If you haven’t been in the hospital lately, I am here to report on what’s going on in the antiseptic world of hospital hijinks, in the hopes that my experience might help you, should you find yourself supine, in a bed that has more positions than a sex manual. My surgery was planned after several years of very painful episodes that taught me to fear the nut and the seed.
Whether this is an old wives’ tale or not, one doctor I spoke with was adamant that I stay away from popcorn, while the next…
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