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The Broski Report with Brittany Broski

88: Left My Gallbladder in Italy

Wed, 26 Mar 2025

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This week on The Broski Report, Fearless Leader Brittany Broski discusses her gallbladder removal in Italy, unpacks her first music release, and returns to the topic of The Roman Empire.  👕 Get your merch here: https://broski.shop/ Follow The Broski Report: https://www.linktr.ee/broskireport https://www.tiktok.com/@broskireport https://instagram.com/broskireport  Follow Brittany: https://www.tiktok.com/@brittany_broski  https://instagram.com/brittany_broski  https://youtube.com/brittany_broski  Follow Royal Court: https://www.youtube.com/@royalcourt  https://www.tiktok.com/@bbroyalcourt https://www.instagram.com/royalcourt https://www.twitter.com/bbroyalcourt  Brought to You By:  Hungryroot – Get 40% off + Free Item For Life at https://hungryroot.com/broski with code BROSKI Tinder – Download the app now – https://open.tinder.com/9K8a/broski   Seat Geek – Download the app and get 10% off tickets using code BROSKI2025 Reproductive Resources: https://aidaccess.org  https://plancpills.org  https://Ineedana.com  https://www.reprolegalhelpline.org/  https://heyjane.com  LGBTQ+ Resources: https://Translifeline.org  https://Glaad.org   https://Pflag.org  https://www.thetrevorproject.org/  Climate Resources: https://Oceanconservancy.org  https://Climateemergencyfund.org  Some helpful credible resources/links to help Free Palestine: Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund - https://www.pcrf.net/ UNICEF - https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/helping-gazas-children-cope-trauma Doctors Without Borders - https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/give-monthly-double-your-impact-search-onetime-reverse-mobile?ms=ADD2301U3U49&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BRAND.DWB_CKMSF-BRAND.DWB-GS-GS-ALL-DWBBrand.E-BO-ALL-RSA-RSARefresh.1-MONTHLY&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6PGxBhCVARIsAIumnWZpQAMikxPIRiPMfAjYsJZ-eHiRQV2pw7tu2Jlo6YL8Gk_uaTSwH0MaAtFGEALw_wc World Central Kitchen - https://wck.org/ World Health Organization - https://www.who.int/ Headcount - https://www.headcount.org/ IG ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW: @eye.on.palestine @aljazeeraenglish @palestinianyouthmovement @byplestia @motaz_azaiza @impact   CHAPTERS: 00:00 – Intro 01:01 – Italian Vacation 05:41 – Gallbladder Removal 27:25 – Music Release 38:54 – Roman Empire 47:28 – Song of Achilles 52:42 – Roman Collessium  1:00:34 – Charcuterie Nachos #brittanybroski, #broski, #broskination, #broskireport, #italy, #rome, #romanempire, #surgery, #gallbladder, #harrystyles, #music, #songofachilles, #collessium

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Chapter 1: Who is Brittany Broski and what is The Broski Report?

5.703 - 14.05 Narrator

Direct from the Broski Nation headquarters in Los Angeles, California, this is the Broski Report with your host, Brittany Broski.

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16.432 - 20.215 Brittany Broski

Whippin' that bitch like a rental. I'm draggin' my nuts, got my dick out the dirt.

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21.256 - 22.077 Unknown Guest

Y'all know that song?

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24.519 - 32.145 Brittany Broski

Guys! Guess who they let back in the United Mother-Tucking States of America? Me!

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34.884 - 42.448 Unknown Guest

Y'all, what a fucking two weeks this has been. Oh, my God.

Chapter 2: What unexpected event happened to Brittany Broski in Italy?

42.468 - 75.571 Brittany Broski

Oh, my God. So much has happened in the last, what, not even 14 days. I guess it has been 14 days. Oh, my sweet Lord. Y'all need to strap in for what I'm about to lay on you, okay? Have mercy. Okay, let's start with you're looking at a woman that is one less organ than now I was two weeks ago. Okay, what the fuck? You always hear, oh, she had her gallbladder out.

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75.651 - 108.845 Brittany Broski

She had her pancreatic removal surgery. It went great. Who the fuck is that ever about? Because you think it's not going to be you. You know what I mean? Oh, it's now about me. Gallbladder surgery? Goofy ass surgery. What the fuck? I couldn't even have a cool one? Oh, I tore my, I tore my nabiscous. I tore my... I tore my hibiscus muscle during bar method because I was going so hard.

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108.965 - 143.8 Brittany Broski

Because I'm so ripped and muscled that it just snapped. It's never that. It's, she had her gallbladder out. What the fuck? Goofy ass surgery is that? I'm humiliated. Unserious ass surgery, bro. Except it was very serious. It was actually kind of like really super scary. Okay, let's talk about it, I guess. So, um, you may be wondering, I got here. Rewind the clock two weeks. I'm in Rome, Italy.

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144.26 - 171.554 Brittany Broski

By the way, I literally got back last night. So this is hot off the motherfucking press for y'all. Okay, so I'm on a family vacation. All goes well, we start in Paris and we take the Orient Express from Paris to Verona, Italy. One of the most magical experiences ever. It is an overnight train and you literally wake up in the Swiss Alps. Like it is just, it's psychotic.

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172.154 - 197.031 Brittany Broski

It's something that was a real bonding experience for me and my whole family. It was so neat and... It's such a unique preservation that they've done of these train cars. I mean, from the 20s and 30s, they've restored them to their original artisan craftsmanship. And the original, it's like the grandsons of the guys who made the cars or the ones who serviced them. It's spectacular, okay?

197.051 - 220.567 Brittany Broski

Not to nerd out, but like, wow. Dining cars, bar cars, it was amazing, okay? We get off the train in Verona. Walk around for a little bit. Shout out Verona, Italy, which has the, and I might be wrong, second largest Roman amphitheater ever found besides the Colosseum, okay? Amphitheater meaning two theaters. Amphi meaning two, right? Like amphibian.

221.227 - 243.153 Brittany Broski

So, second largest Roman amphitheater ever found. Really, really neat. They do, like, opera concerts there now. We walked around the city in literally an hour and a half. This episode is going to have some severe Roman Empire undertones, by the way. It's fresh on the mind. I also started reading Song of Achilles. Okay, I'll get back to my gallbladder in a second.

243.513 - 269.103 Brittany Broski

Started reading the Song of Achilles. What the fuck? We'll get there, okay? But the Roman Empire weaves its way into this story, so mind you. We get out in Verona, really cute town, old as fuck. Every city in Italy is old as fuck. They're like, and this building was built, when can I remember? 1200 AD. What the fuck are you talking about? That's not real. made up year.

270.565 - 289.545 Brittany Broski

So then we take a commuter train from Verona to Rome. We have a beautiful time in Rome. It rains the whole time, but it honestly was super aesthetic, super ambient, okay? do a walking tour of Colosseum, of the Roman Forum, of all these magnificent places. I've been to Rome before, probably 10 years ago.

Chapter 3: How did Brittany Broski end up having surgery in Italy?

998.188 - 1015.118 Brittany Broski

And you can have the surgery when you're back in America. And I go, okay, hold on one second. The surgery? What do you mean? Like to remove the gallstone? He said, no, no, no. To remove your gallbladder. And I say, all right. Could you just go ahead and point one more time to where that is on my body? Because I'm not really understanding.

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1016.37 - 1035.003 Brittany Broski

I asked him to pull up one of those, like, infographic charts on the wall. I'm like, could you just point to where, on my body, where it would be? Okay, I get it now. I get it now. Thank you. And so he comes in. He goes, that's option one. Option two, the surgeon is going to come in in a little bit. And like most surgeons do, he's going to tell you you need surgery.

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1035.844 - 1061.003 Brittany Broski

I would hear him out because it's a lot worse than I initially thought. And I'm like, okay. The surgeon comes in and he's immediately like, we need to do this tomorrow. He said, it is super inflamed. There is a blockage and I cannot put you on a plane in good conscience. He goes, I understand. You know, I know this is scary.

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1061.083 - 1082.335 Brittany Broski

You probably want to do this in America, but I really recommend you do it here. I'm like, okay. So I'm on the phone with my dad back in the States. My mom is there with me. I've talked to both the doctor, the surgeon, and I call my American doctor and I'm like, here's the status. Here's what they're telling me. What do you recommend?

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1082.555 - 1104.696 Brittany Broski

Because ultimately, you know, you listen to everyone's advice, but you have to weigh it all. And it's your decision ultimately. And that's what Dr. Carlos said. He was like, it's your choice. It's your body. You do what you think is best. I called my American doctor and he goes, you really need to do it there. And I go, okay, that's the decision, I guess.

1105.576 - 1124.272 Brittany Broski

And so the next morning, early, like 7.30 a.m., the surgeon and Dr. Carlo come in and they're like, well, what do you think? What have you decided? And I go, let's do it. Let's do it here. Girl, I was, that was probably, what, 7.38? I was under anesthesia by 12.45. It was immediate.

1130.376 - 1157.868 Brittany Broski

And it's such a blessing because as I was running around doing all the tests, like the CT scan and whatever, the hospital was packed. It was packed. Not an open seat in the waiting room. And so what was... It just feels... This whole experience felt so like... Okay, it was at the tail end of my vacation. It was... at a quiet day in the hospital and they were able to operate immediately.

1157.908 - 1188.028 Brittany Broski

Like all of these things lined up. I feel so fortunate and so blessed that it was just like, this is happening now. It's happening now. They take me in, they do it laparoscopically. So right now I have about five wounds on my stomach where laparoscopic surgery, by the way, is a marvel of modern medicine. I mean, I am one to marvel in awe of human innovation always. And this is one of those things.

1188.328 - 1212.596 Brittany Broski

It's literally robot surgery. They did surgery on a grape. They did surgery on Brittany Broski. They did robot surgery on Brittany Broski. It was crazy. I was watching these videos, not on me, because, hey, I'm going to vomit. I was watching these animated videos of what a laparoscopic gallbladder removal surgery looks like. It might as well have been magic. It looked like magic.

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