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peteandpete said:
Well the kidney stone has not passed. Back at the ER at about 12:30 this morning in pain. It is in the same spot. Back home now but it looks like I'm going to need the surgery for resolution.
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I did the kidney stone thing last November. Pain is horrible, drugs work well, mine passed quickly and I hope yours does as well.
 
Too soon....lol. We bounced back to the ER a second time Sat. afternoon, got admitted, then sent to another Prisma hospital on Sunday so they could laser that bad boy. Returned that afternoon to Oconee Memorial in Seneca and finally got home a few minutes ago, complete with dangly string to pull out a stint on Wednesday. They said the procedure was successful.
 
(Please, I am not trolling for good vibes here; I just wanted to look for some medical-oriented thread to add this to and, in the first four pages of the OT thread list, this seemed the most apt; if there is a better thread to move this to, admins have my permission if needed).

In my inbox this morning was a Duke Weekly mailing with a head topic regarding a faster, better MRI (main article here). It is a system invented in 2013 by a PHD student who is now a Duke associate professor; she calls it "MRI Fingerprinting", and it got FDA approval in 2023. The headline stat: she claims it can scan the entire brain in 5 minutes. As I embark next month on a monthly regimen of alternating injections and MRI scans (in my case involving two two-hour roundtrip commutes a month), for a duration of anywhere from 6 months to 2 years, I sorely, sorely wish this were an option for me. I have definite claustrophobia issues and will have to be under some form of calming medication just to get through the MRI. I am guessing it is still some time before general roll-out, and I suppose any number of roadblocks could arise in the current climate, so I am not counting on any relief for my situation, but hopefully others will benefit from this down the road.
 
I don't like enclosed spaces either. I once had an MRI and I took a solid dose of valium (prescribed) beforehand which worked great, just make sure you have a ride home.
 
Yeah, that's another impact, not only do I have to make twice-monthly two-hour trips (plus the duration of the procedure itself), my wife will also have to come along as chaperone, at least on the MRI trips. I'm hoping the injections will leave me able to drive myself home, but for at least the first one I'll want her along as well.
 
75Crazie said:
Yeah, that's another impact, not only do I have to make twice-monthly two-hour trips (plus the duration of the procedure itself), my wife will also have to come along as chaperone, at least on the MRI trips. I'm hoping the injections will leave me able to drive myself home, but for at least the first one I'll want her along as well.
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Best wishes on that . I fall asleep during my mri until it yells breath
Those mri scans can take some time. Plus your travel time that's a days work .
 
I can use some good thoughts this Thursday. Going in for a Cardiac Cath, due to a high calcium scoring CT. No symptoms, other than some slightly high blood pressure and a little fatigue. I’m not especially worried about the procedure itself, as I have probably witnessed a couple hundred of them due to my job of repairing Xray equipment. Hoping for not-too-terrible results.
 
Welp, Cardiac Cath could have gone better. One total blockage, and two partial blockages. Triple bypass surgery in the morning. Yuck.
 
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