Back from Johns Hopkins without any major weather incidents. Yay! And best of all, the specialist there said he would perform the new surgery (it involves placing a stent in my tummy) as soon as possible, so I'll probably be going back down to Maryland in 2-3 weeks to have it done. I'm trying very hard to be excited about this, but there's only a 50% chance the stent will help with my illness (gastroparesis), so I'm kinda eh about the whole thing.

I think it's time for a horror movie marathon! That always makes me happy. ::smile::

Wishing you much luck with your surgery and recovery!

Thank you, hammerfan! Much appreciated.

Wondering how much of a problem eating the inside of a roach bait would present to a human.

You're welcome!

Um, isn't it poison?

Yeah but like...roach level poison.
I'm sure it'd do nothing good, I'm just wondering if you'd get sick, how, and how much so.

My guess would be that you would get violently sick.

I don't know if this is something you'd be interested in, but as gastroparesis suggests dysfunction or damage to the vagus nerve, biofeedback/visualisation repetition has been successful in regaining new/proper function (such increased/new nerve connections after a stroke), along with diet, exercise, etc. I just googled that, and I see lots of hits from reputable sources, which doesn't surprise me. http://www.hcplive.com/conferences/p...-Gastroparesis

Hope things go well for you-best wishes. Hope the horror movie marathon helps