Seems like me and mine stagger from crisis to crisis. (Not been the greatest of times for us, not at all.) I’ve shared some of these with you and yes, I’m back again, dammit.
My mother goes in for kidney surgery tomorrow. She’s got stones too many and too big to pass and for her surgery (as opposed to all the laser and chemical and other options now available), surgery is the safest and the best.
No, it’s not the most serious surgery in the world (thanks be!) but she ain’t having her toenails cut neither. We’re worried about her. I just want this to go well, for her to do good and be relieved of the immense pain she’s in.
I’d appreciate it if you kept a good thought for the TubaMama tomorrow, I’d appreciate it an awful lot.
Best wishes, TubaDiva and TubaMama. At the rate this is going, we might as well have all the admin and mods get their parents into surgery, so we can send out bulk best wishes.
Jenny, I don’t know what else to say except that the best wishes of my family will be with you and Tubamum, as will this best wishes of this community.
Best wishes to TubaMama and to you TubaDiva. I’m sure the surgery will go fine. One question, if it’s not too intrusive? Is your mom having actual cut into the skin surgery or is she having one of the ultrasound deals to try and break up the kidney stones?
Thanks to all of the above, I appreciate your good words.
She’s actually being cut on. Apparently in this situation the old tried and true method is best, though the hospital has all sorts of stone smashing equipment of various types.
Technology is wonderful but not always the best choice. Nice that patients have options, though. In the couple of days we’ve known about this I’ve heard all kinds of stories involving everything short of having the Voodoo Queen come over and put a live chicken on your back and dance the mambo. Everybody came through just fine, too, which was the best news of all.
Jenny
your humble TubaDiva
(Not that I don’t believe in gris-gris, just that it’s not covered by our HMO.)
I’ll keep a good thought for both of you. I know how nerve-wracking it is to have your mother in for any surgery, even the least dramatic kind. I’ve also heard from various sources that the slice-and-dice method for kidney stones is far more likely to take care of the problem permanently than the ultrasound method. I hope that’s the way it works for your mom.
