Last night was a fun little adventure for us. Ok, not really at all. I had my first experience with a kidney stone. Earlier this week I had pain and some blood, so I thought it was my period. (Sorry probably TMI) But it had subsided so I didn't think too much about it. Yesterday I was feeling fine; went on a four mile run, ate dinner, and then around 7 I started having pain in my back on the right side. And it hit me like a truck. I was in tears probably thirty minutes later. I tried to take a bath and use the heating pad. I got a blessing, but by 8:30 I couldn't take it we had to go into the ER. It's so funny when I experience pain like this. I just transform into this other person. I don't care that I am moaning and crying while people are just watching me in the waiting room. I was seriously begging them to get me in to get some medicine. It was way worse than labor. So pathetic, really.
I was thinking you might be thinking that I am a wimp because of my labor story, but let me just mention that I got 10 stiches and felt everything during delivery. Although the pain couldn't match when she crowned... I don't think anything ever will. BUT this was excruciating. It turns out the stone is 6 mm (which I guess is VERY large). They gave me some meds, but nothing really worked until they took a cat scan and knew what it was and gave me a specific drug for kidney stones.
One of the nurses realized I was LDS and told me she married an LDS guy for 6 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days. YIKES. She was talking my ear off about a million things. She said a lot of things that weren't exactly true, but I could barely talk so I just nodded my head the best I could. So... bummer I feel like I want to talk to her about it, but too late now.
Thank goodness for Drew's parents who came and got Mel and took her back to our house. We got home around 2:30 a.m. Now I am on percocet and lots of IB profin. Percocet makes me feel really weird but I'll take it. I woke up at 7 with the same pain, but the meds are helping.
Hopefully I will pass it, but if not they have to go in and implode it or take it out I guess. Cross your fingers it will pass.
The worst part is they said now I could get them the rest of my life. Darn it. But I just kept thinking, what would I do back in the olden days with out medicine? I think there is a reason I was born in these times. Pain is not my friend.
8 comments:
Oh man! For your sake, I really hope it passes... That is terrible! Hang in there!
Oh no. So sorry. Hope it passes quickly and your pain goes away.
Oh my goodness!!! These are the sort of situations a phone call would be nice! Crazy girl!!! I hope it passes asap! Zero fun!
Oh man Kristen! This stinks! I hope it passes and you are doing okay. Thinking about you:(
I woke up the morning after I had Odell in the hospital with MAJOR crying, hitting the nurse button ten times in 5 minutes (the last few times they kept saying "someone is on their way" and I wanted to shout "WELL THEY AREN'T HERE YET, DANG IT!!") pain (I had foolishly and vainly refused any IBprofin after the delivery because I didn't feel like I needed it...oh Chelsea, not a good idea...). They gave me some heavy duty pain meds and then gave me an ultrasound to make sure everything was okay. They couldn't see anything that looked wrong, except they did identify some gall stones in my gall bladder (unrelated to the pain, I guess). They tell me they will pass eventually, but I haven't felt anything ever, so I'm dreading the day when I have an experience like yours because pain and I aren't the best of friends either. Hang in there! Hope it passes SOON!
I"m so sorry to hear that! Pain sucks, let's be honest. Turning into another person when you are in pain sounds familiar. I was crazy when I had gallbladder pain. People don't believe you're in pain unless there are tears flowing.
I was bent over, crying in the Instacare. They said, "There will be a 1 hour wait). I started sobbing even more. Funny now, but not so funny then.
Get Better!
that sounds awful! So sorry that you are going through this, and I hope you are feeling better soon!
Sorry to hear this. I hope you are feeling better soon.
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