Facing Fear
First of all, thank you for your concern and responses to the news about my misbehaving left kidney and her two uninvited guests. I have some updates! The cancer risk for the cyst on my kidney is less than 5%, my son and I were relieved to learn when we finally met with the specialist. […]

My Kidney and Her Uninvited Guests
Bless her heart. My left kidney is misbehaving. During one of my routine urological exams, we discovered my small kidney stone—one we’ve been monitoring for years—has been joined by a much larger brother. This fellow is so large that we’ll need surgery to remove the uninvited guest. (A PCNL –percutaneous nephrotomy– procedure, for those who […]
My 2023 New Year’s Theme
Happy New Year! I hope your 2023 is off to a good start. As you may know, instead of New Year’s resolutions, my tradition each January is to choose a word to guide me for the coming year. My 2022 word was GROW. Whether deepening existing roots or blooming with new experiences, I committed to “growing […]
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