Kidney stones...

[Piglet4Ever]

I had my first and hopefully last Kidney stone a yr ago this month. I still remember the pain. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy (if I had one) I woke my DH up at 3am and said you need to take me to the ER now!! The pain was so intense that I couldn't catch my breath. It is funny though, I only had pain off and on for about a month and then it stopped and I thought I must have peed it out, but no it was still there and I ended up having a procedure to remove it a couple months after the original ER visit.

 

[sms]

Been there! Severe pain. Can't stand up, sit down, or lay down. I felt like I had to be constantly moving. I was even crawling on the floor on my hands and knees just trying to find some kind of comfort. Never hurt so bad in my life!

 

[kaytieeldr]

My sympathies are with all of you - apparently, everything in the world except kidney stones is wrong with me! Seriously, thank you all for confirming that, and I wish you all luck with resolutions!

 

[Diznygrl]

Wow, I must be lucky. I just had kidney stones two weeks ago...I was having pretty bad pain in my left side that would come and go...I really had no clue what it was but after the third day I went to the urgent care, gave them a urine sample and they diagnosed it as kidney stones. Prescribed pain meds that I ended up not using because by the time I was able to fill the prescription the next day, the pain was gone.

Now I'm not saying I would wish that pain on anybody, or ever wish to go through that again, but I honestly wouldn't categorize it as the most hellish, blinding, bring-me-to-my-knees writhing in agony pain. After reading all about kidney stones I had myself totally convinced that what I had couldn't possibly be kidney stones and that the doctor was wrong, since the pain I had experienced was bad but not as bad as many people have described. UNTIL three days later when I passed that little bugger, then of course the proof was in the pudding. It was pretty small, but I had read that the size of the stone is not relative to the pain you experience? I'm still confused about it all...

I do try to drink more water now.

 

[themilesfamily]

I had my first last night...and I think I would rather have food poisoning, experience back labor, and break bones before I ever have that happen again.

Amen, sister! I passed a kidney stone the weekend before a Disney trip in October of 2008. I'm pretty sure I said, "It hurts!!!!" about 1,000 times in the ER.

If I ever have another child, I will name it after the inventor of morphine. I have never loved a morphine drip so totally and thoroughly as I did that night.

 

[gm]

please help me understand. Is it pain in the tummy near kidneys? that everyone here is talking about or is it passing it thru potty? that the pain everyone is talking about? that compares it to childbirth. If it is the latter, I experienced it and thought it was constipation. I screamed,Cried, until it passed. It so than I had it too

 

[Piglet4Ever]

Well for me since I didn't pass the stone, it was about half way between my kidney and bladder when they removed it, it was the pain of the stone moving or trying to move I guess. It is a pain you really can't fully describe to people who are lucky enough to never have experienced it. Man I don't want another kidney stone !!

 

[cybrkitn]

My dr told me that he had women come in who'd been through natural childbirth who subsequently had kidney stones and it was unanimous--ALL of them would much rather go through the births again.

Unfortunately, they saw on the MRI that I have 'em in both kidneys even as we speak, so they're like twin ticking time bombs in there.

I agree! I went through natural child birth with DS7 with no medication except whatever was in the IV to keep me hydrated. I can say that for me, I would rather go through child birth again instead of the pain that comes with kidney stones.

Next month will be a year since I had my first kidney stone. DH had to call for an ambulance b/c I couldn't move. The oxygen they gave me helped a great deal, but I was in for a rough ride the rest of the week. The pain was unbearable and there was one day where I was sick all day.

I still have another one in the same kidney just lying there doing nothing and I hope it will eventually break up and disappear so that I don't have to ever go through that again!

 

[cepmom]

how are kidney stones diagnosed? My grandmother is in and out of the hospital the past couple weeks with back pain and her husband is just about convinced it's kidney stones but nothing shows on x-ray. Does it need to be dignosed with ultrasound or blood work?

 

[cybrkitn]

how are kidney stones diagnosed? My grandmother is in and out of the hospital the past couple weeks with back pain and her husband is just about convinced it's kidney stones but nothing shows on x-ray. Does it need to be dignosed with ultrasound or blood work?

Mine was diagnosed with a CT scan in the ER then a follow-up with my regular doctor and then off to a urologist.

 

[foolishmortal]

man reading this thread is funny, not funny becuse we all have gone through it but funny at the reactions and flashing back to my episode. You all say bring a grown man to his knees crying...that was me. I have a SUPER HIGH tolerance for pain, shoot 3 piercings in my lip, have gone through a couple 5 hour tattoo sitting etc...but this just plain dropped me. at first it felt like I want to get sick, then when I layed down my back just hurt, i curled over thought I was going to get sick again and said to my wife, take me to the ER. keep in mind I dont go to dr's. in fact when I broke a finger playin softball i told my wife no need to go in because it was just the tip all they will do is splint it, I didnt even take asprin or anything even though it hurt...so she knew something was wrong. In my dr's office I was just on my knees on the floor while she was trying to talk to me, once on the morphone drip it was like heaven!!!!!!

 

[mamamary]

how are kidney stones diagnosed? My grandmother is in and out of the hospital the past couple weeks with back pain and her husband is just about convinced it's kidney stones but nothing shows on x-ray. Does it need to be dignosed with ultrasound or blood work?

mine always show up in a regular xray - if the dr. needs to see it better though then I get an ultrasound

 

[PeterPan09]

I was misdiagnosed with kidney stones TWICE before an MD finally discovered that what was causing the problem was an ovarian cyst that had grown quite large and would literally rotate so it was lying on top of the ureter-which created the same "blockage" effect as a kidney stone. The pain was unbelieveable.

 

[zachnsamsmommy]

OP here again...

This happened early, early Monday morning (around 1 am)...and I am still tired and not quite myself. I didn't realize I'd still be so tired...and I have a 2 yr old to keep up with...

Sounds like quite a few dis-ers have gone thru the same thing. Not a nice club to be a part of...

Thanks for commiserating with me...

 

[BCDisneyFanatic]

Wow, I must be lucky. I just had kidney stones two weeks ago...I was having pretty bad pain in my left side that would come and go...I really had no clue what it was but after the third day I went to the urgent care, gave them a urine sample and they diagnosed it as kidney stones. Prescribed pain meds that I ended up not using because by the time I was able to fill the prescription the next day, the pain was gone.

Now I'm not saying I would wish that pain on anybody, or ever wish to go through that again, but I honestly wouldn't categorize it as the most hellish, blinding, bring-me-to-my-knees writhing in agony pain. After reading all about kidney stones I had myself totally convinced that what I had couldn't possibly be kidney stones and that the doctor was wrong, since the pain I had experienced was bad but not as bad as many people have described. UNTIL three days later when I passed that little bugger, then of course the proof was in the pudding. It was pretty small, but I had read that the size of the stone is not relative to the pain you experience? I'm still confused about it all...

I do try to drink more water now.

You know what...I'm the same. My first stone was really super painful (writhing in pain, morphine, etc.) My second stone was pretty bad, but not out-of-my-mind agony. My third and forth still took me to the hospital, but they wouldn't give me morphine since I was pregnant (and the lame anti-spasmotics they did give did absolutely nothing). For the last ten years I get a couple each year, but now I just take a couple of tylenol and lie down for an hour or two until the pain subsides. It's annoying, but not unbearable. Although the last inch or two are still mighty uncomfortable .

I guess my ureters must be all stretched out by now, or the nerves are dead!