Posted on 05/15/2011 3:30:58 PM PDT by neverbluffer
Anyone ever have a Kidney Stone? I had this excrutiating pain in my side/back area and drove myself to the hospital.
Worst pain I ever experienced. I was like a baby screaming and crying in the hospital. Turns out, it was a kidney stone but the pain came and went in less than 2 hours.
The nurse said it is sometimes worse than giving birth to a child...
I’ve had them hit me suddenly, and I’ve had them start out slowly and get worse. Maybe it depends on the *version* you get. I only know if you don’t get to the dr you will only get worse and worse. The first one I thought was just flu or something and tried to wait it out. I couldn’t.
I’ve had a couple a year for several years now. Finally the docs figured out to check my parathyroid hormone levels. Way too high. The parathyroid is what controls how your body uses calcium, and I was even leeching the calcium out of my bones and into my kidneys due to the malfunctioning gland. I had it removed last December, and things have been good since.
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Yes. Dilaudid is your friend.
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