Article: Appendix to my Olympia prep: my recent health problems will have no impact on me at the 2002 Mr. Olympia. (D.J. Spins).

It probably won't surprise you to learn that the Internet rumors about my recent health problems were blown out of proportion.

In late May, I was in Yugoslavia when I felt a bad pain in my abdomen. For medical advice, I went to see Milos Sarcev's sister, who's a doctor there. She did a couple of tests and told me that my appendix was inflamed. It was scary because I was worried that my appendix might rupture, and that can be deadly. She sent me to the hospital, and the medical staff advised me to have my appendix taken out, but I didn't want to do that unless it was absolutely necessary.

I decided that if I was going to die, then I was going to do it at ...

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