Data from a eight-foot medical tricorder
The doctors have scheduled me for gall bladder surgery on Wednesday. Everyone is telling me it’s a perfected procedure, I’ll be home that afternoon, and that I’m really not likely to miss it all that much. And y’know, I happen to be married to a registered nurse. So, okay, I’m about as optimistic as one could possibly be about this.
But there’s something I didn’t get around to mentioning back on the 28th. The CAT scan that revealed the gallstones also displayed a mass on my kidney, which the doctors wanted to follow up on. Yesterday, I got the lowdown, complete with pictures.
The mass is a tennis-ball-sized lump of tissue on my kidney, and the doctors are quite certain that it needs to come out. This is no outpatient laproscopic surgery, either; they’ll have to cut me open and remove it the old-fashioned way, and I’ll be on my back for days afterwards. The good news is that the artery and ureter aren’t involved, and I’ll still have half a good kidney on that side when they’re done.
I took the news pretty calmly, and waited until after a good lunch and an afternoon nap before having a meltdown. (That mostly involved tripping over sentences I’m trying to assemble, and getting a little strident in my tones from time to time. Yeah, I’m a fireball.) Luckily I had Starr and a couple other understanding friends there, who even kept offering me a little alcohol if I thought it would take the edge off. Not my speed, but I appreciated the goodwill.
So, the kidney surgery will probably be in three weeks or so, and I’ll be posting more details as I have them. Sigh.
Wow. My thoughts are with you.
Wow. My thoughts are with you.
Wow. My thoughts are with you.
Wow. My thoughts are with you.
Wow. My thoughts are with you.
Wow. My thoughts are with you.
Wow. My thoughts are with you.
Wow. My thoughts are with you.
Omgoodness dearheart! We ALL will be sending good thoughts your way!
Hugs!!!
Omgoodness dearheart! We ALL will be sending good thoughts your way!
Hugs!!!
Omgoodness dearheart! We ALL will be sending good thoughts your way!
Hugs!!!
Omgoodness dearheart! We ALL will be sending good thoughts your way!
Hugs!!!
Omgoodness dearheart! We ALL will be sending good thoughts your way!
Hugs!!!
Omgoodness dearheart! We ALL will be sending good thoughts your way!
Hugs!!!
Omgoodness dearheart! We ALL will be sending good thoughts your way!
Hugs!!!
Omgoodness dearheart! We ALL will be sending good thoughts your way!
Hugs!!!
It’s probably good you didn’t stress out your organs right now with any booze. Glad to hear the good news outweighs the bad, though. Surgery is never something you want to have to have but at least your prognosis is very positive! Sending good thoughts and wishes your way.
It’s probably good you didn’t stress out your organs right now with any booze. Glad to hear the good news outweighs the bad, though. Surgery is never something you want to have to have but at least your prognosis is very positive! Sending good thoughts and wishes your way.
It’s probably good you didn’t stress out your organs right now with any booze. Glad to hear the good news outweighs the bad, though. Surgery is never something you want to have to have but at least your prognosis is very positive! Sending good thoughts and wishes your way.
It’s probably good you didn’t stress out your organs right now with any booze. Glad to hear the good news outweighs the bad, though. Surgery is never something you want to have to have but at least your prognosis is very positive! Sending good thoughts and wishes your way.
It’s probably good you didn’t stress out your organs right now with any booze. Glad to hear the good news outweighs the bad, though. Surgery is never something you want to have to have but at least your prognosis is very positive! Sending good thoughts and wishes your way.
It’s probably good you didn’t stress out your organs right now with any booze. Glad to hear the good news outweighs the bad, though. Surgery is never something you want to have to have but at least your prognosis is very positive! Sending good thoughts and wishes your way.
It’s probably good you didn’t stress out your organs right now with any booze. Glad to hear the good news outweighs the bad, though. Surgery is never something you want to have to have but at least your prognosis is very positive! Sending good thoughts and wishes your way.
It’s probably good you didn’t stress out your organs right now with any booze. Glad to hear the good news outweighs the bad, though. Surgery is never something you want to have to have but at least your prognosis is very positive! Sending good thoughts and wishes your way.