Hi, Ardith...
 
 AH> must have been doing something right.  We owe a lot to advances in
 AH> modern medicine. I reckon there is more to the story than that,
 AH> however.
 
  They've made a lot of advances in medical fields...to where surgery
isn't as invasive.
 
 AH>           One of the things which attracted me to Fidonet years ago was
 AH> that I could say what I wanted to say whenever I had both the time &
 AH> the inclination. IMHO I do some of my best work while the majority of
 AH> others are sleeping.  ;-)
 
  My Mom has a poster in her bedroom with a sleeping cat on it, and the
caption "I get my best ideas when I'm asleep". :)
 
 AH>           Hmm.  Sounds to me as if you've been having such attacks for
 AH> awhile. Can you get your kidney stones analyzed?  The reason I ask is
 AH> that when Dallas had such an attack the hospital provided a funnel with
 AH> a fine mesh screen.  He collected a stone & delivered it to the doctor,
 
  It ended up being 4 trips to the Emergency Room within a week...3 before
kidney stone surgery, and 1 a day after I was released, because I had
developed a fever. I'm back home, and am free of the stint and catheter,
which made things very uncomfortable, to say the least. I was told to drink
plain water, but that doesn't set well with me. However, I do enjoy the
"Crystal Clear" flavored water...and have drank 2 quarts of that today. We
are under Heat Advisories for the forseeable future. Thankfully, I don't
have to be outside that often...considering Monday is the first day of
summer.
 
Daryl
 
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