it was oblique. apologies.

No apologies necessary! Better to err on the side of caution when you're posting medical information for someone else.

What, Sox, you didn't mention I was trying to put a gallstone the size of a pingpong ball thru a duct the diameter of a pencil?

Yikes! I've had gallbladder problems before so I totally sympathize. Did you get to see the stones?

owww

Whew! Good to see you Raq--and so very grateful that you made it through the ordeal relatively unscathed. I'm sorry you had such a painful and scary thing happen!

So Rose is hiding and hissing occasionally hissing at me.

She'll still like me, right.

Hubby had lithotripsy for kidney stones. Does that not work on gallstones?

Hey, get the stone and tell everyone it's from a cow or a rhino or whatever it is that the Chinese spend insane amounts of money for. Lends a new meaning to nest egg.

It is complicated

Yeah, no one's come that conclusion before. Although I prefer this article's stance of "lots of sex drive" to frequent cultural stances of "no sex drive."

I did get to see the stone, but not keep it. It looked like a river rock. One of the nurses said they often look like opals, so I was hoping for a pretty reminder to eat better and exercise...but I guess the hospital bill will have to do.

connie, nope. Not so much.

askye, yes. If it is any help, my parents have been trying to trap the local ferals and getting them shots and fixed. The first successful one? Now sleeps under the covers with mom at night. They didn't mean to keep her. They didn't think they would be able to, she was so insanely freaked out by being trapped, vet-ed and then confined to the bathroom while she healed up. She was completely out of her mind terrified. In that case, it took weeks, but... she's now bossing the humans around and trying to steal their food and warmth. Your Rose already knows humans are ok. Big step already done. May she sneak under your covers soon.

Glad you are back to the land of the internets, Raq. Although I don't think you and Sox should hang out that much, since it makes your bodies all wonky.

I briefly forgot the address to here and typed in buffistas.net. I was taken aback at first. A Home and Garden folder? How did I miss the angst over creating a cooking thread? Is this the world with shrimp or the world without shrimp? Silly me.

Askye, I'm sure Rose will come around. Even my skittish kitty wants some attention every now and then. Mostly she just wants to prance around in front of me or sit on my legs where I can't quite reach her but sometimes she wants actual petting.

askye, I am sure Rose will come around!

My newish kitty STILL won't sit on my lap if I am sitting up, but if I am laying down, she lays on either my bak or my stomach. But she won't lay next to me and cuddle. SO funny!