Kidney Stones

Wednesday morning around 6am I woke up in intense pain. I told Louis that it felt like I was in labor all over again! He took me to the Boone ER where they hooked me up to an IV and gave me something for the pain and the naseau. They did a CAT scan and found that I had 2 kidney stones. One was relatively small and didn't concern them too much, but the other was said to be about 5.2mm. The ER Dr. sent me home with some pain meds. and I pretty much slept the rest of the day. At about 12:30am I was in pain again and the meds didn't seem to be helping much so I took another one which kicked in about an hour later. Both Wednesday and Thursday are kind of a blur as I slept most of the time. Thursday evening the ER Dr. called and let me know that their regular radiologist read the CAT scan and said that the stone was not 5.2mm but 8.9mm! I already had an appt. schedule Friday morning with my regular Dr., so she said to mention it to him and see what he suggested. Well, Friday morning we go in and they do an X-Ray. My regular Dr. couldn't see the stones, but said that didn't mean they weren't still there, so he had radiology take a look at it after I had left. He called me later and said that radiology had located the stone. It was "lost" in the pelvic area, but seemed to have reduced in size significantly. It was now about 3.2mm. My Dr. said that once it reached my bladder I probably would not have much pain anymore. That was good news!! It seems that my body has broken up the stones on its own and I am on my way to recovery. I had heard from a friend of mine that having the stone broken up by other means (sound waves) was NOT a pleasant experience. She said her husband had it done twice and he said it was like going 10 rounds with Mike Tyson and taking all the shots in the kidney's! I am glad I did not have to have that done! I am much more diligent about getting plenty of fluids, now, as they say that is a huge factor in developing kidney stones; Along with drinking too much dark cola's. My one craving when I was pregnant was Dr. Pepper and I have been still drinking it, soooo...I guess I will be quitting that right away! Anyway, as I said, I seem to be doing much better and have not needed my pain meds since Friday night. I am back at work today and hope that I will not have this problem again!!