Thank you for the thoughtful responses. :)
I started having some more intense kidney pain yesterday, so I'm wondering if the stone in my left side is starting to move. Though, after doing some research (easier to be objective about
it
now that I have confirmation they're small stones), I found that most minor kidney stones can be passed without emergency medical care, and there are good methods to sort of help it along. It'll be painful, but as long as I know I'm not dying, I think I can manage. Heh.
Beyond that, there's always that little pinprick of anxiety about
whether it's something else entirely, but I try to remind myself that I just had a CT scan, for cryin' out loud. It seems highly likely that anything else would have been identified after all this.
I think it's probably not helping that there's a lot of personal and professional stress occurring simultaneously.
Rant warning--
My two immediate supervisors just resigned, and (though it's good news) I just got a minor promotion... but at sort of a cost. It was more a consolation prize because they intend to put more on my plate, but refused to consider me for the actual management position. They then panicked about not having a manager and hired from outside--someone that has NO experience in anything we do here. I had great rapport with my supervisors and was on the track for advancement, and now we're all starting from scratch again. It's going to be a difficult adjustment period to say the least. I'm happy about my promotion, no matter how minor, but it's still going to be rough for a while.
Personally, I've got a big, messy situation with a couple of friends of mine and my husband's (a married couple). One works with me, one works with my husband, and they live across the hall from us. They both have severe emotional problems and, despite many attempts to help, essentially refuse to do anything about it. It's causing so much stress in my personal life, my relationship, and my workplace. We're at the point that we want to essentially sever the friendship with them, but the fact remains we still live in the same building and work in the same establishments. In my case, particularly, I'm in a position of authority over this person--and he's one of my best employees. It needs to end, I just worry about the potential fallout.
Soooooo yeah. I'm sure all of this is not helping my state much while dealing with kidney issues and a cyst. Lol.
Post Edited (RisaA) : 10/11/2013 10:02:01 AM (GMT-6)