Has Anyone Here Ever Had KIDNEY STONE

[Patrick]

Holy Cow!! Last Wednesday, I was hit hard with a Kidney Stone. According to my CAT Scan it appears to be "stuck" at my Kidney and Ureter.

I am scheduled to go in Friday for a procedure where they run some equipment up my equipment and then leave a stint. At that point they will determine whether they will use Laser or Sonic to break it up.

But right now, I flip between extreme chills and sweating. Oh yeah, the pain in back is brutal--even with Hydrocodone!!

Does anything help? Cold, Heat, Brick to the Head?

Patrick
:crying:

[ProdigyCustoms]

Holy s--t your killin me dude. Talk about stickin something up your............... Making me curl up! They put you out for that, right? How about the ulltrasonic bath?

I wondered where you been, now I know.

[GBodyGMachine]

I have had them, THEY SUCK. Morphine helps but thats it. I just laid flat on my back and ate NOTHING being afraid i would have to pi$$. Sorry you have to go through it man.
Jeff

[KWIKND]

Drink lemon (fresh sqeezed) water every day and it will disolve. Sounds like something from Mythbusters but it works.
Good Luck!!
Dan

[Patrick]

Drink lemon (fresh sqeezed) water every day and it will disolve. Sounds like something from Mythbusters but it works.
Good Luck!!
Dan

Right now I think I would drink Cyanide.

Seriously, I will try the lemon water--seems to make since to me.

[TonyL]

I've had several of them. wiskey and vicoden last time. Passed it in a day or so. God I hate them.

[Steve68]

Stop drinking soda!!!! drink as much water as you can every day!!! they say this is the closest think to giving birth!!!!!

[JJSmitches]

I am fortunate enough to have never had one...yet. From what my co-worker told me about his experience I vote for the use of a combination of booze, vicoden, morphine, and brick to the head for treatment.

[Kenova]

I am fortunate enough to have never had one...yet. From what my co-worker told me about his experience I vote for the use of a combination of booze, vicoden, morphine, and brick to the head for treatment.
:twothumbs And don't be afraid to scream like a little girl.
Ken

[qwik1320]

I had one last year in my lower right side and I thought my appendix burst... I was in serious pain and had to call my mom (wife and kids were out of sate) to take me to the ER. Sat there for 2.5 hours waiting to be seen in severe pain, finally got taken back to a room and no lie, about 2 minutes before the Dr came in I felt this little "tickle" down there and the pain was gone. It passed into my bladder while I was waiting. I left the ER pain free, $50 lighter in my wallet and had a nifty little strainer to pee through to catch the little sucker. Later that night it passed, I was suprised how small it was...

I sympathize with you, good luck - I can't imagine having one stuck!:scared:

[nitrovette]

I started getting them 2 years ago and now i get them every 6 months or so,there killers.i passed 3 this year already.And my wife says child birth hurt,yeah right.I drink lots of cranberry juice.

[Scott Parkhurst]

I also get these. If I feel pain at all, I go right in for X-rays and if it's a stone (or a group of them), they schedule me for a sonic treatment that busts them into almost-sand with sound waves. (here's to technology!!)

I've had the treatment twice in 6 yrs (they say I can expect to do it once every 5 years or so for the rest of my life). It works great, you're out in a day and back to life in 2-3 days, tops.

I've passed some stones I could not believe I was capable of passing.

So far, I've managed to avoid having anything slid up my unit. Once, I had a 'logjam' of stones/sand in one of my kidneys and they recommended to go 'up and in' to dislodge them.

I said no, thanks...and asked what my options were. They said "We'll have to go in through your back if you don't want the stent."

I was like..."fine with me Amigo. You can cut into my back all day long, but don't be looking to go probing up into my probe, okay?"

The logjam cleared itself out before any further action was required. Drinking lots of water helps on all fronts- before, during, and after. You've got to have some good water pressure to push these things out.

It's freaky at first, but you get used to it after awhile. Now I make jokes about it, like when my wife...err...

...well, they're pretty gross jokes. PM me if you want to hear 'em....lol!

~SP~

[ANIMOSITY]

Sorry to heard that!! But try having kidney failure(twice)! Im down one kidney, and the other works only half! Oh well could be worst! But Im still building my Dually and driving my COBRA!

And yes its OK to scream like a girl! I did after about my 8th cathiter( I think I spelled that right) You havent live till youve had to wear one for 3 months, and pee in a bag. all I can say is DRUGS GOOD!

[Patrick]

UPDATE:

Last night my Temp spiked to 104. What happened is the Kidney Stone was too large to pass and lodge itself in my ureter causing an infection or a "SEPTIC CONDITION" as they called it.

So the Dr. went in through my 'unit' , up through my bladder , to my ureter. Once there, the Dr. used water to force the stone back into the bladder and THEN used Sonic waves to break it up. I just got home from the hospital and I am high as kite on Morphine and Loritab (Hydrocodone).

Good news is I feel great right now. Bad news, they had to leave a stint inside me. And next week they will remove it- which means back through my unit!!

[Norwoodx55]

I had the pleasure of passing one last Thanksgiving day. What a joy that was. Never did get my turkey dinner. I am just thankfull I was able to pass it, can't even imagine what you have been going through. Good luck!

[BA.]

holy crap you guys are freakin me out. I'm glad I haven't had one, and I hope I never do!!!!! O U C H !!!

[TonyL]

Pray you never do. Words cannot describe the pain. If there is indeed a hell, im sure it hurts less than a kidney stone.

it feels like an arrow sticking through your back and out your balls. Like having your nuts in a vice. That's something most guys dont talk about. Usually it's the back pain they talk about. But the symptom the doc wants to hear is "my back and balls hurt" you go from "oh, he's got a back spazm" to "OH! Morphine drip! quick!" you'll know when it happens to you.

[zbugger]

I'm quitting soda, but I doubt it'll be for good...... I do NOT look forward to these things.

[stealth71]

UPDATE:

Last night my Temp spiked to 104. What happened is the Kidney Stone was too large to pass and lodge itself in my ureter causing an infection or a "SEPTIC CONDITION" as they called it.

So the Dr. went in through my 'unit' , up through my bladder , to my ureter. Once there, the Dr. used water to force the stone back into the bladder and THEN used Sonic waves to break it up. I just got home from the hospital and I am high as kite on Morphine and Loritab (Hydrocodone).

Good news is I feel great right now. Bad news, they had to leave a stint inside me. And next week they will remove it- which means back through my unit!!


Damn you can type good for being all messed up.

[Patrick]

Damn you can type good for being all messed up.

You should have seen it before my wife proofed it!!! Plus I had lots of practice in college.

[bretcopsey]

MY wife went through the procedure last fall, stint and all. She said she'd rather go through child birth again than to have to go through that again. Oh yeah, removing the stint was one of the worst parts. In the Dr office, no knocking you out for that. They just grab ahold and start pulling!!:seizure:

[Patrick]

MY wife went through the procedure last fall, stint and all. She said she'd rather go through child birth again than to have to go through that again. Oh yeah, removing the stint was one of the worst parts. In the Dr office, no knocking you out for that. They just grab ahold and start pulling!!:seizure:

You mean no happy ending?

[TonyL]

when the pain ends. That's your happy ending.

[bretcopsey]

I don't think so, she went to that appointment alone. However, she was in tears when she got home and went straight to bed.

[Scott Parkhurst]

After my last treatment, I pee'd out so much sand I told the wife I could probably flow more now...I'd just been Extrude Honed.

No stent! No stent! More drugs!

I've been able to sidestep the stent so far...just keep asking for options, like I did...and you can avoid it.

~SP~

[Tiger]

ouch ouch ouch!!
I'm drinking about 1-1,5liter (1/3gallon) of water every day, can you promise me that I'll avoid this forever?

[USAZR1]

I had one a few years ago that was 6mm in diameter,too large to pass normally,so it had to be removed in the OR. I was out when they put the stent in. Only problem with the stent is you feel like you need to go pee all the time and it really smarts like hell when you do pee. When the doctor removed the stent,it only took a second but my life passed before my eyes for that second. Talk about a rush,,WHEW!!:)
As for the pain,there just isn't any way to describe it. FWIW,it's the worst I've ever experienced in my 52yrs of living.

[Norwoodx55]

I'm quitting soda, but I doubt it'll be for good......
If you are lucky enough to get one, it will be for good. It will change your life......it is that painfull!

[Kenova]

After my last treatment, I pee'd out so much sand I told the wife I could probably flow more now...I'd just been Extrude Honed.

~SP~
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