Quote: AndreaLynne @ August 24 2010, 12:15 AM BSTThanks everybody. I've been feeling progressively crappier for the past couple weeks and went in for some tests. It seems that I'm showing early signs of kidney failure. So I have a bazillion tests coming up, including tissue samples and lots of very invasive proby stuff. Yuck.
My son is having an operation on his kidney today. We won't know exactly what the problem is until they have opened him up. We only know that he has one kidney that is too large and an odd shape and one that is very small and has some kind of blockage in it.
Eeeeeek. Might know some more by late this evening or some time tomorrow.
At least methods, surgery and treatment are much better now than they were 28 years ago when my husband had to have a kidney removed. His didn't work at all and he is still here and living a normal life so don't despair Andie, wait until you know more before you start worrying. Good luck with all those tests. 
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