My kidney stone experience

[Christa]

Having no insurance I just had to bite the bullet and pass them without pain medication or going to the ER.

I started feeling vaguely sick at about 7-8 pm Saturday night,
pain and cramps my lower back and abdomen which became progressively much worse.

It turned out to be kidney stones trying to work their way out.
To me it was a milestone event, burned into my mind.

I was awake most of the night, I moved into the guest bedroom not to bother
my husband (but more because I hate a pity party), and at one stage I was literally
hanging over the bed, leaning on it as I could not
be horizontal, nor could I be vertical.
I was having chills and sweat was pouring down me and I thought:
This cannot get worse.

Then it got worse and I kept seeing waves of blackness rolling over me as the throbbing,
pounding, blinding pain consumed me and I dry heaved into a bucket.

Worst night of my life, ever.
Worse than childbirth as each spasm continued for many minutes
only to start again after a short while, for about 18 hours non stop.

I kept feeling the urge to pee and every time I went there was lot
which surprised my as I was feeling too sick to drink anything.
It turned out the stones activated my kidneys to produce more urine to rinse the stones out.

They eventually passed but I don't wish it on my greatest enemy.






Edited a typo.

[tabatha]

1. Awful. Hope you are better.

How far along did you realize it was kidney stones?
It could have been worse.
I hope you take steps to avoid them in the future.

[Christa]

3. Thank you

I was googling the symptoms and realized it was kidney stones when all my symptoms correlated
and when I saw the small (almost like dried peas), I knew.

[UndertheOcean]

2. I keep hearing that kidney stones are worse than childbirth.

maintaining proper hydration might curb their occurrence I have heard.

[Christa]

4. Oh yes, it was worse, much worse

and you won't believe how many glasses of water I drank today.

[MichellesBFF]

9. Same thing with gallstones

But it was the burst ovarian cyst that sent me to the hospital in the middle of the night. Thankfully (?) I have insurance.

[Tace]

5. Wow -- Epic Story

Thank you very much for explaining why I'll go get some narcotics before I try to pass kidney stones without medical help. : )

[ZombieHorde]

6. Great story, K&R.

[RC]

7. If you want some real fun, try having a stone blocking the outlet of your bladder.

You can't do more than a dribble, plus all the other fun you had.
If you haven't yet, go see a doctor to find out what is causing them. With me it was the sodium in the salt leaching the calcium from my bones.
You'd better believe I look at the salt content of the food I buy. Lots of stuff stays on the shelf. Even stuff that you would think would not have any or very much salt is loaded. It's ridiculous.

[Christa]

13. Unimaginable

:(

I will check the salt content from now on, you can be sure of that!

[RC]

17. See a doctor it you can.

There are two kinds of kidney stones, calcium and urine crystals. You need to know which kind you have.
google has a lot of information, but you still need to be tested to find the cause.

[Warpy]

8. Jesus.

I hopped around on a broken ankle all weekend waiting for an urgent care to open because I couldn't afford the ER. I needed the X ray to make sure the fracture would set correctly and I lucked out there.

This is what having no insurance means. It means we can't get timely help or even help, at all.

This is why our system is just plain reeking, fulminating EVIL.

[Christa]

11. Evil is the right word

I was tortured by the system as well as by the stones :(

[madrchsod]

10. i`ve had a heart attack and passed kidney stone......

the kidney stone pain was worse. the heart attack pain was different and when i had mine i knew it was life or death. with the kidney stone i wish i were dead.....

[Christa]

12. Right on!

I was ready to die as I did not know when it would stop, or if it was going to get even worse.

[Tace]

14. My kidney stone experience (Christa)

http://worldnewstrust.com/commentary/3734-my-kidney-stone-experience-christa

[Christa]

15. Hi Tace

I am honored!

I had a look at World News Trust and I am impressed!

(I looked before you posted this).

Thank you.

[Tace]

16. I'm Glad You Don't Mind

Thanks.

[xchrom]

18. i've had them. horrifying and the emergency roo wouldn't do anything for me. nt

[bobmorr1]

19. kidney stones

I've had kidney stones twice within 6 years. You really should have gone to emergency because if a stone is blocking you could lose a kidney. I had one that was 1 m. and it had to be bombarded. It was blocking the kidney. Only people who have had stones realize the pain they cause. I feel sorry for you but aleast its passed. Try an over the counter pain killer like motran. The emergency room once gave me a strong motran and it worked.

Bob