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					Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
					
				 
				Thanks, Garth. I just got the news that I'm getting sprung today.  Apparently, the antibiotics are working, and surgery will be avoided for this Diverticulitis of the Descending Colon..  I was in a world of pain..  The pain is down from a 10 to around 4 or 5 (drugs are a wonderful thing).
  
			
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 I know the ten scale well.  I had surgery in June to remove a kidney stone that was too large to pass and not positioned well for "blasting."  My morephine drip was my best friend for three days.