I have not been on for about a week because life and health issues just seemed to get in the way.
Last Tues evening I was awakened by a severe pain in my lower back, mainly on the right side.
Thought I may have just pulled something but it was much deeper than any previous back pain.
Tried to go back to sleep but the pain kept getting worse.
The pain increased to the point where I vomiting nonstop and I was shaking.
A trip to the ER showed I had kidney stones.
They pumped my full of pain killers and IV fluids in hopes that I could pass the stones.
Next morning I was sent home with lots of pain meds, anti-nausea meds and told to drink lots and lots of water to pass the stones.
Doctor said if the stones don't pass in a few days or the pain gets bad again to go back.
Situation didn't improve much because I really couldn't keep anything down and even though the pain wasn't excruciating mentally, the body still knew it was hurt bad so the vomiting continued unabated.
So, Friday afternoon I head back to the ER and they take me in right away.
Zero wait time.
They run blood work again and see that my kidney function has begin to suffer.
That leads to another CT scan and this one shows the stones have moved but are kind of stuck now.
I get put in a room, more fluids and more pain meds. But this time it's the good stuff. Regular doses of Dilaudid were the only thing that would tame the pain.
It was a rough night but still no stones.
Saturday morning the Urologist comes in and says they're going in after them if they are not gone by 6pm.
And that was what happened, Sat evening at 6pm I was in the OR having the little bastards nuked with a laser and removed.
Only issue with that procedure is they have to insert a stent at the kidney opening to help the kidney drain and expel anything else running around in there.
That means I will have to go back in a couple Saturdays so they can do more surgery to remove the stent.
Until then, it's periodic discomfort and pissing blood.
The blood has decreased quite a bit from right after the surgery, though. For about 12 hours after the surgery I was pissing cranberry juice.
Moral of the story? Drink lots and lots of water every day and don't' ignore your body when it tells you it's really hurt.
Oh, I lost 14lbs from my first visit to the ER to when I went back in a few days later.
It's been a rough week.
Last Tues evening I was awakened by a severe pain in my lower back, mainly on the right side.
Thought I may have just pulled something but it was much deeper than any previous back pain.
Tried to go back to sleep but the pain kept getting worse.
The pain increased to the point where I vomiting nonstop and I was shaking.
A trip to the ER showed I had kidney stones.
They pumped my full of pain killers and IV fluids in hopes that I could pass the stones.
Next morning I was sent home with lots of pain meds, anti-nausea meds and told to drink lots and lots of water to pass the stones.
Doctor said if the stones don't pass in a few days or the pain gets bad again to go back.
Situation didn't improve much because I really couldn't keep anything down and even though the pain wasn't excruciating mentally, the body still knew it was hurt bad so the vomiting continued unabated.
So, Friday afternoon I head back to the ER and they take me in right away.
Zero wait time.
They run blood work again and see that my kidney function has begin to suffer.
That leads to another CT scan and this one shows the stones have moved but are kind of stuck now.
I get put in a room, more fluids and more pain meds. But this time it's the good stuff. Regular doses of Dilaudid were the only thing that would tame the pain.
It was a rough night but still no stones.
Saturday morning the Urologist comes in and says they're going in after them if they are not gone by 6pm.
And that was what happened, Sat evening at 6pm I was in the OR having the little bastards nuked with a laser and removed.
Only issue with that procedure is they have to insert a stent at the kidney opening to help the kidney drain and expel anything else running around in there.
That means I will have to go back in a couple Saturdays so they can do more surgery to remove the stent.
Until then, it's periodic discomfort and pissing blood.
The blood has decreased quite a bit from right after the surgery, though. For about 12 hours after the surgery I was pissing cranberry juice.
Moral of the story? Drink lots and lots of water every day and don't' ignore your body when it tells you it's really hurt.
Oh, I lost 14lbs from my first visit to the ER to when I went back in a few days later.
It's been a rough week.
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