kidney stones are not for sissys

[captaintoad1]

kidney stones are not for sissys. i found that out last night. started hurting real bad in my back, front throwing up etc. it got so bad we were stopped at a rest area in indiana and he had to call a ambulance for me after a 25 min ambulance ride, actually 2 ambulances one met us half way for a parametic to climb in the ambulance i was in to give me something for pain.
they had their hands full thats for sure!! i think i ended up teaching the emt a few new words last night they say the pain is as close to having a baby as you can come to. well i agree!!! and i told my daughter today that if she don't have a epedural, then she can count me out of the delivery process! i know my daughter too well lol
well, after getting to the hospital, they did a ct scan on me and told me that the kidney stone was 6 mm. and for a kidney stone that is big!! they say about the size of a number 2 pencil eraser. well they sent me home about 4;00 am this morning.. then had to wait at the hosptial for 4 more hrs while i waited on safety at tommys job to say it was ok for me to climb back in the truck. god its been a rough day but i am feeling ok now. i just hope it passes ok like they want it to. delanna

[A2rider]

Glad you are OK! They can be quite painful from what I understand.

Now you need to get a big coffee can and a lid, and a drink a whole lot more water from now on! Sitting in a truck all day is hard on your body, so drink and pee to your hearts content.

[captaintoad1]

lol yeah i know...ive had kidney infections that are like that! went over 25 hrs with no sleep just woke up a bit ago.

[anrfknm]

when my dad had one and he was in the hospital he would grab the bed when the pain hit. he left them a bent hospital bed. his doctor was a mother of two, who also had a kidney stone at one time and she said the stone hurt more then birth. i wish you the best. drink lots of water.

[ecave]

Originally Posted by captaintoad1

kidney stones are not for sissys.

You can say that again!!!

I have only had one, but I'll tell you that I do not wish that on my worst enemy.

Hope you get to feeling better.

[Lobocop]

Sure glad you are doing better. Hope it doesn't come back to give you a bad time ... those things usual don't run alone ... thems things got buddies with them most of the time.

[Alf]

My wife has had them three times runs in her family. Yes I have personally witnessed the pain they cause morphine on the way. Oh and for you guys lay low for awhile don't make any sudden moves. Good luck with yours may you pass it painlessly...

[mrblanche]

Having a kidney stone is a little like being seasick. First, you're so sick you're afraid you're going to die. Then you're so sick you don't car if you die. Then you're so sick, you're afraid you might not die.

The first one I had, I ended up in the hospital overnight. Only time in my life! My wife had one last year, and they took her from the doctor's office to the hospital in an ambulance. January thru March is the big time of year for it, for some reason.

[fidgit]

i had one at 21, and it was HORRIBLE!! Drink lots of fluids- its the only thing that will make it easier-- Good Luck, and congrats on the Grandfather thing!

[kc6wfs]

my dad use to get those.I felt sooooo sorry for him when he had one trying to pass.
I hope yours clears up fast!

[captaintoad1]

well they say this one is 6 mm which is big for a stone!! it hasn't passed yet but i will pray it does and they don't have to go in for the basket removal. my cousin had that and it was awful. either that or bust it up with lazers. that makes your insides hurt for weeks i have heard. i hurt, but i can deal with this for a bit can't get my dang medicines until midnight when we can get some money but they gave me alot at the hospital. i can't take morpheine im very very allergic to it. so had to settle with other stuff that didn't work for long.

[A2rider]

I heard somewhere that a woman's urethra is larger than a mans. Hopefully that will go in your favor.

[captaintoad1]

oh god i hope so lol could you imagine a guy passing a stone the size of a pencil eraser? lol oh don't make me laugh!!

[A2rider]

That's what I intended to do! LOL

[captaintoad1]

lol yeah thanks alot i even have bruises on the outside of my back where at one point last night the only thing that helped was keeping my hand on my back (flank) and pushing in i actually thought at one point i was gonna die and was actually waiting for the relief to set in from it!

[davidcl]

a friend had one and the DR told him to drink a lot of beer....two reasons...lotta pee and who cares

[captaintoad1]

yeah but i don't like beer!! and can't drink it on the truck anyways im hoping that it passes soon before i feel like killing myself or someone else lol

[trocar]

^ I like your Dr.

That theory can be used to clear alot of ale-ments

[captaintoad1]

yeah if you can stand the taste of beer!! lol im not much of a drinker. now tommy likes beer expecially canadian beer!!

[captaintoad1]

on top of that its cold as he!! here. we are in wolcott indiana. theres snow everywere and the wind is awful. it makes your back ache just getting out in it to go inside to go pee!!