A lucky man am I
It’s been nine days since I fell through my living room ceiling, and my ribs and side are still sore. So the doc (Ted Taylor of Gold Beach) suggested I have a CT Scan to see if I either cracked a rib or bruised my liver. Negative! But the scan coincidentally showed I have a bunch of small kidney stones in my kidney.
How lucky! I’ve passed kidney stones before, and it’s like someone shoved a screwdriver in my back and twisted it. It’s pain tantamount to giving birth. Thank God women do that!
But these days they have an utrasound machine that can target and break up the stones so you can pea them out rather than have them tear a blue streak across your kidney. Tomorrow morning I’ll get a “still x-ray” to make sure the stones are large enough to target. How lucky can you get? The chance to avoid kidney stone pain! What a great age we live in.
And my side pain? The doc says I’m probably working so hard on my remodel that I’m not giving my ribs and surrounding muscle a chance to heal. I’ll slow down in another week or two. But I’ve got a lot to do between now and then.
August 27th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Glad that your ribs are feeling better but you’d better brace yourself for another disaster. From the pictures that you posted, I see a lot of people standing on the very top of ladders which is really compromising your (and your boys) safety. Every four-legged ladder that I’ve ever purchased has warnings posted on the side about not standing on the very top.
It’s your choice but a broken back doesn’t sound like fun at any age. Other than that, thanks for the updates.
Dave
August 27th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
This is Suzy, the former newspaper-editor-turned-mostly-full-time homesteader in Alabama! I just wanted you to know you will be in our thoughts and prayers while you have your kidney stones “blased” and we’ll also be remembering annie and her family as they drive across the country!!! I like she is part “ours” since I “watched” her grow up almost from Day One with BWH! It’s exciting that she will be taking the reigns as managing editor but WE STILL NEED YOU TOO so try not to fall through any more ceilings!!! (my husband, son, son-in-law and friend who have our little electrical company can tell you some hilarious stories about ceiling fall-throughs!)
August 28th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Dave Brock, you are right. I have been a bit too careless. I even went out and bought a taller ladder.
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Dave,
I just have a question. Were did you get your blackberries? We
live in Montana and I was wondering if we could plant blackberries
next spring?
Any way thank you for your help.
Debby
September 5th, 2008 at 10:08 am
They grow wild everywhere here. Many locals treat them as a weed.