You were my motivation to sign on this week, Pam!

No, folks, nothing dire...just overwork and not feeling so great.

Saw my kidney specialist on Wed. Turns out my stones (which he believes were there for at least 5 years) are in the meat of my lower left kidney and thus not amenable to external "blasting", nor to standard surgery. (the huge honder another surgeon removed last summer was not embedded this way).

Sooooo...if I bleed, get infections, if the pain becomes too much to handle, I get to have that whole 3rd of my kidney removed (serious surgery, significant side-effects and risks )

Oy! Have I not travelled the surgery road enough already? This will be my 6th major surgery. And I HATE the hospital.

Actually, our city is building a new one, so my goal is to hold off until it's finished!

Was just up at our "old hospital" to visit Nana last night (she's doing better ) and the initial smell of the place gave me a reactive shudder.

Had a few touch and go moments with CJ, but always resolved before much time passed. A superior approach to just brushing my misbehaviours under the carpet and expecting him to "take it".

I wonder how much bb catching up I have to do??

Shiny