Whoops

[asato_muraki]

It occurs to me that perhaps I should have been less cryptic about my health. Both my parents died of issues related to a fairly common genetic disease called polycystic kidney disease. The odds of me having this disease are much higher than the odds of me not having it, and I've pretty much always assumed I'd have to keep an eye on kidney function. There were some indicators in my bloodwork that maybe my kidneys were not doing so hot, which was why I went to the specialist yesterday. I'm going to have some imaging done to confirm the diagnosis, but I'll be way surprised if it isn't PKD.

That said, it isn't as though I have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. It means I'll probably need to make for certain I don't have any more babies, because that is hard on the kidneys, but that was pretty much off the table anyway.

So, really other than confirming what I've already known most of my life, this isn't a big deal. It is a tad creepy to pretty much know the odds-on favorite for how you are going to die, but death isn't the boogeyman. I mean, we're all gonna go sometime. *wink*

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After having a huge conniption about website stuff this morning, things are back on track. I thought I had uncovered a deal-breaker of a flaw in the blogging module we'd chosen for the website. The interface is designed to ignore copy/pasted code, in order to prevent people from ruining their blogs by accidentally posting malicious code. WTF? That's like making desk chairs with built-in Depends because some of your clients might have bladder control problems.

I had a cow. My head asploded and the neck-stump went "MOOOO!" Fortunately, it seems that the advantage of going with upstart web developers is that they are very responsive to your needs, especially when they realize that an asinine and arbitrary "safeguard" is likely to make their customers' heads asplode.

I believe I have found a work-around, but I am still hopeful that there is another solution that will allow me to make full use of Amazon Affiliates' shiny buttons. For a while there I thought I was going to have to ditch the module and start over with something else, but it looks like we can roll out this weekend -- or at least before the end of the month. That's not bad at all.

Plus, I think the link I put in the Criminal Minds video on YouTube has resulted in some traffic, since Spencer Reid is now well ahead of Alec Hardison in the Favorite Fictional TV Geek poll.

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In other news, I now have a driver that will let me capture video with my webcam, which means the next video project should hit the ground running.

Comments

[sarah-prineas.livejournal.com]

Still, it is a bit scary. Take care of yourself, okay??

[asatomuraki.livejournal.com]

I will. ;) Although it is kind of scary, it's also a long term sort of thing. I've known folks with it who lived well into their 70s and never even had to go on dialysis, and heard stories of people needing kidney transplants at age 30. It's just a big blobby patch of unknown. But I am taking steps to ensure that my health improves otherwise.

[splix.livejournal.com]

Ack. You're very rational about it. I admire that. I guess there's no point freaking out if there's nothing really awry.

On the other hand, this:

My head asploded and the neck-stump went "MOOOO!"

made me laugh like a drain. :D

[asatomuraki.livejournal.com]

I tend to do that -- the more important something is to me, the more rational I try to be about it (which probably explains the website hissy fit -- displacement is a beautiful thing). I think it's just my personality type.

Glad I tickled your funny bone. :D I was kind of proud of that one.

[kellys-muse.livejournal.com]

Well, at least you know what you need to manage medically speaking.
Glad that you found a work around with the website. Technology can be so frustrating at times!

[asatomuraki.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Forewarned is forearmed. I think I might be getting the hang of some of this technology stuff, but you never know. *grin*

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Well, take care of yourself. In a way it's a good thing you know there might be a problem in the future and you can prepare for it.

[asatomuraki.livejournal.com]

I think so, too. :)

[inyadreems.livejournal.com]

I think knowing and being prepared is the best way to be. I'm not a "head in the sand" kind of person, and I don't think you are at all.

[asatomuraki.livejournal.com]

Nope, I'm not. It's sometimes not easy knowing, but I'd rather know.