More on kidney stone removal

Marty spoke with his urology surgeon this morning to clarify the procedure for kidney stone removal. Dr. Zink wants Marty to recover fully from his recent surgery prior to any further intervention. Marty will see him later this week to schedule the procedure outlined below.

Basically, this will be a day surgery. Marty will be put under anesthesia. Then, a scope device will be inserted into his ureter. The stones (there are a group of them) will be broken into smaller bits and removed back out the same way the scope came in. Kind of kidney stone spelunking.

His recovery is described as straightforward with no major considerations except obvious discomfort from having incoming devices in the channel designed to be outgoing only. He should be able to return to work easily.

Marty and I look forward to this like we welcome holes in our heads, but also realize that the procedure is necessary. Leaving stones wandering in the kidneys is, to say the least, a terrible idea from which no good can result.

I think we need a surgery punch card in our household. Once the card is fully punched, then a free surgery! With Marty's two surgeries, my hernia and two knee surgeries, and his upcoming kidney stone procedure, we should be well on our way to a lobotomy for me!