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Re:Old Spleens Suck (2021) by melissalobos on Friday March 25, 2022 @11:36PM (#30809049)
At least it was related to the decision to remove a spleen or not. In at least one case I now know of, in a young patient they decided to keep the spleen.

In some cases hearing of unextraordinary events helps to calibrate what extraordinary is. I have never suffered a spleen injury, but have heard of lots of young men having theirs removed when I was younger. This anecdote leads me to believe those may have been extraordinary cases. At the very least I no longer think doctors routinely just remove spleens as I once did.

Re:Old Spleens Suck (2021) by gcanyon on Saturday March 26, 2022 @12:12AM (#30809179)
Mine was lost due to rupture in a motorcycle accident. The doctors didn't say whether keeping it was an option, but I doubt it: it came with a bunch of broken ribs and two punctured/collapsed lungs, so my body had more than a few things to deal with, and fixing a spleen was probably low on the list.
Re:Old Spleens Suck (2021) by djmips on Saturday March 26, 2022 @02:58AM (#30809858)
Any issues as a result of being spleenless?
Re:Old Spleens Suck (2021) by gcanyon on Sunday March 27, 2022 @01:09AM (#30817866)
None that I'm aware of. I'm pretty cautious disease-wise, and I've managed not to catch anything serious since.