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[FStop7]

Is the appendix the one that gets you free ice cream in the hospital? Or is that tonsils?

Best wishes for a quick recovery, Dan...

 

[Glitchesarecool]

smells like premium content to me

 

[cr_blah_blah]

if only Dan was a big surgeon simulator fan he could have been convinced he could do the surgery himself.

 

[Blablurn]

Get well soon Dan! <3

 

[Twin Tails]

dam GG Dan

 

[Johndoey]

Is the appendix the one that gets you free ice cream in the hospital? Or is that tonsils?

Best wishes for a quick recovery, Dan...

The tonsils usually net you a free ice cream pass, the appendix is removed so you don't bite it.

 

[Mowki Kowski]

We love you, Dan! Get well soon!

 

[Maklershed]

Update:

Oh shit. Finger's crossed he's ok.

Get well soon, Dan.

 

[EdReedFan20]

Hoping the best for Dan. I have a feeling that at some point in the future we'll get to a point where the surgery is so simple/painless that appendix removal will be mandatory at or shortly after birth. There seems to be little (or no) upside in having an appendix. Same with tonsils, but they don't bring as potential a danger as the appendix can.

Edit- On Twitter, responses to Dan from Scoops and Chris Watters reveal they both had the surgery. At least Dan knows people who've been through it.

 

[stump sock]

I tried to convince my doctor to get me into an elective tonsillectomy and he wasn't having any of it

apparently they have some marginal effect on preventing common illnesses but mine are more of a hassle than they're worth sometimes

 

[SteveWinwood]

I got my tonsils out as a kid. My mom had her gall bladder out. My dad got his appendix out.

I wonder what my kid will have taken out.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

Tonsil stones (plaque-y build-ups in tonsils) are annoying. I probably shouldn't be squeezing them out with my finger.

I think the only thing I've had removed are teeth.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Hoping the best for Dan. I have a feeling that at some point in the future we'll get to a point where the surgery is so simple/painless that appendix removal will be mandatory at or shortly after birth. There seems to be little (or no) upside in having an appendix. Same with tonsils, but they don't bring as potential a danger as the appendix can.

Invasive body surgery is a lot more dangerous even if the thing is pointless. So advancements in surgery are going to have to go a long way before this would even make sense.

By that point, we probably won't have appendices. Or pinkie toes.

 

[Myggen]

At least they caught it early, I know plenty of people who've had their appendix removed. Best of luck, Dan!

Seems like Brandon Stroud removed his appendix yesterday?

 

[Keyser Soze]

I had a whole toe off and I was fine. I am sure everything will be fine. I am an expert. AMA

 

[popo]

This pain is really bad, I need to get to the ER fast. Better tweet about if first

 

[Gozer the Gozerian]

I almost got a leg amputated a few years ago after I got a deep cut in my leg snorkeling, that was dope

 

[kvk1]

I got my tonsils out as a kid. My mom had her gall bladder out. My dad got his appendix out.

I wonder what my kid will have taken out.

His Illuminati implanted control chip.

Because he'll be a rebel.

Just like his dad.

 

[Myggen]

This pain is really bad, I need to get to the ER fast. Better tweet about if first

Eh, I could see myself doing that in order to get some support etc. if I was a "public figure".

 

[giant_frying_pan]

I almost got a leg amputated a few years ago after I got a deep cut in my leg snorkeling, that was dope

Good thing Drew knows what he's doing!

 

[Keyser Soze]

I almost got a leg amputated a few years ago after I got a deep cut in my leg snorkeling, that was dope

I was 3 hours away from getting a transmetatarsal amputation until a two surgeons verbally fought with each other over the best course of action to take

Everyone should Google Image Search transmetatarsal amputation... then hate me

#surgerybeef

 

[Myggen]

Everyone should Google Image Search transmetatarsal amputation... then hate me

#surgerybeef

I'll pass!

Alex Navarro @alex_navarro

Both @MrBrandonStroud and @DanRyckert stricken with appendix issues in the same week. Let this be a lesson: too much WWE is not good for you

 

[Bilix]

This pain is really bad, I need to get to the ER fast. Better tweet about if first

To be fair, he doesn't have a car to drive so he has some free time till he gets to his destination.

 

[EdReedFan20]

Invasive body surgery is a lot more dangerous even if the thing is pointless. So advancements in surgery are going to have to go a long way before this would even make sense.

By that point, we probably won't have appendices. Or pinkie toes.

Hence, the future. I have no idea what advancements lie ahead, but I have to think major surgeries, such as an invasive body surgery, will be instead minor procedures, possibly ones where you are home just hours later. But, yes, they have quite a ways to go before that is possible.

 

[strafer]

So Drew like diving huh.

 

[EdReedFan20]

Dan just tweeted that the ER has wifi, so he might try to remote play Bloodborne on his Vita. The only thing I see being an issue is, unless his PS4 is already in rest mode, there's no way for him to do that, unless someone turns on his PS4 for him. Right?

Also: Greg Miller is A+.

 

[stump sock]

yo FUUUUCK the

Spoiler

Hornet

boss in Axiom Verge

e: oh good, the game crashed

faksljd;hsgdlkg

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Guys drew tweeted twice today the pictures he tweeted males me think hes in Mexico

 

[Twin Tails]

@drewscanlon

In Mexico,

 

[alr1ght]

It's good that Dan's medical problems waited until after WrestleMania to surface.

 

[Egg0]

Funny thing about catching appendicitis early. Your surgical wounds are much more painful than the initial appendicitis.

 

[Myggen]

Dan RyckertVerified &#8207;@DanRyckert

Hospitals are boring as fuck. I wanna get out of here and play Gitaroo Man on UPF.

.

 

[KingKong]

Hence, the future. I have no idea what advancements lie ahead, but I have to think major surgeries, such as an invasive body surgery, will be instead minor procedures, possibly ones where you are home just hours later. But, yes, they have quite a ways to go before that is possible.

My brother had his gallbladder removed and thats exactly what happens. It used to be an open long surgery but now they make a few tiny slits, insert a camera and take it out. Takes almost no time, go home the same day

 

[CrazyDude]

It's good that Dan's medical problems waited until after WrestleMania to surface.

I bet it was the excitement of WrestleMania that cause the problem in the first place.

 

[Teddified]

Hopefully we get some Gamespot peeps to fill the empty spots in UPF.

 

[SteveWinwood]

oh i figured they would take the day off today it's a holiday in some places

 

[EdReedFan20]

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Do appendix explode like in the simpsons

 

[avengers23]

And Rorie hurt his ribs recently.

We need a health check on Greg and Bread, but especially Fridge-kun.

 

[EdReedFan20]

Do appendix explode like in the simpsons

They can burst and rupture, which is when it becomes really life threatening.

And Rorie just hurt his ribs recently.

We need a health check on Greg and Bread, but especially Fridge-kun.

Don't you mean Brett?

 

[stump sock]

UPF isn't on the schedule...

 

[ratcliffja]

UPF is late. Is everybody at the hospital to mourn Dan's appendix? Seriously Dan, hope you recover quickly.

 

[Shiny Llama]

And Rorie hurt his ribs recently.

We need a health check on Greg and Bread, but especially Fridge-kun.

Fridge-kun is constantly suffering from whatever the opposite of a fever is.

 

[NightmareTrigger]

oh i figured they would take the day off today it's a holiday in some places

Eh... most people don't get/take good friday off.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Just unplug the fridge and be done with it

 

[Zen_Arcade]

UPF isn't on the schedule...

Because it was supposed to start at 6. It already passed on the schedule.

 

[Myggen]

UPF isn't on the schedule...

Always disappears after it goes over its scheduled time.

 

[Teddified]

Chat is taking a few minutes to come up, but we'll be starting UPF as soon as it starts cooperating.

.

 

[Moldiver]

Chats broke

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Fridge-kun is constantly suffering from whatever the opposite of a fever is.

Hypothermia.