[health.kidney stone]

[wispfox]

So, I'm officially miserable.

Crashed at a friend's place last night in order to not have to drive as far to my doctor's appointment at which I hoped to get the possibility of sleep apnea investigated (or at least start the process).

At around 5am, I was awakened by what I believe to be a kidney stone on my right side. I am, however, also nauseous - which meant that I can't keep pain killers down, and it is fairly difficult to keep fluids down so as to encourage it to pass. (I have had kidney stones before, ~2 years ago) Not sure if the nausea is related to the intense pain or if I have that cold that's going around.

I suspect that I was not drinking enough while in SF, and almost certainly was not drinking enough this week due to severe exhaustion. Thus, the stone.

So, now, I'm even more exhausted, didn't manage to talk to my doctor about it because I was in too much pain and incoherent due to exhaustion, and in fairly major pain (but less intensely than this morning, which suggests to me that it's not currently moving). And I can't easily keep anything down. And I only managed to drive myself home about 1 hour ago.

Going to go attempt to continue to drink fluids to encourage movement of the stone, and will likely ping the urologist I talked to the last time this happened, tomorrow. Assuming it doesn't pass, of course. Don't know how much I'll be online in the near future.

Fucking kidneys stones.

Comments

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

OMG.

i will light candles for you.

n.

[dilletante.livejournal.com]

bleah! :(

i hope it passes quickly, then?

[volta]

*hugs*

Sorry you are feeling sucky. If you want some distraction/company, feel free to give me a call.

[dr-nebula.livejournal.com]

Ok - I'm a vet of kidney stones. If it's not too large - you can often flush it out by drinking lots of liquids - beer works wonders. Cranberry juice not only prevents them, but (in time) can lessen the effects of those you already have.


And yes, go see a doctor ASAP (esp. if it doesn't dislodge).

[uberjay.livejournal.com]

Yikes, that sounds terrible...

*hugs*

I hope you feel better soon!

[carocrow.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear... how can you last that long? I would be banging on the urologist's door with my foot while writhing on the floor.

Yes, on lots of water, some cranberry juice and perhaps a little vodka, too, if you are sure you plan to wait until tomorrow to see if you pass the varmint.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

how can you last that long?

Probably because the last time this happened, it ended up passing _right_ before surgery, so I ended up having had surgery when I didn't need to.

Also, intensely unpleasant though it is, I'm startlingly good at waiting through pain, when I know what's going on.

[carocrow.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that. I'm a total pain wuss; anticipation of it just makes it worse for me.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

:) I think it's less about my pain tolerance and more about my _waiting_ tolerance, actually.

[randysmith]

Oh, yuck. I'm really sorry.

[angelovernh.livejournal.com]

oh dear.. that sounds awful!!@!!

[catya.livejournal.com]

yeeks! *hugs*

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

ugh! *hugs*

dehydration also = nausea, unfortunately...catch-22 city!

[ian-gunn.livejournal.com]

My Kidneys cringe at the thought. I hope it is not one. I had three before I finally mastered drinking enough fluids to keep them from being a problem. Nausea most certainly can be a symptom of them. The first time I had one I was driving into work and I became so nauseous that I pulled over to the median of I-93 and threw up, it came on that suddenly.

You will appreciate this, the only way I seem to be able to consistently drink eight or more glasses of fluid a day is to keep a mental count, every day. The start of me getting kidney stones coincided approximately with my first desk/office job. I had one about two year after starting that job and then one about every two years till I finally set a strong routine to fluid intake. Prior to that I was generally more physically active and moving around which seem to give me more frequent natural impulses to drink water.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Huh. Ok, that's fascinating. I got my first one ~2 years ago, which was ~2 years after I graduated college and went to work full-time.

Lovely.

Must. Watch. Water. Intake.

[ommango.livejournal.com]

I wish you well and better kidneys soon with a quick passage of stone. *thinking of you and sending good thoughts*

[3smallishmagi.livejournal.com]

:/ feeling any better?

When I read this this morning I had an image of a little urinary tract Gandalf going "You shall not pass!"

I don't suppose that helps.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Help, no, but funny even when I was still in intense pain, yes. :)

[jasra]

*hugs* Hope you're feeling better soon. :(