Alive and almost Well

Greetings and salutations from one who has been absent for what seems like weeks. Just to give a quick update... I ended up having a procedure in the hospital to crush the kidney stones (8 to 10 mm ones!!!). It seemed to go okay (I love anesethia!!!) Well, I spent a week passing them (not fun)...but sadly the pain medication made me continually nauseous and vomitty. Finally stopped that...would rather deal with pain then continual stomach aches and potty runs!!!! Well, for the past two weeks... I have still been having some issues here and there with eating (gained weight...but that is fine...YES, I SAID THAT!!!). Finally not dehydrated. Finally eating a real meal..sadly throwing most of the up.. Well, yesterday was my follow up...and as I expected...I was told.. "Well, we crushed them...but you still have a ton of them in your system..." "No wonder you have been suffering!!!" We will give you two more weeks to pass them...if not, we will redo the procedure to crush them even smaller!! I have no issue with that (except for the six tries to get a vein for the IV). All in all though, I am among the living!!!!! THANKS FOR ALL THE E-MAILS!!!!

Daniel, Good to hear from you. Sorry to hear about your procedure. Hope you pass the other ones so you don't have to go through it again. It's good that you're alright with gaining some weight. I'm in the same boat with you. I've gained about 10 pounds, but not worried yet. Need to get back on board tho. I have my two year follow-up with the surgeon tomorrow, so I'm anxious to see what he has to say. Take care, my friend. JM

Hey DP... lithotrypsey is a booger..but it can work good...sometime while you are re-cuping...drop me a line Russ

Oh that is such a bummer! I hope you feel better soon and that the pain is minimal. How do you get a "ton in your system"? Hopefully there is a prevention for that! Connie