Comments | stormd: Passing a kidney stone

stormd

Passing a kidney stone

Dec 06, 2008 13:49

Is just about the worst thing in the world to wake up to. The pain was bad enough to put me in an aura and make me vomit, and I had no idea what in all the hells was happening to my back. I panicked and called 911, then called my mom. She said it sounded just like when my uncle and grandpa got their kidney stones, and she'd be right over to take me ( Read more... )

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demetra_ai December 6 2008, 20:25:36 UTC

Holy shit! That sounds pretty scary. Glad to hear you're OK though! But if you had a stone, but they didn't see anything when they checked you out, then where did the stone go??

stormd December 7 2008, 18:59:38 UTC

"Out" with the bathwater, apparently. More details than that are best not delved into.

demetra_ai December 8 2008, 14:50:50 UTC

Well, better out than in...!

jdigital December 7 2008, 09:20:42 UTC

they should really get working on a cure for that or at least some sort of "pain killing" technology if such a thing exists

stormd December 7 2008, 19:03:06 UTC

Pain killing technology comes in several types of pills, injections, and topical cremes, depending on the sort of pain, with more being developed all the time. The E.R. doc wrote me a script for some appropriate meds should I ever try to pass another stone, but he said they didn't see any more rocks in my kidneys so hopefully, after a visit with my regular doc this week, I can figure out a way to adjust my diet/etc to make sure none ever form, because to hell with going through that again, even with some pills.