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Appendicitis
Lying on the table, I couldn't see much except for the light shining above me. I could hear the voices of the nurses, casually joking with the surgeon and the other attendants. My father was there to watch, as were my two elder brothers. The oldest brother was a medical student, and the second brother soon would be one, too. I was feeling self-conscious about my nudity, particularly my recent shave, which everyone was going to see as soon as I was asleep. In my mind, I could hear my older brother laughing. As the anesthesiologist was about to insert the needle into my arm, one of the nurses asked me if I knew what it was. I didn't really. She told me it was truth serum, and that while I was asleep they were going to find out all about my sex life, and girlfriends.