I am scheduled to have this procedure this Friday, 8/27/2010 and I have some extreme similarities to Carly in this article. This will be my 3rd kidney procedure this year and I don't know how to feel about it now. I have 2 teenagers at home that depend on me at home. I don't know whether I need to follow thru with the procedure or back out. I need something to releive the pain and get better, but o'geez I'm nervous. Help......any thoughts would help.