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  I had endocarditis and had to have open heart surgery but let me tell you- the second I woke up from surgery I felt A BILLION times better. I mean, getting cut open Fucking hurt, but having a vegetation in my heart valve hurt WAYYYYY more. I’ve never been in so much pain!
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  Surgery can also force a heal where your body erroneously thinks it's perfectly fine >
  
  Isn’t that the premise behind microdermabrasion or whatever it’s called? Basically lots of minor cuts in the skin that has sun damage or something with the hope being that, because of the cuts, the body will heal damaged skin that the body previously “thought” was fine? >
  
  This is also the idea behind lots of acupuncture practice.  You create a small injury or series of small injuries that bring blood and trigger a healing response in those areas. >
  
  Uh, no bro. It works by aligning your chakras with the healing meridians, which dissipates bad vibrations and allows the positive quantum energies to flow while also flushing the toxins from your body. >
  
  r/yourjokebutworse >
  
  Lol it's definitely a joke. >
  
  If it wasn’t r/yourjokebutworse then it was r/woosh >
  
  hey there's no reason it can't be both! >
  
  As someone who just went through heart surgery last week, this is the hope. It's hard to justify the current pain when the previous symptoms weren't that bad. But the long-term, preventative benefits should be worth it. >
  
  Also had open heart surgery and major abdominal surgery about 3 years ago. The long term benefits are definetly worth the first few weeks of suffering. It gets better trust me >
  
  Thanks. I was lucky that my valve repair was able to be done robotically through my side, so it should be a much easier recovery than full open heart. Glad you're better! >
  
  Ah damn, my sister has to get this (she’s 8) and her artery was too flexible so they have to do the full open heart surgery >
  
  I'm sure that's scary for you and her at such a young age. Hopefully that will help her body heal more easily. >
  
  Yeah wishing you a speedy recovery too! At least we have the technology :) >
  
  Surgeon: surgery is controlled trauma. It is often not in response to injury. >
  
  I like to say our trauma surgeons stab people to life >
  
  My orthopaed told me he's a "just a carpenter, but a very clean one".
  (I still got an infection after he rebuilt my hip, though.) >
  
  so, he’s just a carpenter, not particularly clean.