Subj : Health Update
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Apr 06 2017 20:02:52

  Never mind "doing things bigger in Texas" <G> --  I'm in Little Rock, 
Arkansas, and I've got a story to tell you. :)

  I originally produced kidney stones from June, 2010 to August, 2012...
then went on a 4 1/2 year hiatus. Unfortunately, the stones are back as
of February, 2017.

  But, 3 of them have descended into the urinary bladder, and are
growing. So much so, that emergency surgery has been set up on April
13 at the Baptist Day Surgery (outpatient) center at Baptist Medical
Center in west Little Rock.

  Two of the stones are just over 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) in
diameter, while a third stone is just over 2 millimeters (nearly 1/10
of an inch) in diameter.

  With the surgery next week, and also a forecast of thunderstorms for
much of the week, the BBS will be OFFLINE from April 9-15...so, there
may be a delay in my replying. 

  I'll spend the night after surgery at my elderly Mom's place. She is
90, and was recently diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, and congestive
heart failure...and also had a pacemaker implanted 2 months ago. They
have her stabilized on the Lasix, so the fluid doesn't build up in her
trachea, which gave her breathing problems.

  I try to make ginger ale as my beverage of choice, as it'll settle
my stomach without the caffeine...and it's the only beverage that will
not send my colon into diarrhea (large amounts of any other liquid,
including water, will do that)...and spending all day on the toilet is
not my idea of a good time...unless I'm preparing for a colonoscopy.

Daryl

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