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On having their appendix taken out before 1/1/00?

Not so silly as it sounds. Some people have it done before they go on very long arctic expeditions.

Shuggy.

-- Shuggy (shimei123@yahoo.co.uk), August 20, 1999

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Why would you take out a perfectly good organ? And where do you find a doctor that will perform a surgery that is not necessary and potentially life-threatening (as any surgery is)? Just curious.

-- (rcarver@inacom.com), August 20, 1999.

I don't think most insurance companies will cover non-essential operations such as you describe, but check with them first.

-- Sammie (sammie0nospam@hotmail.com), August 20, 1999.

To rcarver, "Why would you take out a perfectly good organ?"

uh? good for what? It doesn't do anything.

-- Ken Seger (kenseger@earthlink.net), August 20, 1999.


You are wrong Ken. Thats what they used to think about it and tonsils too. They now know that both are a very integral part of the "cleaning system" of the body. They remove impurities, etc from the system.

Taz

-- Taz (Tassie@aol.com), August 20, 1999.


I read that some submarine crewmen (I forget which nationality) have theirs removed.

-- biker (y2kbiker@worldnet.att.net), August 20, 1999.


People with no appendixes (appendi?) have a higher rate of some cancers- it seems to play an immune role. BTW, an inflammed appendix is unknown in primitive cultures- the problems seem to come about with our poor diets in the west.

-- Retroman (retro50@agapeis.net), August 20, 1999.

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