Kidney Stones

[idigTexas 2297]

17 hours ago, Spur08 said:

This is the worst fucking club ever.  Was inducted at 2 AM this morning when I woke up with what I thought were gas pains on my left umbilical region.  I rolled around for a few minutes to try and get out a fart....nothing.  Figured maybe my stomach was wrecked from the red beans and rice and bourbon I had last night.  Went and dropped a deuce and, again, nothing.  Just a slow and steady climb from a 0 to a 6 over the span of like 30 minutes.  Then, I went and drank some water, stretch a bit and, oh shit, the worst pain ever.  Adrenaline kicks in and I'm shacking, writhing in pain in bed, and wake up my wife to tell her I need to go to the ER.  We have 2 young kids, so the choice was either call an ambulance, call my folks who are about 20 minutes away, or drive myself.  I opted for the more immediate solution and drove myself the 15 minutes to hospital.  And man, oh man, if there was any cop on the street around 3 AM, I would have gotten pulled over, because I was hitting curbs and swerving like a mofo trying to drive while being double-over.  

 

I finally get to the hospital and check in.  I'm one of two people in the waiting room.  They take my vitals and put in an IV, all while I'm grunting in pain.  They asked for a urine sample and I basically just laugh and say not sure that's going to happen.  She asks for a few drops, so I hop in the bathroom and, low and behold, I get a few drops...of blood.  I hand it to the triage nurse and, fortunately, she takes pitty on me.  She says she'll go back to the doc and ask for some Toradol to take the edge off.  It takes about 20 minutes, but I finally get it and....I go from like a 9 to a 5 over 10 more minutes.  The problem, I'm stuck waiting in the waiting room for like 2 more hours before they bring me back.  By that time, I'm back at a 9 and it's shift change.  So I wait another fucking 30-45 minutes to talk to a MD, who of course confirms that it's a kidney stone and says he'll send me for a CT and give me morphine.  Huge sigh of relief coming.  Except, the shift change fuckery delays the drugs by about 30 minutes.  I get it...get the CT...kidney stone confirmed (4 mm -- proximal in ureter) and get told, "here are some pain meds and flomax..it will pass in a day or two weeks..good luck".  Discharged around 11 AM.

 

And now, I sit..slightly fucked up on norco, peeing through a filter every 30 minutes with no stone.  My pain at least is a 4-5-ish and the spasms are gone.  So maybe it's passed.  Maybe it's not.  Maybe I still have some morphine on board.  I don't know.  This sucks.  That is all

If you aren't passing out on the waiting room floor, then you aren't doing it right.  At least it got me seen.  

[sidis 9858]

17 hours ago, Spur08 said:

This is the worst fucking club ever.  Was inducted at 2 AM this morning when I woke up with what I thought were gas pains on my left umbilical region.  I rolled around for a few minutes to try and get out a fart....nothing.  Figured maybe my stomach was wrecked from the red beans and rice and bourbon I had last night.  Went and dropped a deuce and, again, nothing.  Just a slow and steady climb from a 0 to a 6 over the span of like 30 minutes.  Then, I went and drank some water, stretch a bit and, oh shit, the worst pain ever.  Adrenaline kicks in and I'm shacking, writhing in pain in bed, and wake up my wife to tell her I need to go to the ER.  We have 2 young kids, so the choice was either call an ambulance, call my folks who are about 20 minutes away, or drive myself.  I opted for the more immediate solution and drove myself the 15 minutes to hospital.  And man, oh man, if there was any cop on the street around 3 AM, I would have gotten pulled over, because I was hitting curbs and swerving like a mofo trying to drive while being double-over. 

Exact same story except mine was at 7am in the morning with two toddlers. I will never forget that feeling of maybe if I go sit on the toilet, something will pass and over the course of 5 minutes sitting there, the realization of "oh shit, this isn't what i thought it was, i'm going to die now." seeing stars, insane levels of pain. luckily, i had a better hospital experience but the tordol wasn't that effective...and what it did do wore off in the middle of the ct scan.

sorry man, this shit is the worst. hopefully it passes soon.

[Spur08 382]

Approaching day 6 and still no stone. Yesterday was a good day with minimal pain but, today, damn.....terrible.  Toradol and Norco barely taking the edge off. I'm going to try and see if I can see a urologist tomorrow to expedite this shit.   And I'm so sick of drinking water...

[Constant 6763]

I just started my second round of this, about 10 years apart. I knew exactly what it was despite the doctor’s skepticism. She assumed it was an STI, but I knew that couldn’t be the case since I can barely convince my wife to agree to sex, and I haven’t seen South Austin’s mom in a long time.

Regardless, I felt a bit offended but also like a Johns Hopkins MD when the CT scan revealed a 4mm stone near my bladder.

I hate my life.

[Dennis Taylor 19096]

13 hours ago, Constant said:

I just started my second round of this, about 10 years apart. I knew exactly what it was despite the doctor’s skepticism. She assumed it was an STI, but I knew that couldn’t be the case since I can barely convince my wife to agree to sex, and I haven’t seen South Austin’s mom in a long time.

Regardless, I felt a bit offended but also like a Johns Hopkins MD when the CT scan revealed a 4mm stone near my bladder.

I hate my life.

* water, cranberry juice, Coors Light stuff like that