Ditto... happened to me a couple years ago and now I have a great respect for what my wife went through giving birth to our 2 kids... never felt anything that hurt so bad in my life...

 

I had one a couple of years ago... woke up at 7:30am feeling like stomach cramps, but taking a dump didn't help at all. By 8:30am, felt like I had been stabbed through the back all the way down to my nuts. Sat down and googled a little bit and thought I might be having an appendicitis, so I got dressed and drove myself to the ER. I described the pain at the ER, and they told me I had a kidney stone, and did a CT and confirmed it. It's now about 11am, and they wouldn't give me anything for the pain until I found a ride home, so lying on a stretcher in a room in the ER I'm on my cell trying to find someone at home on Sat morning to come get me. I finally find someone, and eventually the nurse comes back and shoots me up with 1mg of Dilaudid. About 15 minutes later, the nurse comes back again and ask me how I'm feeling, still in massive pain, and she gives me another 1mg of Dilaudid. A couple of minutes later I hurled, then I stumbled to the bathroom down the hall and passed the stone.

An EMT buddy of mine told me that he usually gives 0.5mg of Dilaudid to major car crash victims...

 

Just had one 2 months ago. I feel your pain!

 

OUCH those sound horrible. Glad its over for you tho. :beers: time

 

Been there done that.....won't get into all of the gorrie details but I ended up having to have the stone lasered out of my ureter.

Drink lots and lots of water keep the plumbing flushed!

 

I have had friends go through this and I want no part of it. My understanding is not drinking enough water will increase your chances of having one. Also drinking to much caffine and soda will increase your chances. It sure doesn't sound like fun at all.

 

Royce, coffee is actually a diuretic and helps keep things flowing! Tea on the other hand along with dark colas are bad and assist in the formation of kidney stones. I did allot of research on the subject when I was dealing with mine.

 

It sucks to get old doesn't it Us old farts have been through that and know how you feel.


Kev

 

Got that right Kevin, You have to be tough to get old... when everything starts hurting, everyday...:yes: Dave, glad to hear it was "just" a k-stone.... I have heard those are brutal!!...I hope that is your last one....

 

I have been drinking more diet soda the past year. Guess I'll try giving it up.

Kevin, Yes it does suck to get old. Just turned 50 this year.

 

I feel you i have a bad disk in my back that makes that same pain most of the time is blows

 

My stone was a calcium oxalate stone... too much spinach in my diet at the the time

 

Dave I feel your pain, i've had 6 stones in the past. Luckily (i guess) i have been able to pass them, no surgery. Keep the system flushed, drick plenty of water.

Rob

 

No pics?

 

You guys always want pictures....OK, here's the pile of stones I passed:

 

Well, the fun continues. Had an ultrasound today that showed another stone in my kidney. Being an airline pilot I'm grounded until it's gone. Seems they don't want me curled up in the fetal position on the cockpit floor. Next stop is a urologist.

 

Have them sonic blast it into smaller pieces, then you can shoot them out without surgery. Machine gun them all out

 

Have them sonic blast it into smaller pieces

I just has Lithotripsy for a kidney stone last month. Worked for me:hurray:

 

What no pics very very funny Jim.

 

I shouldn’t have looked at the pics. I was expecting to see a few grains of round sand, not a collection of medieval torture devices. They should have names like ‘the spiked club’, ‘the impaler’, and ‘the razor’s edge’!

 

Its done from outside the body on the skin adjacent to where the stones are, it blasts thru the skin to the calcium stone and pops it into small pieces. Just something I read once.

 

Talking with the doc, it depends where the stone is located if lithotripsy (sonic blast) will work. The kidney is half above the rib cage and if the stone is in that area the sound waves get absorbed/deflected by the ribs. Also if it's too low the pelvic bone can interfere.

 

Wow! Just went through this last night. Went to the emergency room at 11PM with terrible abdominal pain. Kidney stones it was. Believe me it is the worst pain i have ever endured and do not wish it on anyone. As stated above drink lots of water. Next stop is at a urologist.

 

I feel your pain! Hope that was the only one.

I'm still dealing with the FAA trying to keep my medical to fly.

 

The med they gave you was Dilaudid...a serious narcotic...
The kidney stone was likely a calcium oxalate stone. 90% usually pass spontaneously if its 5mm or smaller. The larger stones may require a lithotripsy to break them up.

I had a stone in the past. The pain was beyond tolerable...Thank god for pain medication

Anyhow...Glad it wasn't anything more serious

 

I've had kidney stones twice and two herniated discs , I'll take the pain from the disc before before I'd want kidney stones again .

 

Had the same thing but the stone only got have way down my ureter and lodged. They had to go in and laser it out....not fun. Worst pain I have evered had and never want again!

 

Dave,

I understand what you're going through. I've had 4 K-stones in my lifetime. (The 1st one at 18 years old). I remember lying on a hospital ER streacher BEGGING for morphene or a gun to put me out of my misery! It felt like someone put a knife in my lower back and clamped a pair of vice grip pliers on my Nut$!

BTW, I had a Private Pilot certificate & class 3 medical at the time but, I did eventually get cleared by the FAA & got my class 3 medical back. Oh yea, I don't know if it's coincidence or what but, when I stopped drinking Dr. Pepper I quit having problems.

get well soon!