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#321

Devon Sinsley said:

Dennis thanks for your concern. I will be at the Christmas party unless something else happens. My private doc (Steve Featherkyle) keeps telling me to drink more water. That’s about all I drink. Minimum of half a gallon a day daily. Now I am drinking a gallon a day. I am not sure how much more I can drink. Bit I am going to start forcing it.

Devon,

Listen to Dr. Featherkile…Drink more water. Dehydration (I know you “think” you can’t drink anymore water) will also help with dizziness or light-headedness. Don’t ask me how I know :slight_smile:

#322

Devon,

My wife used to get kidney stones all the time due to some other medical issues she had. She was advised to drink lemonade or cranberry juice as well as water. I’m guessing its the acidity of them that helps reduce the stones. It would also change up the feeling of drowning in water! Hope you get past this soon and without much pain. I passed a stone once and it was very painful.

Steve

#323

Just got back from urologist. It’s a 7mm stone that he said looks lodged. I have surgery next Tuesday the 19th. To break it up

#324

Ugh!!!

#325

I’m putting on my knee pads for some serious praying for ya(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif).

#326

I wonder if the operation wing of the hospital has frequent flyer program

#327

I wonder if the operation wing of the hospital has frequent flyer program

#328

7mm! Yow!

#329

Devon Sinsley said:

Just got back from urologist. It’s a 7mm stone that he said looks lodged. I have surgery next Tuesday the 19th. To break it up

Devon,

If it’s broken up by ultrasound, I was a good friend of the doctor that pioneered that procedure many years ago (at least twenty-five years ago) here in the Burbank area…Dr. Peter Fugelso. Fought in Desert Storm as a surgeon for the Army. Passed away about 15 years ago. My wife went to school with his wife. Brilliant surgeon taken too young by cancer.

Good luck with your procedure next week. This too will pass.

#330

Had a gallbladder stone blocking the tube towards the pancreas ,massive infection turned into pancreatic necrosis less than 1 % survival chance 8mts in 2 different hospitals 8 surgeries and $ 1 1/2 million my insurance got billed! I survived the odds and l am seeing live now with different eyes !

Manfred Hang in there Devon,piece of cake you’ll get over this !!

#331

Piece of cake, Devon! All of mine have been in that size range, and if you are having the ESW lithotripsy procedure that Gary is referring to, its probably one of the easiest procedures I ever had for kidney stones. Just a head’s up for you, regardless of which type of procedure you ultimately have done, the urinary stent they will place to allow drainage will be uncomfortable while it’s in there, but it will sure feel wonderful after it comes out, giving you something to look forward to you in all of this!

Good luck! You got this …

#332

Gary Armitstead said:

Devon Sinsley said:

Just got back from urologist. It’s a 7mm stone that he said looks lodged. I have surgery next Tuesday the 19th. To break it up

Devon,

If it’s broken up by ultrasound, I was a good friend of the doctor that pioneered that procedure many years ago (at least twenty-five years ago) here in the Burbank area…Dr. Peter Fugelso. Fought in Desert Storm as a surgeon for the Army. Passed away about 15 years ago. My wife went to school with his wife. Brilliant surgeon taken too young by cancer.

Good luck with your procedure next week. This too will pass.

That’s what they try first. They watch it on xray and if it works great. If not then they will stick a laser up my pre hole all the way to the kidney and shoot it, place a stent and done. He said it’s a plan a plan b deal that all happens automatically.

#333

Manfred Diel said:

Had a gallbladder stone blocking the tube towards the pancreas ,massive infection turned into pancreatic necrosis less than 1 % survival chance 8mts in 2 different hospitals 8 surgeries and $ 1 1/2 million my insurance got billed! I survived the odds and l am seeing live now with different eyes !

Manfred Hang in there Devon,piece of cake you’ll get over this !!

That’s an altogether different game. My dad had that and also beat the odds

#334

Gregory Hile said:

Piece of cake, Devon! All of mine have been in that size range, and if you are having the ESW lithotripsy procedure that Gary is referring to, its probably one of the easiest procedures I ever had for kidney stones. Just a head’s up for you, regardless of which type of procedure you ultimately have done, the urinary stent they will place to allow drainage will be uncomfortable while it’s in there, but it will sure feel wonderful after it comes out, giving you something to look forward to you in all of this!

Good luck! You got this …

Doc said I will not leave the hospital unhappy. He said even if I do end up with a stent he said it is no where near as bad as the stone itself. He said I will be back on my feet immediately.

#335

Oh my. Yep, let’s have this be an over and done with deal. Then get back to visiting and making things!

#336

Devon Sinsley said:

Gregory Hile said:

Piece of cake, Devon! All of mine have been in that size range, and if you are having the ESW lithotripsy procedure that Gary is referring to, its probably one of the easiest procedures I ever had for kidney stones. Just a head’s up for you, regardless of which type of procedure you ultimately have done, the urinary stent they will place to allow drainage will be uncomfortable while it’s in there, but it will sure feel wonderful after it comes out, giving you something to look forward to you in all of this!

Good luck! You got this …

Doc said I will not leave the hospital unhappy. He said even if I do end up with a stent he said it is no where near as bad as the stone itself. He said I will be back on my feet immediately.

I wholeheartedly agree with Doc! My experience with stents has been they are uncomfortable but only when actually peeing. Otherwise you hardly know it’s there. Of course, there was the time I gave birth to a stent. That was fun …

#337

Forrest Scott Wood said:

Oh my. Yep, let’s have this be an over and done with deal. Then get back to visiting and making things!

I agree Forrest. I am frustrated to say the least. But I have not been entirely idle. I get in my shop when I can. I built a whole new bench and shelves int here and am reorganizing. Pictures of that will come when its done. I also have been puttering away on presents for people.

This is a present my dad is making for my nieces partner/fiance/husband/boyfriend. It will be a steampunk beverage dispenser. I cut the bottom off the bottle for him and made the lid which is made from blood wood and spalted maple. It is core-drilled and cross-drilled for ventilation into the bottle.

This is what I made him; he is Athabascan native and a beer drinker so I etched him a beer glass with a traditional native Alaskan design.

I am also makeing several other things that I will share as usual.

#338

Slacker …(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)

#339

Just because my family name is Wood that doesn’t mean I always know, or even ever know, what some woods are - blood wood and spalted maple for instance.

I don’t recall ever having heard of blood wood only upon seeing word spalted do I recall having seen that before. Will have to go look up what it is.

? --> with that “core-drilled and cross-drilled for ventilation” in the top to beverage dispenser it seems safe to conclude the beverage is dispensed from the bottom of the final product through what the manufacturer had intended to be the top of the original bottle.

#340

Forrest Scott Wood said:

Just because my family name is Wood that doesn’t mean I always know, or even ever know, what some woods are - blood wood and spalted maple for instance.

I don’t recall ever having heard of blood wood only upon seeing word spalted do I recall having seen that before. Will have to go look up what it is.

? --> with that “core-drilled and cross-drilled for ventilation” in the top to beverage dispenser it seems safe to conclude the beverage is dispensed from the bottom of the final product through what the manufacturer had intended to be the top of the original bottle.

Blood wood is from South America and is a very dense wood. Very pretty red, fairly straight grained. “Spalted” is just a fancy term for rotting; usually a standing dead tree, will get black lines in it where water creeps into cracks in the bark. Happens all the time in maple, birch, beech, etc. (the white wood paper bark trees). Pine will spalt. Not sure what else does. Makes for an interesting looking wood. So in the above picture the finial and the base piece (not the part in the bottle) are blood wood and the center is spalted maple. As for the “core and cross drilled for ventilation” you are correct. The bottom of the bottle is cut off. The neck is fitted with plumbing that runs to a tap. Then the user removes the top that I made and fills said bottle with his favorite beverage. This is not the typical set up. Most people make it so they use a stock bottle and attach it to the dispenser. I am not sure why at this point dad wanted a fixed-refillable bottle. But its his project not mine.