October, November, December 2009

October, November, December 2009:

      December (Continued) - On Sunday, Dec 13, I (Joe) had some mild pain in the gall bladder region, so the doctor sent me over to Leake Memorial for a sonogram, which showed I did have a gall stone. I was set up to get it out on Monday after Christmas at St Dominic's, in Jackson, MS. The next day, they called and cancelled the surgery and set me up on Tuesday after Christmas for a CT scan, because they said the sonogram also showed a lesion on my kidney. Now I get to spend Christmas wondering what I have on my kidney.
     On Dec 23rd, our friend 'Tine Lindsley, invited us to come over and eat with her. The food was great, and the company even better. On Dec 24th, Sue's brother James, had his family get together, and brought us down a couple of plates of food. Joes "salary" for doing the Freeny local news, for the Carthaginian, is a subscription to the paper and a Christmas ham. He picked up the ham and is cooking it for Christmas dinner, which we will eat alone.
     On the 29th, Joe got his CT scan. After the scan, the surgeon said the spot, about the size of the end of a thumb, looked like it might be malignant, but didn't seem to be involved with any blood vessels or lymph nodes. The only Urologist he could find was in surgery (don't get sick over the holidays!), so I am set up with a Urologist appointment next Monday, Jan 4, to evaluate the CT scan. If surgery is indicated to remove the kidney (likely), the gall bladder surgeon says he'll take care of that at the same time. Looks like I may be getting a twofer, but don't know when.
     If not for all the medical excitement, we would have just been bored over the holidays, since we spent them all alone. Hmmm! Maybe boring is good?
     We were invited and went to 'Tine Lindsley's for New Years Eve supper. She lost her husband, Roger, three weeks ago, but cared enough to invite us and a couple of other friends to spend New Years Eve with her. We enjoyed a good supper and good friends and were home by 10PM. We went to bed and talked about the past year and said "Happy New Year" to each other, when the Cukoo Clock chirped midnight. Hopefully, 2010 will be better than 2009 - - - actually, that isn't asking much! See you next year on Journal 2010.

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Joe & Nancy Sue, At home in Freeny.