Iyam back on the IOMH 75m net...

[W3MIV]

Had a fun few days. Stone in left kidney was shocked to fragment it on Tuesday. Thursday morning at 0100, I awoke in incredible pain. Kidney apparently was totally blocked and going bananas in protest. Finally got a doc on the horn (at 0500 -- he not real happy). Xyl drove me to the Howard County Hospital ER (fortunately, a Johns Hopkins Health System hospital); got there at 0615 and went into surgery at 1330 (well laced with funny stuff so did not feel a thing). Busy morning.

Now back at home, wearing a catheter and bag, with a stent in my pecker parts. Mass of fragments got stuck in the flume and plugged the outlet entirely. Lucky not to have done more damage than it did.

I have it on good authority that the total bill will be in the neighborhood of $30K -- I plan to send it to Paul Ryan along with a quart of the bright red output of my now-functioning system.

[rot]

Dood..Hang tough..
I'm sitting in a folking wheelchair awaiting a new knee that the bone saw jig is now being made. I got another month or two of this shit and baby I'm back in the game.
The wife and kid have been great..I must say..I'm becoming a household PITA.
Good luck and better days...
Crank out the reads.
rot

[KC2UGV]

Ryan will just hand you a voucher for $1500... That should cover it, amirite

[W3MIV]

Dood..Hang tough..
I'm sitting in a folking wheelchair awaiting a new knee that the bone saw jig is now being made. I got another month or two of this shit and baby I'm back in the game.
The wife and kid have been great..I must say..I'm becoming a household PITA.
Good luck and better days...
Crank out the reads.
rot

I have five close friends who have new knees -- two of them have had both knees replaced. Marvel that they can do shit we would have thought a mere pipe dream in an opium den -- or perhaps the halls of Congress. All them are now doing extremely well. It will be rough going the first couple weeks, but keep your eye glued to that horizon, be of good cheer, and all will go well in the end. If there's anything I can roll down hill to you to make your trek a bit easier, lemme know.

[ki4itv]

I was wondering about you Albi.
As much as I hate "stone stories" (and yours sounds particularly painful)...it is very nice to infer through reading your account that you are indeed in relatively good spirits and ornery as ever.
Take care of yourself OM, there is a noticeable void when you're gone.
...and please don't miss the opportunity to pass that bill along to the TP'er of your choice.

[ki4itv]

Dood..Hang tough..
I'm sitting in a folking wheelchair awaiting a new knee that the bone saw jig is now being made. I got another month or two of this shit and baby I'm back in the game.
The wife and kid have been great..I must say..I'm becoming a household PITA.
Good luck and better days...
Crank out the reads.
rot

Our drummer just had a double replacement about three weeks ago. His experience was good and his quality of life has already improved significantly based on my own observations from before the surgery.
He did say that custom saw blade cost about as much as Albi's total bill. Damn.
We'll be thinkin' about ya' bro-dude!


Wishingthebest, VA

[NA4BH]

Urolithiasis, the one thing guaranteed to bring the toughest man to his knees (real or artificial) in tears.

Best wishes

[W1GUH]

Here's wishing you a speedy recovery and it's good to hear that it's over and you're doing fine. I'll echo the comments that you've been missed. Good to have you back!

rot -- Here's wishing you a totally successful proceedure and a speedy recovery. Sounds like you've got a great family there.

[rot]

I'll be fine and thanks to all.
Chunking meteors out the Mr. Peabody pipes would scare the eff outta me. Horror of horrors on that. Glass held high to Albert on cruisin through that...
The worse part for me is the MRI. I'm claustrophobic, so I have to be loaded with brain squelch or I'm a coming outta the damn tube...fer sure.
I'm in pretty good shape considering past abuse and the structual stuff, so I'm pretty lucky.
Just keep a posting and normal shit..I pretty much hang here for the goofenthol and enjoy the Island therapy.
rot

[NQ6U]

Damn, Albi, I'm sorry you had to go through that but happy to hear that you're on the mend. Hang in there, my friend, and drink lots of water.