So the much anticipated trip to fish kings on Lake Michigan is finally here and I spend the night in the ER in Two Rivers. Appendicitis. Scheduled to have the offending tissue removed tomorrow. Grant promises to send me fish pics…to cheer me up. What a swell guy. 
Least you’re not hours away in a boat enjoying the drag screaming runs while your doubled over in pain.
Silver lining! Silver lining!
That sucks at least your gonna live 
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Scheduled to have the offending tissue removed tomorrow.
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Wait… TOMORROW?? Why not today? Did the Doc go with Grant??
I blame the fact that I have my todays and tomorrows mixed up on the pain meds. I’m going under the knife at 7am today. Can’t come soon enough.
Good luck James. You are in our prayers. There will be other days to chase fish so setttle back and let the doctor do his thing
Hope you get well soon James.
Yeah – Take care. Get well soon, so you can get back to putting the 
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Bummer! Good luck. The fish will still be waiting next week 
What a bummer!!! Maybe Grant can send videos to all of us to enjoy?? Heal up fast and get back on the lake!
Wonder what brand of fillet knife med school students are using these days….. 
Here’s to a fast recovery!!
Pete
Remembering back to when mine had to be taken out, the pain was not much fun. Plenty of time left in life to fish, need to worry about your body right now.
Sounds like the type of luck I usually have. Take care of yourself and you will be ready to go at the beginning of the fall bite. Best fishing of the year in my opinion. 
Good Luck James !!!
Heres to a speedy recovery !!!
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Good Luck James !!!
Heres to a speedy recovery !!!
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I think it was Patti Page that sang….”it only hurts for a little while”.
Here’s hoping for a speedy recovery and a clean procedure James.
That sucks, but since they held off on surgery till the next day sounds like you went in in time to catch it before it burst. Speaking from experience, waiting till it bursts to stop ‘toughing it out’ and go in makes it a whole lot messier. Good luck on the recovery.
If your having trouble keeping food down after, ask for the nausea pills even though you may not feel nauseous, that’s what finally got me able to eat (and keep down) food again.
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Good Luck James !!!
Heres to a speedy recovery !!!
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X3! I hope it all goes well!
That does stink!! Thoughts and prayers are with you. We hope you Get better soon so you can get your line wet sion
Hurry up and get well soon James I need some screaming drag footage to watch! 
So is there a open seat?
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So is there a open seat?
Get well soon bud!
Hope you’re back in the boat soon there big guy!
-J.
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Good Luck James !!!
Heres to a speedy recovery !!!
x4!!! Good luck to a better feeling gut!!!
Mark
In Two Rivers to fish Michigan but this is posted in the Superior forum 
Must be on some good drugs so I’ll help you out. There is Lake Michigan forum if you click on the Wisconsin forums page. If you need anything else just let me know, get better.
Well…..how’s the patient? Nobody sneezed with a scalpel in hand and turned him into a capon? Curious if they managed a “same-day” job or if they had to peel him.
Hopefully they got it easy and she didn’t blow. Getting your intestines ‘power washed’ isn’t fun, or at least the aftermath sure wasn’t.
Or, he got out so fast he’s on the water now?!?
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Well…..how’s the patient? Nobody sneezed with a scalpel in hand and turned him into a capon? Curious if they managed a “same-day” job or if they had to peel him.
Not so good, Tom. The surgeon that performed the operation figures my appendix burst on Tuesday. Ironically this was the same day I told two of my employees that I hadn’t felt this good in a couple weeks.
So long story short my appendix had been brewing for a couple weeks. When it burst it actually made me feel better, at first any way. The two day delay in getting to the operating table cost me 14 cm of bowel, the offending appendix and part of my colon.
I’ll be in the hospital for the next week at the minimum receiving strong antibiotics to make sure the infection is under control.
Not fun. Not fun at all.
WOW. My prayers for a complete recovery are with you James.
I know others who have had burst appendixes and they didn’t fare near so well. You take care.
Sorry to hear, hoping for a quick recovery.
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