925 shipped boys come on...
Appreciate the kind words!
So I woke up in severe pain Monday 12:45am. Heat, tylenol, advil, ...ER...toradol, then hydromorphone finally took the edge off. CT scan 9mm stone stuck in my right ureter. Got through the pain. Surgery yesterday. Too much swelling to get to it so had to put in a stent. Going back for 2nd surgery september 15th. Hopefully they can blast it out. Only other stone is a little 1.5mm.
Highlight of the surgery - As I was wheeled into operating room the surgeon asked how I was doing. To lighten the mood... I said, "Ya know in hindsight, I should have just overnighted a giant penis pump to suck this thing through!" everyone in the OR busted out laughing.


context - in 2023 I had kidney stone surgery - Took them 3 hrs to pull all the stones out of both kidneys. From that point I drastically lowered my caffeine and redbull intake. Health improved quite a bit. Stay away from energy drinks boys! Guessing this 9mm stone is a leftover they missed.
as for my dad - he got a rare infection in his aortic valve. Went septic. Had to do open heart to replace. He's been recovering well. able to drive again. off 6 weeks of IV antibiotics. still has lifting restrictions. my brother and I have been helping him on some house projects.