I thought I could pick up right where I left off.  I was away from the gym for a month with the surgeries.  Now it has been a month since my last procedure and I am still not back on a regular schedule.  Thanks to Dennis for giving me some inspiration!  I WILL get back [...]

Stones are gone.  Stints are gone.  No more “happy pills”.  Back to the work at hand, making less of me.  I’m stopping by the gym tonight after work.  I’ll let you all know how it goes later.
Later! 

Ok, so this picture is not of my kidney stones, but it sure felt like them.  I had two half inch (1.2 cm) stones removed last week.  I am glad they are gone but the stints remain and they still make life miserable.  I can’t wait for next week when they will be removed.
As for [...]

I have been away from the gym and FFG for a week or so now.  I have a history with kidney stones, but most of them pass fairly quickly (but not easily).
This time, though, I had 5 of them at once, and in both kidneys.  My urologist said she wanted to go in and get [...]

I want to give a quick update on the Valerian Root I mentioned last post.  That is some really interesting stuff.  Like I said, it won’t help you go to sleep, I actually have to put down the remote and head upstairs.  But when you are asleep it does what the label says, helps keep [...]