We went out for dinner tonight, and then Starr asked to swing by the thrift store, and that just about wiped me out. I have to build up some stamina in the next week or so, because I'll probably be heading back to work shortly thereafter. Must exercise more ( Read more... )

I am here, and I haz update ( Read more... )

11am tomorrow, H-Hour. That's when I go under the knife ( Read more... )

The doctors have scheduled my surgery for November 11th. I'll go in in the morning - no idea how long they'll actually be rooting around inside me.

Man, it's weird knowing that someone's going to cut me wide open - with my permission, yet.

GM to me: "Roll your Body dice, target number 5, and we'll see what the doctor says ( Read more... )

Back to the doctor again today, where they told me that I'd need another pair of CT scans - with and without contrast dye. On the other hand, the reason they want them is that the kidney surgeon has concluded that it's a simple cyst, and if it has no cancerous tissue, he doesn't think it should come out. It will need twice-yearly monitoring, but ( Read more... )

I'm startled to see that I didn't post here about the surgery. Sometimes I have trouble remembering which sites have current updates and which ones don't ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )