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Kidney Stones
by: LeAndra on Tue, May 19 2009
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I learned for the first time earlier today I have kidney stones…I’ve had bad allergies recently, so when I woke up at 7 in the morning unable to breath out of my nose I took benadryl and went straight back to bed. I woke up from that at about 2 in the after noon needing to use the restroom more than I ever have before in my life. I went straight back to bed and that’s when it hit me the worst pain I’d ever felt in my life.

It felt like something inside me had exploded and I’ve got a pretty high pain tolerance. Then I had bad vomiting that didn’t stop. I took it all for about an hour before I called some friends and was rushed to the ER…the whole long hour waiting process to get check in with even longer waiting to see someone and the pain never let up. Even after the morphine I was still in a significant amount of pain.

after CT scans showed I had multiple kidney stones in each kidney and one 4mm one in my ureter.Now I’m sitting at home waiting for it to pass and not thrilled about what they said that would feel like either… if you get kidney stones how often do you get more and does it always hurt that much?
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  1. Tue, Jun 02 2009
    I don't think that everyone has the same kidney stone story. But I can sure tell you about my own. Two years ago, pain started in my left side. It was...Read

May 2009

  • stones. - by Kimberly - (Wed, May 27 2009)
    I had my first stone when i was 17 and ended up in the hospital after dealing with the pain for over a week. [more..]
  • kidney stones - by sarah - (Wed, May 27 2009)
    i am now in my fifth week with the stent in place after having kidney stone removel. [more..]
  • 2 CM stone - by bw - (Wed, May 27 2009)
    So, I was 30 weeks pregnant with my second baby. All of a sudden I am doubled over in pain in my left side with terrible pain. I get this wave of nausea that I have never felt. I take the pain/nausea for 4 hours before I go into labor and delivery only to be told I pulled a muscle. [more..]
  • Kidney Stones - by LeAndra - (Tue, May 19 2009)
    I learned for the first time earlier today I have kidney stones…I’ve had bad allergies recently, so when I woke up at 7 in the morning unable to breath out of my nose I took benadryl and went straight back to bed. [more..]
  • 87 stones later - by sheila - (Fri, May 15 2009)
    I had one kidney stone removed in 1976 it had been there since birth it was quite big. [more..]
  • kidney stones appear and disappear - by sue - (Thu, May 14 2009)
    I have only one kidney and I have developed a 7mm stone between my kidney and bladder. [more..]
  • Kidney Stone are the Worst - by ME - (Thu, May 14 2009)
    I thought I had a bad case of gas, that later that evening turned into a gut wrenching side pain that sent me to the hospital screaming appendicitis. [more..]
  • appendectomy - by Nate - (Tue, May 12 2009)
    I had been on antibotics for a couple of months for my acne to begin. One night I was walking and I felt a huge pain in my lower right side. I got really light headed and came seconds from passing out. My mom says it could be the bodies response to a huge amount of pain. [more..]
  • Still mild pain after 3 months - by Artemis1 - (Fri, May 01 2009)
    I had a 9mm stone removed with surgery back in February and still have mild to moderate pain on my right side. [more..]

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