I'm sure it can't be more painful then WCG Ultimate Gamer...You were the only true gamer there, everyone else was a little poser casual bitch. I mean, DDR...come the fuck on!

PadrinO

Canada103 Posts

April 30 2009 18:50 GMT

#46

On May 01 2009 03:40 CubEdIn wrote:
They say that the only pain worse than passing a kidney stone is natural birth.

So, ummm... good luck with that.

The pain in my lower back has always been 10x more hurtful. than the actual "evacuation" of the stone throughs my canals.

And when I said I would have shot myself, I am serious about it. The last time it was hell.

I get woken up: Back is hurting so I'm like... maybe it won't be too bad this time.
10 Minutes: Can barely walk... this is unusually fast, so I get my dilaudid that I kept home from my last "crisis" and pop 2mg.
15 Minutes: In pain and trying to lay on the bed so it doesn't hurt as much.
20 Minutes: Waiting for the pills to make their effect, still in pain and complaining.
25 Minutes: Start vomitting
30 Minutes: I feel a little better but I figured I puked out my dilaudid, so I pop another 2mg to make sure the pain goes away fast
35 Minutes: Start screaming in pain and vomited 2 times consecutively, hospital time
36 Minutes: Ambulance have a 4 hours responding time for Kidney Stone, not an urgent matter, WTF?

From there I had to call my mother to grab me up. It's 3:00 pm. Stuck in the traffic trying to get to the hospital. A whole 30 minutes banging my head into the car saying I want to die. In front of my mother too, nice.

As soon I got to the hospital they made me wait 45 minutes on the bed because the doctor was unavailable and they couldn't give me intraveinous pain meds. The whole 45 minutes I screamed banging my head against the wall and telling everybody I wanted to die and crying like a baby.

And then... there was the pain meds. Didn't take 30 seconds and I was floating. Thanks god for hydromorphone.

Longest 2 hours of my life prior to that though.

PadrinO

Canada103 Posts

April 30 2009 18:51 GMT

#47

I'd be curious to know about other people that have had the problem. Which was worse? The urinating or the lower back pain prior to it?

Pioneer

994 Posts

April 30 2009 18:54 GMT

#48

On May 01 2009 01:53 food wrote:
they wont help you with this if you dont have insurance? ROFL im about to flee US anyways, this only adds to the pot
kidney stones are usually operated, but you can try some other things. Get some literature, esp on "non-traditional" medicine, i remember they had few ideas on how to get rid of those involving olive oil and lemon juice or something like that, it could be pretty painful
im sure they could have prescribed you some medications to begin with, not just vicodin and water LOL
this country never ceased to amaze me

Ok, no reason to be scared about kidney stones. Firstly don't listen to this guy, kidney stones aren't usually operated on. A couple people in my family frequently get kidney stones and they've always passed them and that's the case with most people. It's going to hurt like hell but you'll probably pass it.

My grandmother gets them about every month or 2 months and she just drinks a lot of water.

They suck but there's no reason to be scared. And if you're going to have to deal with the pain you might as well go to work. It'd be better making some money and be in pain rather than sitting at home at the computer, making no money & in pain. (depending on your job of course. If you sit at a desk I would say go but if you do like manual labor probably not).

You're vomiting and crap? What the hell. I can understand it hurting enough to make you feel nauseated but that's kind of a lot. Are they sure it'd kidney stones btw? I had a kidney infection before and I had the same kind of pain in my back and felt sick occasionally.

SuBlue

United States59 Posts

April 30 2009 18:55 GMT

#49

So far for me, I haven't really had any urination issues...it's felt a little uncomfortable, but not too bad yet. When it first started, that lower back pain was fucking intense....every time I feel it starting up, I pop a 5mg tab of vicodin, and its gone in 15 min or less.

Going to make working kind of hard, I work in a call center for tech support....so being drugged up on vicodin I'm sure will impair my ability to troubleshoot. :-\

XoXiDe

United States620 Posts

April 30 2009 18:57 GMT

#50

On May 01 2009 03:08 SuBlue wrote:
Yeah, I got it because of my diet I think.

I drink about 64oz of soda a day, I eat maybe 1 meal, if that...and when I do eat, its just pure shit, pizza, fast food, doritos etc. I smoke maybe 10-12 cigs a day too. I never drink water, and I'm only 22.

Having this happen, I'm going to start eating right, exercising and taking care of my body. Not gonna stop smoking though! :p

My diet wasn't that great about a year ago, but I started working out a lot because of my career path and really started eating healthy. My tips for you if you'd like to start eating healthier just from what has worked for me would be to not buy sodas, if you don't have them in your house or apartment you're not going to drink them as often. I usually limit myself to one junk food day a week. Also buy a water bottle and take it with you, trust me if you have it with you, you will get thirsty and you will drink it, plus you can fill up at a water fountain instead of having to spend a buck and waste a plastic dasani bottle. Buy good snacks like baby carrots, or healthy trail mix instead of oreos or whatever. Also, eat breakfast! oatmeal for sure is a healthy breakfast, make an omelet with onions & tomato or something. Everything else is obvious i guess, eat vegetables and more fruits, also stop smoking! :/

Pioneer

994 Posts

April 30 2009 19:01 GMT

#51

That's a bit to much for kidney stones, I don't know the ins and out of how the insurance thing works but could your parents possibly put you on their insurance until you can get this whole situation worked out? Blood in the urine and the amount of pain + vomiting seems way different than kidney stones. I'm not a doctor nor very knowledgeable about this stuff but it seems a lot like when I had my kidney infection. Have you tried drinking any cranberry juice? That seemed to help me a lot and it's supposed to be good for flushing your kidneys.

psion0011

Canada720 Posts

April 30 2009 19:04 GMT

#52

If you didn't have that much pain while urinating out the stone, consider yourself lucky. Kidney stones vary WILDLY in size and shape (some can by sharp and spikey, others smooth) My friend's uncle compared it to getting shot in vietnam and said passing his kidney stone was considerably worse. The scene in the washroom after he was done was apparently like a murder scene - blood on the floor, walls, ceiling (!?), etc.

Imagine passing this instead of your smooth little grains:

LuMiX

China5757 Posts

April 30 2009 19:05 GMT

#53

I just took my clinical skills for pharmacy exam and we had a case of kidney stones on it! If you aren't getting hospitalized you're suppose to drink at least 8 cups of water a day, and your suppose to filter out the kidney stones when you pee and keep them. Morphine or something else is given as a pain medication but I guess you aren't getting those unless you actually get diagnosed or whatever.

PS- That was my last exam of this semester. YAY!

ilistis

United States828 Posts

April 30 2009 19:07 GMT

#54

On May 01 2009 04:04 psion0011 wrote:
If you didn't have that much pain while urinating out the stone, consider yourself lucky. Kidney stones vary WILDLY in size and shape (some can by sharp and spikey, others smooth) My friend's uncle compared it to getting shot in vietnam and said passing his kidney stone was considerably worse. The scene in the washroom after he was done was apparently like a murder scene - blood on the floor, walls, ceiling (!?), etc.

Imagine passing this instead of your smooth little grains:

That horrified me and made me laugh at the same time.

SuBlue

United States59 Posts

April 30 2009 19:08 GMT

#55

I really could have gone without seeing that image, lol.

I just hope this gets resolved quickly, the back pain has not been very bad since the first time, and I stopped having weird shooting pains in my abdomen, so...Iunno what the situation is currently.

zizou21

United States3683 Posts

April 30 2009 19:22 GMT

#56

Chuiu

3470 Posts

April 30 2009 19:33 GMT

#57

I know exactly what you're going through but I can't really say anything to help other than what advice everyone else has given you. Though I am rather jealous you get a pain killer that works, I had to endure the pain because the stuff they prescribed me didn't do shit.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=67925

SoulMarine

United States586 Posts

April 30 2009 19:34 GMT

#58

Diet soda + Lots o' lemon + Water. Stir and drink.

Bill307

Canada9103 Posts

April 30 2009 19:36 GMT

#59

For what it's worth, not all kidney stone cases are that bad. If you're lucky you'll end up like me: I've never experienced anything worse than a very bad pain in my abdomen (not enough to make me vomit or pass out, though). I'm lucky enough to not know what it feels like to pass a kidney stone, even though I've had them repeatedly -- probably just really small ones.

Personally, I'm fine as long as I drink "enough" water, which basically translates to: I have to dirnk extra water whenever I'm sweating.

If I do some exercise without drinking anything, or just not drink enough in general, then I go through the following stages:
1. I feel mild pain in my back, on one side. (doesn't always happen)
2. I feel sharp pain in my lower abdomen.
3. At this point I know what's wrong and I'm drinking a lot of water, or sometimes orange or lemon juice (the commercial kind).
4. The pain in my abdomen gradually subsides over a few hours.

If I'm lucky, the symptoms start with a mild tingling in my lower abdomen, which might not be caused by a stone at all, but it gets me drinking water right away for fear of future pain, so it's good either way.

As for what to consume when you have a stone, personally I've done fine with just water, but keep in mind that different kidney stone sufferers can have their stones caused by completely different things. In addition, I've never had a severe case before, so while water alone might be good enough for me, it might not be sufficient for someone with bigger stones.

Furthermore, I drink a lot of milk and orange juice. I've heard claims that both of them can make kidney stones both better and worse, so I just say

-it, they're both good for me so I'm going to keep drinking them. But again, I wouldn't be surprised if some people's stones are directly caused by drinking too much milk or orange juice, so each person has to find what works for them.