kyburg | Mother Duckie Working Hard

I so terribly need to tell some people to get stuffed. Or will tell them to get stuffed. Or maybe "get stuffed" is going to turn into a catchphrase...real soon.

Got most of the "group" critical tasks complete yesterday - but not all of them, which means we still have work to do.

There is a trip to IKEA in my future.

And the "who told what to whom" games are already tuning up as my family circles the wagons....*face palms.*

I have some baggage coming into this, of course.

I've never dealt with kidney disease as a result of anything but diabetes, but I'm plenty familiar with measuring kidney function as a whole. This diagnosis answers some questions - Mom's function had been getting dickey for about nine months now. She's been managing her prescription meds more closely - it was actually this cancer doing the damage.

This is the second time we've attributed a change due to her age, and it actually had a real, treatable cause. The first time, it was cardiac occlusion - and she ended up with a heart attack. *sighs*

I lost a spouse after five years of chronic, disabling illness. I really don't want to do that again.

Also, if anyone hasn't seen Mom's Cancer, you should. I'm sure I'll be sharing the link a lot more in the next couple of weeks.

I'm okay. I'm sure everything is going to be all right.

Oh, and if that doesn't suit you - get stuffed.

I need an icon.