SamKat's Digestive system Status after a scare

A few concerned family and friends know that I was hospitalized through ST. Ann's (Westerville) Emergency room in May, maybe seven weeks ago.  Jeanie's father always worried, throughout his sixties and early seventies, about his digestive system locking up.  Mine did.  I was a little scared.

After three days passing bloody urine and involuntary rectal watery red fluid, I returned home with the acute renal failure diagnosis by ST. Ann ER Physicians.  Then I saw Dr. David Brown, my Urologist, who checked my bladder cystopically (no problem found) and had me have a St. Ann's Doctor obtain samples of an approximately 3/4 inch mass in my right kidney.  The biopsy came back with "benign", the happiest of results.

I  remained concerned that the lock-up might recur so I visited Dr. B.J. Rangi, our family doctor.  He said that I should begin taking an over the counter such as Miralax and eat more bran and yogurt, as my wife, Jeanie does.  I have been on that regimen for about a week and my last two days have resulted in less straining bm's.  I am not so scared and intend to keep up the regimen.

I forward this as a help to other seniors or anyone else with such concerns.  I am 83 now.

SamKat aka Sam Kegley