it's been a ride...

i have missed you

all these past

few days...

it's been a ride

here at 

9 rowland...

i took my

non-virgo

day 

on

thursday

and 

was 

very proud of myself...

felt a little punky

on friday but

thought it

was the

change in the

weather...

welp...friday

evening led

to* findings *

when in the

loo

that were 

a little 

unsettling...

things

escalated

even more..

so off to the

er did mr b

dusty and i 

go...

dusty...being the

good little pup

that he is...

waited in the

car from

10:30a

til

4p...

mr b would

take him for

a bit of a 

walk every now

and again...

ct scan found

kidney stones...

yay and yuk!!!

i have had them before

and to say that are

NOT fun..is an

understatement...

but better than other

things ...

trip to urologist

yesterday 

told me that

the illustrious

ct scan

showed

a stone in BOTH kidneys...

a benign cyst on the liver

and 

diverticulosis...

geez...i aged a lot

in a couple of days...

the *findings*

were from 

fragments of

the stone

dr f presumed...

so i am off to a 

nephrologist in

the near future and

will take my life

one little minute

at a time...

oh yeah... a little

added bonus was

that my blood pressure

was high..so i then

went to my internist

who feels it is okay

for now and probably

from the

stress...

what stress???  hehe...

one of the managers

at one of my haunts

deals with kidney stones

also ..so...i took a little

jaunt to chat it up

w/him....

poor thing is in the

same position as i

am as was another

woman shopping who

overheard our conversation...

the power of voice!

all was not for naught...

as i got a few cute things

and here are a couple of 

them...

a darling

italian pedestal

plate...

i think i may have

told you 

i am

very 

enarmored

with pedestal

dishes...

and...

a sweet english

silverplated

duck bank with

bright sparkly

blue rhinestone

eyes...

this is very special

as *duck* was

my nickname 

many years ago.....

high school days to

be exact...

so that's it on my

end...

if any of you have any

tips whatsoever

on handling/dissolving

kidney stones...

please DO

email or post

and let me know...

we are all in this

together..the world

and all it holds...

and need

to help each other 

out...

as always...

thanks for taking the journey

with me...

make sure to keep

sunshine and love in

your hearts today...

be well.....

warmly...........susan