The little stone that shouldn't.

I was just sitting on the couch enjoying some chill time with the husband and out of no where I get this spasm. THE spasm, the right side gut wrenching, inside turning spasm. I do what I do every time I get this spasm...I go to the bathroom. Then I stretch and massage and drink 3 cups of water. Then 5 minutes later I take a pain killer and an anti-nausea medication. I do this routine because I've done it more than 11 times before. When I can't get comfortable sitting, standing or walking I tell the husband I need to go to the ER. The pain doesn't stop, it just comes in waves. I sit in the waiting room for 2 hours struggling to find a comfortable position and wringing my sweater between my hands. I get an ultrasound, see an MD in triage, there's no beds. I am extremely uncomfortable and the longer I wait the more tense my body becomes. I finally get a bed. Almost an hour later they come in and give me shots for the pain and nausea. Luckily I had nothing to throw up. This hospital did things so very different from what I'm used to. Usually I'm hooked up to IV and sedated with pain killers before they do an ultrasound or CT scan. Anyways, I could finally relax enough to not wriggle around in pain and a short time later the spasms stopped. Come to find out I have an 8 millimeter stone in my kidney. Yeah, I know that's small but what you don't understand is that the average ureter is 4mm. The largest stone I was able to pass was 5mm, and it got stuck half way down and I had to have surgery to blast it apart. So this 8mm stone is kind of a miracle to me. It's too big to pass so it just chills at the top of my ureter and restricts my kidney function, causing swelling and spasms. It cuts into my sensitive tissue that is already scarred by previous stones. The doctor says it shouldn't be causing any problems...I tell him to tell it to my blood-pressure. I get referred to a urologist/surgeon and am sent home.
The most amazing part of this story is 4 months ago I got a CT scan because I was having pain in my right kidney area. That CT showed no stones at all. How did I grow an 8mm stone in 4 months?!

I drew a picture of what it feels like to have a kidney stone. BTW I do have a left kidney, I just didn't want to draw it. Feel free to post.

The baconator...er..yeah

So last Tuesday I was making bacon..for breakfast of course. Now, I'm not the best cook, but I know my way around a kitchen. You see, the thing is I'm new to electric ovens. So far I do not like them. I can't seem to get the heating right...medium has three settings...is that really necessary? Anyways, I have made bacon on this electric stovetop before and sadly mis-timed my cooking by over cooking the bacon. This time I was being careful.

BUT IT WAS TAKING FOREVER...my toast was going to get cold and the oatmeal all sticky. So I turned it up. Low and behold it cooked faster. Too fast. It got super hot and the next thing I knew the grease was popping out at me like flies. I must have looked like I was raging a war with my spatula in one hand and a spinning towel in the other. But guess what happens...

One blasted grease drop flies straight into my right eye. What do you do in this instance? A. Run cold water over your eye B. Run around screaming "I have bacon in my eye!!!" or C. Proceed to throw the bacon across the room cursing it to the demon dimension it came from?

Well, I chose to to D. Silently scream, but calmly put cold water on my eye and finish cooking the darned meal so I could finally eat.
The remainder of the cooking process went fairly well considering I had eye damage. I surprisingly had no major burns or blisters on my eyeball, which is saying quite a bit for my general medical history. It did feel a little funny for a few days..but ewe, grease on my eyeball!

I decided to draw a picture so I would remember my story, then decided to write this blog.