Passing a kidney stone. Part 1

On Wednesday the 7th of January I was tripped at work unleashing a previously unfelt kidney stone in my right kidney.

By Saturday night, the 10th the pain increased.
By Sunday afternoon I was in the emergency room at our local hospital.
Hours later I was transfered by ambulance to a major hospital.
The next afternoon I was transfered again to another hospital where I was to spend the next 8 days.

The stone finally passed from the kidney into the ureters and bladder early Monday morning about 1:30am in a tearing pain.

They are still inside my bladder, although I am finally now home, waiting to pass fully out.

By the way, the employee who was not following OS&S has most likely lost his job as my back is also injured. Great! Not!

And how much did the 3 ambulance rides? 11 days in a private room in hospital? 3CT scans? 3 x-rays? Nuclear body scan? An IVP kidney/bladder scan? 17 blood tests? Physio? Medication and extras cost???? NOT A THING!!!!

I love our health care system.

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[ThugLuvinGrl]

I've had stones all my life. But some of your story don't add up. Why'd they transfer you so much, and why'd you get so many tests when a cat scan is all you need for it to show up? And the stone don't hurt till it's OUT of the kidney and into the uretor, then it stops hurting once it reaches the bladder. Don't know how you could feel it in your kidney. Lmao.

[balckbettystack]

@ThugLuvinGrl 1)In Australia we go to a public hospital before we go to a private.That's why I was transfered ONCE to a major hospital better able to cope.Then ONCE more to a private hospital.It happens all the time here.

2)They found the stones by CT scan after an accident at work.That's why I had so much pain & the stones were stuck in my ureters.All the other tests/scans were routine to follow the stones.

3)I didn't feel pain in my kidney but in my back from the accident.

[somethingspecialxox]

i just had my first kidney stone this past thursday, i'm an 18year old female and i had mistaken the pain for really bad period cramps at first. went to bed on thursday afternoon at 12, woke up at 7pm unable to sit up or anything so my mom brought me to the ER. didn't get in an examination room til about 2am but was unable to see the DR. so we stayed the night, friday came along, had a CT scan, it was a 1mm KS, moved rooms, still no DR., saturday i finally had surgery because i couldn't pass it.

[balckbettystack]

@somethingspecialxox Where was the darn Dr?Was it busy in the ER?Although you would be Triaged a 4,which is a long wait.So you saw no Dr at all??Yet they still admitted you?Or just moved you in the ER?So did the surgery help?And how bad was it?

I put off surgery as I knew what they were going to do,& I work with these people.

At least it's out now.You didn't get any lower back pain?Only stomach?Which is the worst bit.Hopefully no more for you or me.

[kdfroese]

@ThugLuvinGrl I feel them moving in my kidney all the time. I had a staghorn which inhabited my entire kidney. It was VERY painful.

[frankrizzo51]

@ThugLuvinGrl Totally agree. I get a couple dozen a year. Most pass without incident. I've only had four that required a trip to the hospital. Had 6 or 7 lithotripsys also. Fun.

[Ac1DGoD]

OOOHH my god I know the pain...

[balckbettystack]

@thedaniel2997 That's a bit of a worry.But I am sure that they will get to the bottom of the cause of your stones.

Morphine!Have you ever had it?It will help your pain.

Good luck.

[PEB979]

you need to get to the hospital , this is very dangerous

[ColinMeloy91]

Awwwwww Feel better, I know your pain ive had 12 of them and most of them got stuck and needed surgery because I couldnt pass them :(

[somethingspecialxox]

(2/2) - i find that the surgery did help, there is some manageable pain ... i had to get the surgery though, i didn't have a choice, because i was unable to pass the stone as it was too far up for my bladder to push it out and the DR was concerned that my kidneys would start to fail. it wasn't bad at all.. but they had a hard time getting it out so i was in there a bit longer than it usually takes, which is .5 hrs and i was in there for 1.5 hrs. i did get back pain, and yes hopefully :)

[somethingspecialxox]

(1/2) @balckbettystack - yes, i was sent straight to triage. it was busy in the ER, we got there at about 730pm and i didn't get into the examination room until 2am. i didn't see a DR until saturday i believe .. from thursday - friday i just saw nurses which was annoying as hell because i just wanted to get out of there asap. the reason i was admitted so quickly was because my boyfriend's mom is a nurse there and she had spoke to the DR, he ordered me to be admitted.