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Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick.

This week, host episode.

We sit down and talk to me about my recent experience with a hemicillectomy and intusception.

Get ready for gross.

Let's talk about it.

Yeah. and in tuss deception. Get ready for gross. Let's talk about it. Ew is right.

Yeah, it was right.

We were going to get into a whole bunch of ew.

Whole bunch of ooey.

So one thing that's just ooey is the fact that you started the computer

recording by using your toes on the keyboard dude my feet are like fucking chimp feet i can like pick up

i can pick up that glass and take a drink of it do it right now no that's mine that's mine that's

yeah man i got uh i got some dexterity through my toes i think think dexterous, that sounded right. Is dexterous right? Dexterous toes? I don't know. Good for you, honey. They got much more dexterous while I was living in the hospital. Okay. So is that what we're going to talk about today? Yeah. When were you in the hospital? Oh, dude. Guys. Fuck. I'm back. Dude, I didn't even notice that you were gone. I know. I know, because Taylor doesn't care. How long has it been? Dude, I didn't visit you once. I got surgery on October 3rd. I was in the hospital for three days before the surgery. So... Really?

You were in the hospital?

Dude, you were in the hospital for a while.

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