Blogging/Health Update

I was struck down recently by a nasty ailment called acute pancreatitis.

This was caused by gallstones, which in turn was probably caused either by me having been overweight for a number of years, or by me recently losing all of that weight quite quickly.

Whatever the cause, I was in the hospital for a while, was discharged, and have more recently been resting at home/going to specialist appointments.

I'll be going in for surgery on September 8th or sooner (if there are any cancellations); I'm to undergo a Laproscopic Cholecystectomy, which doesn't sound too bad (knock on wood). After that, no more gall bladder and hopefully, no more pain/weakness.

It was for the above reason(s) that I haven't felt up to blogging recently, so for the few people who are still checking By and Large on occasion, I do plan to start posting again in the near future. If I don't post anything new between now and my surgery, look for new posts at or around September 12th (guesstimate - depends how I feel).