Though I had been planning for months to attend this academic year's final University of Stavanger board meeting, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, today and tomorrow, I eventually had to cancel and notify the secretary that I would be absent. This is because I now have a second gall stone (following the first one in March, which led to quite some complications), which is causing me pain and discomfort. This would have been my last meeting, since my bid for reelection was not successful. I have served in the board of UiS since October 2012.
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Thursday, 13 June 2013
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Gallbladder removal not obstructing participation at Gathering in Biosemiotics
In March (and April) I went through some health problems initiated by the appearance and subsequent removal of a gallstone. Being in London at the time, I was admitted to Westminster and Chelsea Hospital - where the gallstone was removed - for 4 days, and then to a Norwegian hospital, in Drammen, for a further 2 days, after I experienced internal bleeding (and passed out while on a train toilet - thus falling to the floor, something that caused a rupture of sorts in my ribs) as a complication the day after the procedure that removed the stone. Since then it has been clear that I should have my gallbladder removed.
A couple of days back I was notified about date of surgery: June 7th. This would imply that I would have to cancel my participation at the 13th Gathering in Biosemiotics, to be arranged in Castiglioncello, Italy, June 4-8. However, I was luckily able to reschedule to another date - June 19th, so that I will still be able to be present in Italy this summer.
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