Reply #15: Yes, of course, there are many considerations. [View All]

[CTyankee]

A simple UTI in most people would be one thing. However, I have only one kidney and that is another thing altogether. That one kidney needs to be protected.

Tell me about going into the hospital. I had a complication from an elective surgical procedure. I researched it and talked to my docs about it. Everything was looked at and I sought out the latest information about the complication rate of the procedure. It was totally medically warranted that I have it. Yet a completely different complication took place: I happen to grow scar tissue and there is no way you know this before it happens. I spent 6 weeks in the hospital because the complication led to another complication. I was recuperating the entire summer of 2007. It was, in the words of one doc, just rotten bad luck.

But, as you can see, I didn't die...and I'm OK now...