Best Logging Accident Ever

Mace Canute · Mar 18, 2018

Wagtail said:
I hear ya, Broken Track... I went to my doctor with a 'frequent' urination problem. So he sent me for an ultrasound.

Sure enough, I had a urinary blockage (retaining 350ml in the bladder). However, seeing as I was there the tech decided to have a look at the entire urinary system. The right kidney was fine... the left one: "Wait right there while I get a Doctor." (Yeah, like I was going to go somewhere with my shirt up and my trousers around my knees, covered in 'gel' :laughing It was twice the size of a normal kidney. No symptoms whatsoever.

Short story is that I had the cancerous Left kidney removed (+ related lymph nodes) the next week. Done & dusted. No chemo or follow-up required.

Oh, and the catheter cleared up the blockage! :laughing:

With me it was my right kidney. They discovered it after I suddenly couldn't pee any more; congealed blood in my bladder had blocked off the urethra. Two weeks later they removed it and a bunch of associated tissue around it totaling one kilogram. I had X-rays and MRIs done biannually for a few years, then annually for a couple more but nothing more was ever found.

MHarryE · Mar 23, 2018

My wife had a kidney stone. CT scan showed lesions on her lungs. CT scan of lungs found thyroid tumor. Lung lesions turned out to be harmless - histoplasmosis suspected from childhood when she worked on grandfather's chicken farm. Thyroid tumor removed at an early enough stage with no problem after 5 years. Surprising how many tumors and the like have been discovered from medical exams for a different problem, like your accident.

Liquidsilver · Mar 23, 2018

Prayers for your treatments.

PILOON · Mar 23, 2018

I had a close call back when I had a HD6 dozer.
Was clearing a trail/driveway and pushing saplings off to the sides into a pile.
Naturally it was a tangled mess so I decided to chainsaw into manageable sizes.
One (about 3") maple sapling was curved and I took the chainsaw to it, well all that pent up energy came extremely close to parting my hair (more likely my skull).
The pent up energy can be tremendous.

Close calls like that teach you respect in a heck of a short time.

JB13502 · Mar 23, 2018

Wishing you all the best, Broken Track. Keep the faith!

90cummins · Mar 25, 2018

Never give up!!

I had a 9 year old daughter and a 4 year old son when I had my first liver transplant in 1989 and have had 16 awesome years.
In 2005 I wasn't feeling right and while in Boston on other business I stopped in to have my blood drawn and then stopped back later in the day at the transplant clinic to have them (Massachusetts's General Hospital) check the results.
They admitted me on the spot.
I eventually ended going to Indiana IU hospital for a second liver transplant in 2005 and I'm still here participating and enjoying family.
Being in Maine you have the best hospitals in the world at your door step.
Ask questions, and keep the Faith you have a lot to live for and your family needs you!
They are making advances every day that increase our life expectancy.
Its ironic how a life threating accident can save our life!
Last year my son & I went on a 10,000 mile cross country motorcycle adventure that I never dreamed would happen.