another 14
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  hours. And so I was just like, Oh my
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  gosh, I'm so hungry. Just take it out so I could eat
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  something. Yeah.
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  And then they took it out. They gave me crackers and, and
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  chicken broth and like, you can't eat anything spicy or
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  anything that you like. And so I'm like, OK, so I've
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  just been kind of living off planned foods.
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  A lot of people said that the pain is supposedly worse than
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  childbirth. Yeah, I had AC section with
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  Lily. She was an emergency C-section,
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  so like, I don't know, but it was pretty painful.
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  Yeah, you seem to handle it well, though.
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  But you do that with all the pain.
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  Yeah, like you, I don't know how you compartmentalize, but you
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  just like you just shut down. Stuff's got to get done.
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  Yeah, and you were. You're like, it's your birthday
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  or yesterday was your birthday with Lily.
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  And obviously you didn't do it. But Lily was demanding because
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  she missed Mommy and she's trying to deal with all this
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  emotion. I know.
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  And so she's like, Mommy needs to do everything today.
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  She wants to do the bath and the reading.
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  And I was like, Mommy's in pain. And she's like, what?
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  Yeah, she didn't really even think that, like, a surgery
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  equals pain. Yeah.
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  And so like, she saw me kind of like, wincing and like, sleeping
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  a lot and stuff. And then she wrote me a little
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  note and she's like, are you in pain?
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  And I was like, yeah, I actually am, honey, because they, like,
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  gave me painkillers and stuff. Yeah.
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  And I was like, but I'm going to be fine.
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  Everything's going to be great in a couple days.
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  All right. Like a little cat.
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  Like you know how when you're feeling bad, like the cats all
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  of a sudden start? Like nuzzle up.
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  Getting our dog around and I don't have dogs, but I know cats
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  do this and so she's been your kitten.
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  Yeah, she always is. Like, she always wants to, like,
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  crawl back inside the womb with me.
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  But she's been, yeah, like cuddling up a lot.
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  And she's, she's been so sweet. She'll give, like, really gentle
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  kisses on my cheek. I was like, honey, I'm fine.
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  Like, you can kiss me all you want, but like, we just can't.
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  You can't come head first in my stomach right now.
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  Like that would be hard. Don't expect me to throw you.
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  Anywhere. Yeah.
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  She's like, can we have a gentle hug?
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  I was like, of course, you know. And then she wanted to see
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  because I I have 5 incisions in my stomach.
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  And so she was like, is it bad? And I was like, no.
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  So I let her see one of the smaller ones and she's like, oh,
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  that's not bad. And I was like, you see
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  everything. But yeah, it'll be fine.
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  And you posted this video on. Facebook This is me with a
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  gallbladder, and this is me without a gallbladder.
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  It's been a very big day. Yeah, and I got a lot of
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  comments and some of them like I don't know what the gallbladder
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  does, but I'm sure they gave you a brief.
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  Run. Yes, I know what it does.
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  So it regulates things. Like bile and it breaks down
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  foods and stuff like that. So the comments we got are some
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  of my favorite So Donnell from Yo Treats and Estacada who runs
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  Yo Treats. She's a girl, don't trust a
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  fart. A salad dressing and Mayo really
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  don't do well for me. Yeah so like anything fatty yeah
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  so cuz Nick cooks with butter and olive oil and stuff like
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  that so I'm like can't have that for at least like a week or two.
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  I. Have to eventually eat it.
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  Maybe if. Your body hate but I've also
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  heard that the the not having a gallbladder is going to be a fun
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  couple of weeks until my body gets adjusted to how to like
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  break down the food. So if you need something to
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  think about before you go to sleep, think about Kristen,
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  Michaela says. Oh man that's terrible.
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  I hope you recover quickly and don't have bad side effects of
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  not having one. And then she did like 6 poop
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  emojis. Oh yeah, I know.
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  Well, cuz that's the big thing, right?
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  Like that aspect of my life is going to change.
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  Not definitely, but just for a little bit.
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  And so there is a don't trust 1 yet, but it's that's fine.
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  I mean, I just had my surgery yesterday.
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  So like and I've been eating nothing that would cause cuz
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  it's really if you eat like fatty foods right off the bat,
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  like ice cream or a steak or something like that.
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  The thing is, before with the surgery, you kind of had issues.
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  For the last couple months, you've been kind of like your
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  stomach's been bothering you so. And it's really happened ever
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  since we got let go. And so I assumed a lot of it was
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  stress. And I think and partially some
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  of the stomach stuff is stress. But like the the pain on the
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  side that was all got gallbladder pain because I woke
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  up and I was like, oh, yeah, it's gone.
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  Like, I don't yeah, here it hurts.
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  Not so much here anymore, but yeah.
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  And it's hard because it's like, OK, like I handle pain really
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  well. I just had my surgery and I'm up
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  doing these podcasts. Yeah.
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  And so like, I think I'm going to work tomorrow.
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  We'll see as therapist, like I move some of my clients around.
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  So I'm going to try try to get them back on the schedule and.
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  Yeah, I mean, if anything I can drop you off and pick you up.
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  Yeah, maybe. We'll see.
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  Someone is still unemployed. Yeah, I know.
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  I have nothing to do, Stacey says.
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  Be careful with lettuce. Oh, really is?
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  That where the bathrooms are at all times.
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  My gosh, guys, I know. And then Mike from United Arab
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  Emirates says, did your company take that from you too?
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  So my company did not take my gallbladder, but they did take
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  the way in which to pay for it. And that's, and that's what I'm
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  terrified about because obviously, like I, I went and
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  got insurance, our, our company insurance ended already, but I
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  went and bought like a subsidized insurance.
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  Yeah, but my deductible is $18,000.
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  And so I'm so worried that this is going to put me into debt,
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  which is so hilarious. Yeah, considering we are the
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  ones that have been trying to pay off people's medical debts
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  and actually want a humanitarian award for it.
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  Yay we. Paid off $18 million in people's
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  medical debt and now I might be one of them that need it so and.
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  Guess who's no longer doing that?
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  Anymore. So maybe someone will pick up
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  the mantle and be. Able to repay it?
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  No, I'm only doing it. That's fine.
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  But yeah, so like, it's just, it's a challenge because it's
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  like, well, if I don't work, I don't get paid.
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  Yeah, because I get paid only if the client's there.
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  So I'm kind of like, all right, when can I get back to work?
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  I need, I know I need to like, get this, you know?
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  Yeah. It's.
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  Yeah, so but then and then it's like stressing like, OK, I spent
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  the night in the hospital. That's probably 11,000 grand, 11
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  grand. Yeah.
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  And then to have my gallbladder removed has got to be like 5.
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  Come on, insurance, it's. New insurance, very cheap and
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  they must hate me by the way. They're like, wait a. 2nd, we've
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  had you on for a week now, girl, you've had ultrasounds, Mris
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  like hospital stays, surgeries, what's going on?
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  They didn't have any pre-existing conditions.
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  We didn't know. Yeah, they.
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  Didn't they? Didn't.
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  Ask until the week. Yeah.
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  We'll see how that goes. We'll let you know.
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  We'll keep you updated on the medical debt bills.
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  All right, It's time for some. Hold my beer.
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  One of the reasons that I could never join the Air Force,
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  besides having bad vision, yeah, being completely out of shape, a
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  little claustrophobic, is that if I did, I would probably do
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  something dumb like this. Imagine completely.
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  So some Air Force cadets in Finland have been disciplined
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  for using their flight patterns to draw male genitalia.
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  You see those apps are like track the flights or track your
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  run or something like that. They, they have one in the Air
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  Force in Finland apparently, and it tracks all the flight
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  patterns and they made the shape of the berries and of the twig
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  and they used about four planes to follow that pattern around
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  and really emphasize well they're like.
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  Planes or jets? Like they're like for the Air
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  Force. I know, right?
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  That's what I was thinking. They're not hurting anybody,
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  Yeah. So they were disciplined.
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  They didn't say what they did, I'm sure.
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  She said don't do that anymore. Yeah, or some military
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  equivalent of hazing. That I don't know.
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  Yeah, they. Like they had to wash
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  everybody's. You would definitely do this if
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  you were up there and you had control of this.
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  I mean, if I knew, yeah, it would be, and I would.
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  That's another one of the many reasons I couldn't be in the Air
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  Force or military. I used to make a :) or
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  something, yeah. Yeah, something cute.
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  Adorable. Yeah, it would be male genitalia
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  or boobs. Probably.
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  Yeah, right. Boobs first.
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  Those are my primary. Yeah, sure.
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  What's your discipline be? Well, I love the toothbrush
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  punishment, like cleaning the floor with the toothbrush.
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  Like, I think that's funny and very Bubba Gump shrimp, yeah.
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  Forced. Gump.
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  Yeah. And yeah, they had to clean with
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  the Yeah, they were. Like it was like gumbo shrimp
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  and yeah, I don't know what do. You think I mean like the prime,
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  the punishment should fit the crime.
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  OK. They should have to like show
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  the entire class they're drawing or something like that.
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  Or I don't know, like make a PowerPoint on why that was bad.
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  You know, something just like kind of funny, light hearted,
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  but just to kind of be like, hey guys, don't do that anymore.
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  Well, we'll keep you updated on Kristin's, the surgery woes and
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  if she's back to work and things like that.
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  Yeah, it seems like you're gonna handle this.
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  Well, I know you're up to like 5 surgeries, 6 surgeries now.
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  And gosh, it feels like, yeah, they were asking me, like
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  previous surgeries. I was like, well, I had this,
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  this, this and this. And they're like, oh,
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  interesting. Well, why?
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  What happened there? I did want to say something,
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  though, because, like, I think my nurses either loved or hate
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  me because I had a set of nurses when I first was there.
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  And they were like, very kind and very sweet.
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  And then they had the emergency room nurses come in and they
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  introduced me to them and they're like, hi, we're going to
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  be in your emergency room. And they're like, by the way,
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  you have a great crew for you today.
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  You have a great doctor. You have a great crew.
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  And I looked at her and I was like, would you tell me
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  otherwise? And she was like, no, I guess I,
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  I wouldn't tell you otherwise. I, I guess I wouldn't say like
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  you have a mediocre crew. And she's like, I might not, I
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  might just not say anything. And I was like, well, that's
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  terrible. I'm like, or would you lie?
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  Would you say I had a great crew if you really didn't think one,
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  you don't have a great crew. And she's like, I don't know.
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  I don't know what I would do. And I was like, oh, great.
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  And then like, I heard them talking about me a couple hours
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  later, like, because I was in and out after my surgery and
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  they said something like, well, she seems to have a nice
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  attitude or she, she seems to be like a character.
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  So we, you know, she'll probably be up and walking soon and
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  that's when we know we can discharge her.
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  And so I was like, I told because you came to visit me and
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  I was like, all right, let's get up and walking because I don't
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  want to stay here any longer. And then they're like, oh, look,
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  you're walking. Like they didn't I they didn't
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  know. I heard them say that was the
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  litmus test. Get home.
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  I was like, let's go, let's do a.
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  Yeah, we were just sitting there.
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  Well, I was like, I was falling in and out of sleep and I was
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  like, I'd rather fall in and out of sleep in my own bed.
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  Yeah, like, what's the point? So they just want to make sure
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  everything went well and stuff like that.
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  So. I get it.
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  See, your personality shines through even in.
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  Surgery I don't even know if that if they like were like they
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  were totally thrown off guard when I I'm.
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  Sure, yeah. Like it wasn't the surgeon I
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  wanted. Yeah, I was supposed to have a
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  different surgeon next week and I was really looking forward to
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  her. And then they, I, I didn't make
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  it. So I I had to take what they're
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  what I was given. Not that he did a bad job.
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  No, not at all. I just, I didn't know him.
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  You pointed out that women surgeons are better surgeons,
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  yes? Or statistically.
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  Statistically, they're better, and that's why I was excited to
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  have a female surgeon because compared peer-to-peer, female
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  surgeons have a better success rate and their patients go on to
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  heal faster. And what's?
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  All behind that because. Nick was like, well, that's just
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  because there's no, not a lot of female surgeons.
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  And I was like, no, this was this was peer-to-peer.
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  So it wasn't like, oh, female surgeons, you know, it's like no
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  peer-to-peer, they're better. So I was disappointed, but I
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  think he did a good job, obviously, yeah.
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  And like. It was a.
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  Great crew like. He's not a horrible surgeon,
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  just like the woman. Technically right?
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  Statistically, like, yeah, I mean, again, I'm fine.
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  Terrible surgeons. Totally.
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  Like I'm saying, statistically it's like you heal faster in
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  your in this scars are less jagged and all this kind of
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  stuff. We got man, we suck at
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  everything. It's just like once.
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  Please evolve. Why?
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  I don't know why we let you into the workforce.
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  You're just making us all look bad.
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  There's, I mean like the amount of women in the workforce now
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  that are like higher paying jobs.
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  I mean, I'm so proud of us, but it's time for you all to evolve.
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  Hey, I'm. Getting better.
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  I'm a kept man, so. You.
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  Not specifically. There's no motivation for you
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  to. I'll just clean the house.
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  Yeah. All right.
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  Thank you for watching and listening, and we'll talk to you
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  more.