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Smoke going up. I've seen the kind of pain that these can cause to people firsthand. The good news is, as Munk said, it's a treatable condition. You will beat this.
 
Thanks all. I've had a fever since last night,. I'm heading in to the hospital for some tests.
I'd wear my HI shirt for luck but I'm afraid they might cut it off in an emergency.
 
Hospitals = horrible.

Continued thoughts & collective positive goodwill.

Smoke tonite.

Hang tough, MBE.


Ad Astra :(
 
You got it. Luckily kidney stomes are not fatal, but they sure as hell feel like it! If they offer lithotripsy to breakup the stone, it can help. Has to be the right kind though. I'm sure they will go through the diet changes with you to help prevent them in the future. Hang in there.
Terry
 
Thanks for the smoke, all.
It turned out to be a kidney infection, E. coli. No stones. I got pumped full of antibiotics and just missed having a procedure to drain the kidney... when they checked it out right before the operation, my kidney was finally unblocked.
Anyhow I'm home again, feeling weak but much much better.
Just wanted to say thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.
 
Nothing like a good scare to get one to appreciate being healthy.

Great news. Glad you went in, glad you came out.
 
I missed this one, sorry. Still, you're on the prayer list for a fast recovery. Drink LOTS of water, you want to avoid prostatitis.

BTDT with the stone thing. Four years ago I passed one with all the classic symptoms -- intense waves of pain, a sense of it moving around, chills, nausea, etc. After one barf session the pain quit, and the family physician said "you must have passed it, but here's a screen anyway. Two weeks of peeing through the screen and nothing, but as it happened the stone only made it to the bladder. A year and a half later, halfway through the second leak of the day and POW! Intense pain and the urine looked like a unit of blood. Long story short, a "purple spiney" stone 5mm in diameter x 8 mm long lodged in my urethra, only a couple-three inches from daylight and escape. They don't call them "spiney" for nothing; those barbs dug in and it lodged tight. I drove 6 hrs home and went to the ER where the CT scan told the tale. The next afternoon the urologist said "Up Scope!" and went in with the cystoscope's "crushing tool" and broke it up before flushing out the pieces. Despite peeing blood for two more weeks there was not much discomfort afterward. Good news was the urologist saw no more stones in the kidneys. He attributes it to a single incident of dehydration, and I pretty much know when that was.

Calcium oxalate monohydrate:

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PS. Before removal of the stone, during each urination I was well prepared to provide way more than name, rank, and service number.

Noah
 
That may be more than I wanted to see Noah, but thanks. I'm sort of sliding around my chair a little...



munk
 
munk said:
That may be more than I wanted to see Noah, but thanks. I'm sort of sliding around my chair a little...



munk
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You and me both munk. Smoke and prayers sent.
 
God Bless America, that is the most horrible thing I have ever seen. :eek: :eek: :eek:

Like an Alien's conception of an anti-shipping mine...

Mr. Bad Example, more smoke for you tonight.


Ad Astra :( :barf: :eek: :barf: :( :( :eek:

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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Noah Zark again.
 
munk said:
That may be more than I wanted to see Noah, but thanks. I'm sort of sliding around my chair a little...

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I figured it might fall under the "Full Disclosure" guidelines, Munk. No discomfort intended, but it's an example of one of life's little dope-slaps.

You should have seen ME squirming in the car seat for six hours with an old-fashioned Kotex shoved down the front of my shorts, but that's another story. Those things ARE super-absorbent, though. Take my word for it.

Noah
 
Good to know you are starting to feel better. :) God Bless!!

Heber
 
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