GAH! Kidney Stones!!!

 Oh dear. Those larger ones will not pass unless you have ureter made of fire hoses.

They will need to be blasted before they block the ureters or damage the kidneys. I hope you have an appointment with a nephrologist or doctor that is following up on those.

Please don't wait - get the CT Scan ASAP.  Those stones are too large to pass and the longer they are in, the larger they will grow and more chance you will have of kidney damage.  If they are blocking your ureters, it is dangerous.

I just went through this.  I thought I had a bladder infection for a few weeks, terrible burning and frequency.  Endo did a urinalysis which looked highly infected, so while waiting for the culture to come back, she put me on macrobid.  It did nothing and the culture was negative.  She then sent me to a urologist since the urinalysis was loaded with blood, protein and white cells plus I had terrible abdominal and back pains in addition to the urinary symptoms.  I got an appointment with the urologist the next day.  She sent me for a CT scan and I had 2 decent sized stones in the left kidney - one blocking the ureter and one up higher in the kidney causing severe inflamation of my kidney (blood tests also showed poor kidney function)  The left kidney had multiple stones but none were obstructing.  I had to have surgery the next day for the left kidney - she went in with a scope and a laser and blasted the stones.  It was supposed to be a same day procedure but I developed a high fever and lost a ton of blood.  I was in the hospital for  5 days - on IV antibiotics for 4 days (no infection found - thank goodness), IV fluids.  They thought I might need a blood transfusion since my hemoglobin, platelets and white count got so low but thankfully I didn't need it.  I was at a hemoglobin of 8.1 and they said if it went below 8, I needed it. When I was released, it was at 8.7 and 3 days later at the hematologist, it was up to 10.  My platelets and white count were a little better too.  During the surgery, she had to put in a kidney stent to reduce the inflamation and keep the ureter open - I had that removed yestarday.

Now I have to go back in 4 weeks for an x-ray of  my kidneys, bladder and ureters and then see the urologist again to schedule surgery for the right side. In the meantime, I have to see a Nephrologist for urine testing - 24 hour urine of calcium phospates, calcium oxylates, uric acid, citrates, cystine and can't remember what else.  Once you know what is causing the stones, sometimes you can prevent future ones.

Please get checked out.