'Ok Mr Wathen, this may feel a little uncomfortable as it passes over your prostate..."
Well, in an interesting turn of events, last month I landed myself in hospital with acute renal failure. What started off at the beginning of June with what seemed like some sort of stomach bug (the doctors considered Gastro-entiritis), a week of relentless vomiting, diarrhea and severe back pain, turned into one of the most unpleasant experiences
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what an ordeal you have been through!! I really hope you are ok and getting better i know how your kidneys have played up for years they should had a better look in the first place!! anyway just thought id leave you a note to say get well soon.
thinking of you and your crippled kidneys
josie
xxx
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I'm ok now anyway, I saw the renal specialist on Tuesday and my kidneys are now working at 75% efficiency compared to 9% (!!) when I was first admitted. They're fairly confident it was a one-off caused by a combination of different things and that I should be ok as long as I take it easy and keep an eye on them. Interestingly, that blood test I had in 2005 apparantly showed that at that time my kidneys were working at around 80% efficiency, so perhaps it's just a weakness that's always been there that just came to a head with all the different factors going on this time.
Anyway, good to hear from you, hope the nippers doing well x
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im so pleased you are doing ok again. I must admit i was very worried for you when I read that!!
jack is doing fine he as two little tooth pegs now and likes to pretend he can chew even when there is no food in his mouth hee hee!
keep in touch hun
josie
xx
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Note: I also enjoyed your earlier prose piece in which you described a dead pigeon's intestines being removed through its neck hole by a raven!
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