HawkeyeKane
392 posts
Nov 07, 2011
2:58 PM
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As I write this on my Droid, I'm laying in a bed in the ER of Memorial Hospital. Why? Because for about an hour this afternoon, I really thought I was dying. Lower back, left side felt like something was gonna explode from there. Thank God for painkilling narcotics. And of course, as irony always loves to f*ck with me in life, I went in for the CATscan, and it came back negative. WTF?! The ER attending doc said everything was inflamed, so most likely I had a kidney stone, but passed it right before I went back for the scan.
Never a dull moment these days...
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Hawkeye Kane
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Zadozica
152 posts
Nov 07, 2011
4:40 PM
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Let me get this straight, you passed a kidney stone, you are male, and you have the strength to type?
Dude, I want some of those meds!
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Tommy the Hat
394 posts
Nov 07, 2011
5:53 PM
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I had kidney stones. One of the worst pains I have ever suffered. My wife would have none of that though, insisting "you never gave birth to a child." The argument that stones were worse went nowhere. Then her niece got stones and had also had 2 children previously. She said stones were worse.
At one time in my past life, I was stabbed in the stomach (twice) and it hit my intestines.
20 years later scar tissue from the stab wound and resulting surgery cinched up my intestines. I was on the floor for hours. Worse than the stones. Hospital for ten days.
Kidny stones = nasty shit bro. Severe pain.
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Tommy
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arnenym
11 posts
Nov 08, 2011
1:24 AM
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OOOPS... Language problem.. Kidney? Thats not where i had stones! That's worse than my Gall stones..
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harmonicanick
1363 posts
Nov 08, 2011
1:29 AM
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best of luck HawkeyeKane
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HawkeyeKane
394 posts
Nov 08, 2011
7:33 AM
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Yeah, I'm back at work again today. Spent the night resting up after I got home. So far so good today. Gonna follow up with a urologist here in a week or so. Gotta find out how high risk the chance of getting another one is. I can't afford to have this crap hanging over my head, let alone getting another one.
@Zadozica
Yeah, it's weird. I got the cocktail, it took about five minutes for it to really take effect, and for about ten minutes after that I was in drug-induced heaven. I woke up after that though, which gave me a chance to keep folks posted on my status.
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Hawkeye Kane
Last Edited by on Nov 08, 2011 7:48 AM
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Andrew
1461 posts
Nov 08, 2011
3:45 PM
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I've passed a kidney stone every 4 years on average for the last 28 years, except that now I'm overdue, so the one I can feel in there may be too big to come out. I recommend (Voltarol) 100mg diclofenac sodium suppositories.
(suppositories because oral drugs will only work if you don't vomit from the pain)
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Last Edited by on Nov 09, 2011 1:26 AM
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Andrew
1462 posts
Nov 08, 2011
3:48 PM
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Arnenym, I was addicted to cheese for a few years, then a friend had her gall bladder removed, and shortly after that I started to feel twinges in my gall-bladder! Now I feel sick if I look at the cheese section in the supermarket, lol!
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wheezer
203 posts
Nov 09, 2011
12:36 AM
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You have my sympathy Hawkeye. I had stones a few years ago and it was absolute agony.
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Andrew
1463 posts
Nov 09, 2011
1:24 AM
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Word of warning re medical insurance:
Renal colic is when you are passing the stone, so it's on its way out, no worries.
But gall stones don't come out, afaik. My friend was on holiday in France when her gall bladder went haywire, and she had keyhole surgery in a private clinic in Nice.
Medical insurance said "not life-threatening, therefore elective surgery, therefore we're not paying".
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Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.
Last Edited by on Nov 09, 2011 1:25 AM
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HawkeyeKane
398 posts
Nov 09, 2011
8:37 AM
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@Tommy
"Then her niece got stones and had also had 2 children previously. She said stones were worse."
Finally! A defense I can use when a woman tells me I can never know a pain like childbirth! LOL
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Hawkeye Kane
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Tommy the Hat
398 posts
Nov 09, 2011
8:44 AM
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Hawkeye
"Finally! A defense I can use when a woman tells me I can never know a pain like childbirth! "
After 30 years of marriage my best advice is forget about good defense, just smile and agree.
Just get on the ride and let it take you. Don't try to take "it." LOL.
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Tommy
Last Edited by on Nov 09, 2011 8:46 AM
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HawkeyeKane
400 posts
Nov 09, 2011
8:54 AM
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@Tommy
Well...in my case, I truthfully don't have to use it with the missus. We've only had the one so far, and Liam was delivered caesarian. More than likely, our future kids will have to be delivered in the same manner.
But I work in a credit union branch...the ONLY male among 18 other women. This little factoid may come in handy here. If you got to know any of my coworkers, you'd see where I'm coming from. LOL
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Hawkeye Kane
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