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Have you ever had surgery? What for?

Isn’t there a better way to word these ridiculous prompts?

I’ll play along today, WordPress.

Yes, I had a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy at the age of four. Repeated ear infections were causing me to lose my hearing, so the adenoids – along with the tonsils as a bonus – had to go.

I woke up during the surgery, and a nice nurse told me to go back to sleep. Many years later, I would end up working in that same hospital. But I could never find my tonsils or my adenoids. They must’ve hidden them well. 

My hearing came back, and all was functioning well until recently when the ear infections returned, and now I am almost completely deaf in my left ear. No one really knows why, except repeated infections are known to do that. Does that answer your question, WordPress? Is this prompt data mining for the selling of organs on the black market?

This is me at the height of my sickness, and just prior to my surgery. At least that’s what my mom told me. The puppy in my lap is Flower. She died of distemper shortly after this. My mom talked about how much she loved this dog for the rest of her life.