An x-ray of my spine showing the remaining surgical clips from my gallbladder surgery

A Twisted Ankle and a Long-Awaited Answer

I sprained my ankle in November and solved the three-year mystery of why I got so sick after having surgery to remove my gallbladder.

Yes, you read that right. Twisting my ankle while turning around — in bare feet completely sober on a totally flat floor — is how I uncovered the reason I’ve hurled hundreds of times in the past three years.