Just wanted to give everyone a health update...   
      
     I went to my urologist 2 weeks ago, and apparently, I don't have any   
   new kidney stones...although I thought I was going to have an attack the   
   other night. So, I took a diuretic, but it must've been an old one, as   
   it took a couple of hours to kick in. The pain was only about a 2 on a   
   scale of 1 to 10, but was only there for a second or two at   
   most...instead of being constant. I drink Ginger Ale as my beverage of   
   choice, as it keeps the stomach settled without any caffeine. It's rare   
   that I drink caffeinated beverages anymore.   
      
     I am still waiting to hear from my gastrointerologist on scheduling my   
   next colonoscopy, as it has now been just over 2 years since I had one.   
   I have to have 3 days of prep work before hand (clear liquids, then the   
   purgatives on the day before, and the enema the morning of the   
   procedure)...or it's just a waste of everyone's time and money.   
      
     But, I didn't get out to check the Post Office Box today, since I felt   
   like I was coming down with a head cold, so I took some DayQuil.   
   Unfortunately, that made me as groggy as if I had taken the NyQuil. I've   
   always been hypersensitive to anesthetics, pain medications, etc...and   
   my blood pressure plunges under sedation...I've had that problem for   
   almost 45 years.   
      
     I've had problems with cysts over the years, including on my face and   
   back...but I've got one on the scrotum, and a bigger one on the buttocks   
   cheek. They're not painful, but I'm afraid they're going to become   
   boils, which hurt like the devil to get lanced. So, I want to get them   
   removed before they get to that point. Just draining the cyst doesn't   
   get rid of them...they literally have to be cut out. My brother has had   
   a lot of problems with cysts and boils over the years.   
      
     While the urologist can take care of the one on the scrotum, I might   
   have to get referred to someone else to remove the one on the buttocks   
   cheek.   
      
     Then, my last medical deal scheduled for the year is my eye exam   
   sometime in November.   
      
     The medical expenses help with rent recertification at the end of the   
   year.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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