Monday March 10th, 2008 @ 11:38 pm
ureteroscopy (YER-eh-ter-OS-koh-pee) Examination of the inside of the kidney and ureter, using a ureteroscope. A ureteroscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing. It may also have a tool to remove tissue to be checked under a microscope for signs of disease. The ureteroscope is passed through the urethra into the bladder, ureter, and renal pelvis (part of the kidney that collects, holds, and drains urine).
I’ve got one of these coming in the not too distant future but hopefully it will be put off for a bit. I’ve already had a cystoscopy and that was a fun filled morning waiting on plastic couches while reading AARP and being surrounded by ancient men with blank stares and then sitting all alone in a cold room half naked with my legs in stirrups with a q-tip shoved up my urethra until I was adequately numb. It was actually neat being able to see inside of what I normally think of as a gross organ, but as neat as it may be to watch a camera go up to my kidneys, there’s something disconcerting about having a rod shoved half way up my torso.
Sunday March 9th, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
Wednesday December 26th, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
On Christmas eve morning when I couldn’t go to sleep and a book wasn’t holding my attention and I became bored with everything online and needed to be around other crazies, I discovered the awesomeness of grocery shopping at 3 AM. And then I made fudge. Yum.
Tuesday December 25th, 2007 @ 9:33 pm
Tuesday December 18th, 2007 @ 12:04 am
Had a long weekend off with christmas parties, going away parties, snow parties, shopping and lunch with a best friend, books, a crock pot of chilli, starry sugar cookies, paper sketches in a coffee shop, hulu in bed, a cat attached at the hip, and a gross cold.
Friday June 8th, 2007 @ 10:06 pm
Jason and I were sad to hear that Long Hungry Creek Farm wasn’t doing a Cookeville delivery of organic veggies this year, but today J and I enjoyed our first dinner of all fresh veggies thanks to Mom, Mom-in-Law and Red Springs. I was happy to know that there’s another local organic source for us. It’s $25 for half a bushel and $15 for a generous peck with deliveries once a week. Contact me if you would like the number!
Thursday June 7th, 2007 @ 10:09 pm
driving through the appalachians and farmland of NC
breakfast with all the Strouds and meeting Pop Pop and Mamie Grey
gulls chasing the ferry across the Pamlico
sand dunes and sea oats and little flowers everywhere
tinkling sea shells, sunshine, sand in my ears, and sand burrs between my toes
whippoorwills call and fireflies blink back at the boats and little crabs scuttle around our tent while we sleep
floating sideways in blue-green goodness
sea gulls, ibises, sandpipers, egrets, blue herron, pelicans, and plovers
sailing on the sound at sunset and later drinking in fine music at a dive by the water
walking home under a blue moon with laughter and music winding around the roads behind us and invisible bicycles passing without a sound.
sleeping above lilies and jasmine and roses climbing everywhere in the morning sun
Watching the moon rise over the atlantic and chasing tiny crabs along the beach
seeing the swirly twirl light waving hello from Hatteras
fresh shrimp and blue fish and tuna
tea roses and tiger lilies in ale bottles and homemade pumpkin muffins under the shade of live oaks and cedar trees
shelling and salt spray and sea foam on my toes
coming home through cool drizzly blue mountains
gallery hopping and sushi and the Izzy Cafe
Love and smiles and happiness with my true love and a year in our pocket
Yesterday was nice. We had a glimpse of snow, I enjoyed laughing and walking with my favorite girl and went on a fun drive to see friends although J might have some other word to describe being stuck in a car with me. Winter lets me be empty and I just feel like my chest is spread open and I am free for a little while.
