I am one of the unfortunate people that endured kidney stones. I was 21 years old and the pain was horrendous. I do not have children and cannot compare it to child birth but the pain was unbearable. I woke up in the morning and thought I had to use the bathroom. In the early stage, it felt like a horrible stomach ache as if I ate something bad. After about an hour, the pain increased and I tried to ignore it and attempted to go into work. Once I got into my vehicle, I proceeded to the emergency room doubled over in pain. Once I made it to the hospital, I was crawling into the hospital where they immediately gave me a shot of pain medication. The pain medication did not touch the pain and they ended up injecting me with morphine that finally subsided the pain.
Needless to say, I spent five days in the hospital on a morphine drip and passed the stone on my own but the stone was never tested to find out the reason there was a build up. I am now 31 years old and have not had a re-occurrence but I can certainly say that they are very painful.
At the time, I was drinking a lot of soda and have since stopped. I am not sure if that was the reason since they never tested the stone, but I have not had any issues since.
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I am one of the unfortunate people that endured kidney stones. I was 21 years old and the pain was horrendous. I do not have children and cannot compare it to child birth but the pain was unbearable. I woke up in the morning and thought I had to use the bathroom. In the early stage, it felt like a horrible stomach ache as if I ate something bad. After about an hour, the pain increased and I tried to ignore it and attempted to go into work. Once I got into my vehicle, I proceeded to the emergency room doubled over in pain. Once I made it to the hospital, I was crawling into the hospital where they immediately gave me a shot of pain medication. The pain medication did not touch the pain and they ended up injecting me with morphine that finally subsided the pain.
Needless to say, I spent five days in the hospital on a morphine drip and passed the stone on my own but the stone was never tested to find out the reason there was a build up. I am now 31 years old and have not had a re-occurrence but I can certainly say that they are very painful.
At the time, I was drinking a lot of soda and have since stopped. I am not sure if that was the reason since they never tested the stone, but I have not had any issues since.
November 8, 2008 - 10:11amThis Comment
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