Day 10: I Passed A Stone, I Passed A Stone, And I Liked It!

[anarchist_nomad]

As the title to this entry suggestions, I passed my kidney stone yesterday. Popped right out as I was at the urinal. That surprised me -- I've never passed a stone before, so I did not realise how obvious it would be. My first stone, eight years ago, would not pass and so it had to be pulverized via a lithotripsy. According to the CT scan taken two weeks ago, I knew that this stone was small and in a position where it was likely to pass... so I had thought it quite possible that the blasted troublemaker stone had already left my body by now.

I am quite pleased about this development, for two reasons. The first is that, having seen it pass, I know with no ambiguity that the little bugger is out of my system and will be causing no further problems. The second, and more important reason, is that seeing is pass made it possible to collect the small, spiky, crystalline object that had caused me so much pain. It is now safely wrapped up at the Flat With No Name and will accompany me when I go to the stone clinic. By analyzing its composition, I hope that they can tell me what it is made of and, thus, what I steps I should take to avoid a recurrence. I can cope with a stone every seven or eight years if I have to... but if I can avoid a third incident without too much change to my lifestyle, then I would be more than happy to do so!

I am on the Oxford Tube right now, heading into Queen Mary University of London to work with RT today. After work, I shall be meeting up with the lovely danaeris, who is back on this side of the pond for a few days. Thus, I don't expect to be on-line much this weekend, as it seems a better use of my time to spend it with my charming visitor. More to follow on Monday.

Comments

[salexa.livejournal.com]

It should be easy enough for the stone clinic to analyze, as most stones would be one of just a few compositions. I am certainly glad it came out in a relatively painless manner.

[anarchist-nomad.livejournal.com]

Thanks!! You and me both!!

By the way, a certain visitor mentioned in my post had very nice things to say about you and xirpha earlier today! *smile*