Do you have your appendix? I still do, but many of my peers don’t. Until four years ago, I didn’t know anyone who had to have an appendectomy, but in 2003, my then 14-year-old daughter developed appendicitis and had to have the traditional surgery that left her with a 2-inch scar because he was afraid that her appendix was not far from bursting.
As routine as an appendectomy is, it is a surgery with all the inherent risks of surgery, from the sedation (anesthetic) to pain, to the potential of infections. But, according to researchers, some of these issues may one …read more