Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
But what a terrible thing to go in for minor surgery and never wake up. The cynic in me has to wonder if it was some kind of elective procedure?


I've had that procedure done a few times - it's an endoscopy - they send a little camera down your throat and look around for things like growths, tumors, ulcers, etc. I never thought of it as being risky but I guess it's still "surgery" and ANY surgery has a degree of risk.


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