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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Morrissey Movement, the purpose of this podcast to discuss and share one aspect of fitness and one aspect of medicine. Being a general surgeon and a garage gym athlete, I have a strong passion for both of these aspects of life. So sit back and enjoy the show. This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. I am in no way forming a patient doctor relationship. All the aspects discussed in this podcast are medically accurate. You should always discuss with your doctor any questions that you may have about the content, you should always discuss with your doctor before starting any new exercise or dietary changes. Hey, what's going on everybody? It's Dr. Chris Morrissey back with another episode of The Morrissey movement. Hope everybody had a great and safe New Year, today's January 1 As of recording this. So the New Year 2022 has launched and so hopefully it'll be a better year than it was last year. So today, I felt this is kind of appropriate time to discuss this. Today's episode six, it's called appendix and all or nothing. So I'm going to discuss the history of an appendix and also what happens when you get your appendix removed, and then proceed into the all or none mentality when it comes to diet and exercise. Because this is the time of year when people join gyms with high hopes. And then things can get derailed very quickly. So I'm hoping that we can shed some light and kind of maybe change your mindset a little bit about what it's like to do training, as well as diet. And hopefully you can get and obtain your goals this coming year. So I'm going to start off with the medical portion today. So I'm gonna start off with the appendix. So the appendix is located down on the right side of your colon, which is kind of close to your right hip bone. The appendix averages about three, three and a half inches long in length, but it can be anywhere from two to 12 inches, it just kind of depends on the person, the diameter or the health how big across it is, is approximately about a quarter of an inch or so. And so anything over about half a half an inch is kind of considered thickened or inflamed. When we look at taking the appendix out. The longest longest appendix has ever been removed was approximately 10 inches long. This is per the internet, so nothing is ever falls on the internet as we all know. So again, it's usually located in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, which again is near kind of the right hip bone area. The base of the appendix is located about two centimeters, or almost an inch beneath what's called the ileocecal valve. So that you'll have Ileocecal valve is what dumps where the small intestine connects to the large intestine or the small bowel connects to the colon. So its position within the abdomen can be kind of variable that can be located kind of pointing down into the pelvis, it can be pointing over towards the left side, it can actually be behind the colon, which is called retrocecal. So sometimes it makes it difficult to find the appendix especially in the old fashioned way that we used to take appendix is out. Nowadays, when we have CT scans in the laparoscope, we can usually find it. Sometimes it does take a while however. So the appendix is actually connected to the, what's called the mesentery in the lower region of the of the ilium. So your small intestine is broken down into three parts. So the first part is what's called the duodenal or duodenum, which comes right off the stomach. And then there's the jejunum, and ileum. So it's roughly 30, some feet of small intestine and then connects to your colon. There's a little blood vessel called the appendiceal artery that is located inside this little kind of fatty layer where all the blood supply a lot is located for the small bowel in the colon. So what is this thing? It's kind of been identified as a few different things. There is some literature that supports that it...