Re: need prayers, etc.
- From: "Mika" <tajmahal56@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 05:51:11 -0400
Larisa, I am sending prayers, good thoughts and hugs your way. I hope things
turn around for your DH and he feels better soon.
Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms
"CNY/VAstitcher" <nystitcher1972@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:c5SdnZxf8t3gOKHeRVn-tg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> DH saw the nephrologist today regarding the cysts on his kidneys. Neph.
> said he has polycycstic kidney disease. Doc told him to cut down on
> sodium, fat, cholesterol, and to stop smoking. We are really confused
> over this as nobody else has been dignosed, and it is a genetic disease.
> SO, now we have to contact his brothers so that they can get checked out
> and we have to try and contact family members to see if it really does run
> in his family.
>
> All they did was give him a low dose blood pressure med to help thin the
> blood a bit to improve kidney function....not sure what that's going to
> do....they want to see him back a neph. office in 6 months....why aren't
> they doing anything like a biopsy or something.....i'm pretty much working
> myself into exhaustion every night because it's the only way to not stay
> up forever worrying about this.
>
> Housewise, we are still living in chaos. The garage floor is poured and
> settling, but we can't put anything bakc out there until the end of next
> week, which means boxes still piled high in the dining room, bookcases
> stached in the living room, and no real workspace in the kitchen...oh
> well.
>
> DH is going to try and get the insulation up in the room over the garage,
> which annoys me because i don't want him to overdo it and pull muscles
> over already hurting kidneys. Only other option is for me to do it, which
> I would gladly do if DH could handle 2 little ones for more than an hour
> at a time <sigh>.
>
> Because of new diet, I will be doing nearly everything from scratch
> soon...planning on getting into canning and whatnot. WIll also be buying
> fresh beef and poultry from local farms so as to avoid the preservatives
> and artificial colorings...argh.
>
> On the "Larisa" side...I found 133 possible categories that i can enter in
> the VA state fair next year. Trouble is that we are limited to 20, so it
> took a lot of time to whittle the list down...oh well...we plan on being
> here for several years, so maybe by the time both children are in school
> full-time, I will have entered all the different categories...lol
>
> Larisa, laughing because all I want to do is cry
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