Second one in 3 months.  Same deal as before... excruciating pain (that started out mild and escalated to the kind that makes you cry within a half hour), queasy (from the pain, I think), whole body shaking, numb and ashen colored hands...

This time I mentioned that I cannot take Toradol before they could bring it up.  Fortunately, the stone was already close to the bladder by the time they did the CT and it did not take too long to pass it after that.  I was pretty sore the following day but feel fine now (other than being tired).  The other kidney (which the stone came from in August) is still free from stones, so that's good, but I still have one in the left kidney though.  Hopefully it will stay put.

The people at work are a little put out because I was off work for two days because of it (after just coming back a couple of weeks ago from 8 weeks of medical leave because of the belly pain surgery)... but it's not like I could just "suck it up" and work through that kind of pain!  So I just left a  copy of the ER discharge sheet on the one manager's desk (in case they were giving me a hard time because they thought I was lying about it or something) today and no one has said anything about it since!

Lora

Lora

Kidney stones are no fun.  I'm glad that you're better now.  As you say, hopefully the other stone will stay put!

Take Care

 Forget about those at work and just focus on getting back on your feet you poor thing. You really have not had it easy. Hope that's the last of it for you x

 Yep its been one thing after another with you so hope this is it for a long long time.  Kidney stones are not fun.  i had a load of them in my left kidney..big ones from years of not using that kidney right.  I had a vein wrapped around my ureter near my kidney so my kidney wasn't working right.  was told it was probably something i was born with.  They took like 3 very large stones out and caterized the vein.  No more problems and i go to the bathroom lots more often now.  12 inch scar on my left side.  But they told me i had a kidney stone in my right kidney but the way it was positioned it might never come out.  Hope thats true.  Keep drinking your water and  hopefully you will be ok after this. 
take care..

Crap...when will it end.  So sorry you're having trouble again.

So sorry to hear about that Lora. I hope you feel better soon.

((((LORA)))))

I'm so sorry you had to deal with pain again, but I am glad you passed the stone and it didn't get "stuck".  Hoping you have pain-free days ahead!!!

 

Feel better they are no fun.

I had two trips to the emergency room last week and out of work for four days and the stone did pass....I am just under 7 mo post-op....the pain is worse than childbirth and I had a very difficult delivery....hang in there....hopefully for both of us it will not happen again!