I just got back from my follow-up appointment with my kidney doc. The good news is that the kidney stones in my left kidney are now two or three smaller fragments, instead of two large ones.
The bad news is that I still have kidney stones, and I now know I'm facing another two or three shockwave treatments before it's gone.
I can deal with that. I mean, I'm not happy at the prospect of more hours of post-op vomiting or what exotic complication I can come up with this time, but the stones need to be gone. The doc offered the option of surgery, but that involves an even more painful recovery and a few weeks (!!!) off work.
Um, no. I did the "few weeks off work" thing in 2006. The "few weeks" was the last nine weeks of my pregnancy, and I was glad to do it...but I just can't afford to do it now. So, more shockwave therapy for me. Yippee :0)
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- Krista
- Wife, mom of a preemie, follower of the old ways, lover of anything Irish or Celtic, history buff, trivia nut, Star Trek and Ren Faire geek and costuming fiend. Offer me coffee or chocolate and world peace is assured. Or at least I'll try really hard. :) I also believe in deleting spam. So, to the person or persons who keep leaving me comments in Chinese (along with links to what I can clearly tell are Chinese porn sites) stop it. It's bad karma, to say nothing of being really, really rude.
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