Kidney Stone

[terry123]

Generally, my health is very good...Outside of a doctor visit a couple of years ago, to verify a bit of hip arthritis, I just go in for the annual Medicare Wellness visits, and the annual vision and dental checkups. All that changed a couple of nights ago. I woke up about 3AM, Tues, morning with the worst pain I think I've ever had, and nausea. After pacing the floor and "talking" to the stool for a couple of hours, I had an ambulance ferry me to the hospital. They ran me through the X-Rays, and MRI routines, and started doping me up with the IV. Somewhere around Noon, I think I passed a Stone...almost passed out from the pain. Then, within a couple of hours, it was almost as though nothing had happened. Then, Wed. morning, still feeling great, I went to a specialist, who wants me in for a bladder scan in late Oct, to see if there are any more stones. Wednesday, I sat down for Supper, and ate a bit of mixed vegetables, and a bite of meat and potatoes, and within minutes, the pain/nausea was back. We rushed back to the hospital, and they hooked me back up to the IV's, etc., and it was almost midnight before the pain subsided. They gave me some Oxy pills and nausea pills, and told me to take them every 8 hours, with only a small portion of food.

Today, I feel good again, albeit a bit weak from lack of food for a couple of days, and I had a couple of poached eggs with the pills this morning, and so far, so good. One more round of pills and by Suppertime, I should be able to try a moderate regular meal.

Bottom line...if you imagine the worst pain you can think of....then Double that...that's what a kidney stone can feel like.

I agree Don. My daughter had them in high school and I thought she was going to die from the pain. She doubled over on the floor with them.

 

[DaveA]

I had several kidney stones that I couldn't pass naturally, back in the early 70's when I was in my early 40's. No one is kidding when they speak of the pain. I think three were removed with the "basket", through the ***** but two others were removed surgically as someone earlier mentioned, with a long surgical incision on my right side. All of this in a 2 year or less period.

Fortunately, my local urologist eventually sent me, with a reference, to the Lahey Clinic in Boston. There, they determined that I had a parathyroid gland problem, operated and did a quick biopsy while I was on the table, and found that one of the four glands was malfunctioning. They removed it right then and aside from a sore throat area and a few body nerve spasms while my system adjusted, I never had another kidney stone. From what I was told, failure of the parathyroid glands accounts for a very small percentage of kidney stone sufferers.

 

[Trade]

I had one about 6 or 7 years ago that I passed.

I'd rather not have another one.