Right before giving blood. As I was giving it the appendix burst and I passed out with my eyes wide open scaring the hell out of the RN.

Ten minutes after the appendix had burst. I was in a lot of pain.

The appendix was releasing its green poisonous bile slowly turning me into maleficent.

Me about a half hour after waking up from my surgery. I had a nose tube going down to my stomach that was constantly sucking out any liquid or stomach acid so my intestines could have a few days to heal before having food pass through it. It was so uncomfortable.

Finally the nose tube came out.

Feeling it slide from my stomach out of my nose was one of the most uncomfortable feelings in the world but. This was the third day of recovery.

So here's where it gets crazy. They initially made a small incision on the top to do laparoscopic surgery. When they went inside with the camera they discovered a large mass growing where my appendix was attached. They had to make a much larger incision to remove part of my lower intestine and part of my colon to get the mass out. Turns out that the mass was there as a symptom of appendicitis that I had over three years where the infection had slowly spread to the surrounding tissue and hardened it. So a three tiny incision surgery that should have lasted a little over an hour turned into one massive surgery that lasted about five hours. The doctors told me I'm lucky that the tissue didn't go into necrosis and rot inside my body. I had pain for years but being the idiot I am I mostly ignored it.

And HERE'S where it gets even crazier. While they were in me they discovered that I was born with one kidney. I had a ct scan before surgery and it showed that I indeed had only one kidney on my left side. It scared me more than the surgery because I didn't really live in a way that was conducive to a healthy kidney, but despite that I have a normal, healthy functioning kidney. Life is crazy man. Don't ignore recurring pain people.

Hole in my stomach tax