I really appreciate everyone's thoughts and word of encouragement. :)
No success with the stone removal surgery, I've gotta go back in about 3 weeks. Stone's too big and the ureter is too inflamed, so they installed a stent. Fucker hurts is all I'm gonna say about that.
In the meantime, when it rains it pours. Dave's been doing all this driving back and forth, an hour and a half each way, to and from the hospital. As I'm sure folks know, the hospitals don't want to be responsible for your valuables. I sent him home with my purse, which held my wallet, FOB for the car, Rx sunglasses, Rx medications, several hundred in cash, and the irreplaceable items that I really want back are the wallet itself because it was a gift and my grandmother's cremation tags. Stolen out of the car as it was sitting in our driveway. The little motherfucker has gone on a WILD spending spree, all local places, all places I go to myself. One of those merchants, Walgreen's, has him on video but I'm not sure how clear it is.
THIS, after Dave was laid off from his job of 16yrs. <sigh> Good God. One thing I never ever do is tempt fate, I will never ask how much worse it can get because, frankly, I don't want to know, I just know it can.
Anyway, I'm not going to be able to spend much time on here as I'm still having a lot of pain, but I know that between the other mods and our most helpful members here everyone will be taken care of. If I don't get a chance to check in before, I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving.