Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Wait! I can Spleen!

There's nothing the IronChuck doesn't enjoy more
on a sick day than busting out his back up spleen
and settling on the couch for a nice nap...

Thank you, I*heart*guts!

Okay, okay, for those of you not in on the little cancer joke, let me... e'spleen. As a teenager, I contracted a lymphoma  knows as Hodgkin's lymphoma, a rare complication that can occur with mononucleosis. At that time, one of the parts of the treatment was exploratory surgery that involved removing the spleen.

Yes, you can follow those links to learn more. I encourage you to do so. And, if you can, please visit the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society to learn how you can help create more birthdays.

So now, whenever I'm ill, I bust out my trusty back up spleen and settle in for a quick bout of recovery time.

1 comment:

iheartguts said...

glad to know your spare spleen helps out!