Been a damn long time since I've posted here... Anyways, I'm FINALLY going to have my surgery taken care of. Kidney removal on Nov. 18th at St. Vincent in LA. This'll be a big weight off of my shouldeders. The loss of one ugly pound too. heh. It's been frustrating me for too long. If all goes well (which it should), I should be in fairly good ( Read more... )

Alright it has been forever and a day since I've posted in my journal but we'll get to that in a minute ( Read more... )

Agg.. fuck! I hit one wrong button on the keyboard and I lose all of my post. It was getting pretty lengthy too.. Anyways, I guess I'll start over. I have the time and patients right now ( Read more... )

Been quite a while since I've posted in my journal. I just haven't had much desire to write much lately.. Which is strange, because I love to write. Bah ( Read more... )

So on friday I had a CT scan done on my kidney. I had to drink barrium(sp?). To anyone who doesn't know what the stuff is, it's basically dye that makes your insides glow so they're easier to see on the CT scan. It didn't taste as bad as first time (or least to my rememberence), but was still not an enjoyable taste... This time is was annoying ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in my journal in a while.. I suppose now is as good a time as any ( Read more... )

"What is it that we´re struggling for?
I don´t quite see it anymore
Life kicks us in the teeth
Yet something makes us crawl back for more...

Blood and tears upon the altars of our lives we shed
Blood and tears until the sweet release we share in death
Hours like days, weeks feel like years
Decades of Tears
Yet somehow...

We´ll lose the things we´re ( Read more... )

RIP Hunter S. Thompson You'll be missed. Amazing writer and journalist. Your work won't be forgotten.

Well I had to go back to hospital AGAIN last night.. But for something different altogther. Turns out I have something called a "Staghorn" kidney stone. Not really a stone though. Made of the same substence (calcium) but instead of being just a stone, what it's doing is branching althroughout the channels of my kidney. The doctor described it ( Read more... )

Well my Valentine's day was a real kick to the face. I ended up in the hospital at 8am in the morning with a what the doctor is telling me is a breakage in the lining of my esophagus. How the hell did that happen?? I was just trying to get some sleep last night when my throat just starts hurting everytime I swallow. That got progressively worse ( Read more... )