I've already entered into the anxiety zone. I have a hernia on my right side that will almost certainly need surgery. Had the CT scan maybe 10 days ago on a Friday, my PCP calls me on Monday saying yes, hernia, appt. with surgeon eval upcoming, but also found something suspicious on one of the inlets to the kidneys, forget what it's called. Needs to be investigated now she said.

So who knows, I certainly don't. I have an appointment on Jan 7 on that one. I'm not worried. But then I have a superman complex.

ETA: I agree on Flomax. I've been using it for about 6 months. It helps but it doesn't give racehorse peeing. It's a good point. Would one do better to run the uncertain risks of surgery as opposed to the more certain risks of long term beta blocker usage?

Bonus item: my Korean Zen teacher said there's an old saying in Korea: don't lend a man money if he can't dig a hole in the ground with his pee.

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