Since last night I’ve been passing blood with my urine again. All I did was a little bit of super light clean up around the house during the day. But I felt the aggravation immediately inside my left abdominal area. Today it’s even worse. It’s not painful, just annoying and kind of scary. Now I also understand why my first doctor asked me several times if I wanted to have the stent removed. I can see how the discomfort could potentially turn into pain at some point. Coincidentally, I received the bill for the Ureteroscopy yesterday. Amazing! Good thing that my Health Care Insurance Provider takes over most of it, leaving me with a small co-pay only. I can only imagine the price tag of my upcoming surgery. My insurance, though informed me already that I will be only charged a co-pay of $ 500,-- in total, which sounds like a bargain to me.

In less than 48 hours from now, I should be through with my surgery and left with one kidney only. I just hope that Dr. Badani get’s all the cancer out with the first shot. As you know, they had to take in my wife two more times after her initial operation, to eventually get clear margins. Right now, I’m not too nervous. We will be having dinner later down in Fair Lawn at Rose’s, a Lebanese restaurant. My father-in-law’s parents came over from Lebanon in the twenties. Their food and eating habits prevailed and after some hesitation in the beginning, I now love traditionally prepared taboule, falafel, etc.

Tomorrow I’ll try take it easy. Or maybe not really, actually, since my niece Hannah is coming over, which means that Uncle Dieter better be prepared to run up and down the staircase five million times within two hours. I’m happy that she’s coming over because it will distract me from focusing too much on Monday. I also need to give myself an enema. Well, I have a little bit of practice in that procedure by now. My wife and I started a while ago since it is supposed to be a great way in helping your body getting rid of toxics lingering in your liver. But after a couple of times, we kind of forgot about it. It’s easy to forget about things you don’t like, isn’t it?

Okay, before I let you go; my step-daughter Jenny put together a fake video commercial for a school project. It's hilarious, check it out: Jenny's Commercial.

Jenny....you ROCK!

Hope you’re having a great weekend.

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