So apparently I have a family history of gallbladder problems - three of my four grandparents have had problems with theirs.

Just as the winter vacation was starting I came home from work and Lulu freaked out because my skin was yellow - jaundice. After some investigation it was determined that I had a gallstone.

But this wasn't an isolated case. After this gallstone was extracted it was determined I had several more, including one that was 2.4cm in diameter! My gallbladder was inflamed and needed to come out entirely. So right after Christmas, I had a laproscopic surgery procedure and got the damn thing out.

But I wasn't done yet. In the time between the first gallstone and the surgery, ANOTHER gallstone had lodged itself. So I had to get THAT one out too. Getting the gallstones out was easy, since all I did each time was go under anesthesia and swallow an endoscope. Very simple, really.

Yeesh. I'm stuck with a 10-pound lifting limit right now (to put that in perspective, a gallon of milk is around 8 pounds), since I still have four incisions healing on me.

So a grand total of four hospital visits, probably three different doctors, and did I mention my Pandora and possibly my home PC both need repairs? This kinda sucks...

Haven't been drawing much lately either...