They found a Kidney Stone that will not pass comfortably thru me. They are going to do a shock wave thing called a Lithotripsy (sp?) to break it up into pieces so it will be easier to pass. I go in tomorrow morning. Mollyjean, Doog , Jodi and Sharonn thank you for making me feel better.
Gina
Gina...I am glad they found out what was causing you all the pain
and are going to take care of it tomorrow..
I have had my own painful stomach problems lately so I can relate
to your story..I really hope everything goes great for you...
Doug
and are going to take care of it tomorrow..
I have had my own painful stomach problems lately so I can relate
to your story..I really hope everything goes great for you...
Doug
Gina,
I am so glad your doctors found out what was casuing you pain and are going to correct it so soon. The procedure to break up the stones works really well.
I haven't had kidney stones but I hear it hurts like H***! Your going to feel great tomorrow.
Catherine
I am so glad your doctors found out what was casuing you pain and are going to correct it so soon. The procedure to break up the stones works really well.
I haven't had kidney stones but I hear it hurts like H***! Your going to feel great tomorrow.
Catherine
Oh honey you are so welcome..I had that done once and had to stay in the hospital until it passed..Are they keeping you? Try to get the stones analyzed..feel better doll...Love, Sharonn
Sharon unless things have changed the lithotripsy blows the stones up then you go home with a strainer. You Pee into it for-- forget how long.
Its kind of painfu but man after days you pee all the broken up stones and man your like in heaven.
I would rate kidney stones in my top 5 of alltime pain in my 44 yrs.
They HURT.-BAD
Jeff
Its kind of painfu but man after days you pee all the broken up stones and man your like in heaven.
I would rate kidney stones in my top 5 of alltime pain in my 44 yrs.
They HURT.-BAD
Jeff
So glad they found what it was. All the best for your treatment.
Get well soon
Wendy
Get well soon
Wendy
Ouch....those are so painful. I am glad they are going to take care of it.
I watched them put a preggo girl on MORPHINE for kidney stones; they are that painful.
i hope you feel better!
I watched them put a preggo girl on MORPHINE for kidney stones; they are that painful.
i hope you feel better!
hello gina and welcome to the pp forum (although it appears you have been here before as there are many who write like they know you.) wow - kidney stones, although i've never had one and hope i don't, i hear can cause some pretty severe pain.
the last time i embraced recovery was 07/01/98. when i left the hospital after detox, i continued to follow with my addictionologist on an outpatient basis. in addition to his assistance, i worked one on one with a licensed clinical social worker with a specialty in addiction, attended intensive outpatient therapy, went to as many 12 step meetings as i could get to, got a sponsor, and worked the steps.
now i did all of this because i wanted a whole lot of help. like you and many who share here on this board, i was a "slave" to my addiction for quite a few 24 hours. the word "slave" when used as a noun, is defined by a few entries. the top 2 are:
1. a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
2. a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person: a slave to a drug.
number 2 defined me while in active addiction. i finally got tired of being a "slave" and it appears from what you wrote that you did too. 5 1/2 months is an awesome start and i applaud each moment any addict takes to maintain their recovery.
one of the things that was so neat and worked well for me in early recovery was employing that addictionologist (not to mention everyone else) as part of my recovery team. an addictionologist is usually a psychiatrist with a sub-specialty in addiction medicine. he was the same doctor who treated me while i was hospitalized in detox. i signed a contract with him to allow him to make any decisions that may require me having to use a mood altering substance. it was very easy - all i had to do was to tell my PCP or any other physician whose care i might be under to call this doctor and run it by him first before prescribing anything that may be abusable.
well yes - the time did come early in recovery that i pulled a muscle in my back. i hobbled around for a week or so and finally relented and went to see my PCP. he wanted to give me a muscle relaxant - one he said would not alter my mood. instead of going back and forth with myself or my PCP, i asked if he would please give my addictionologist a call and run it by him.
my PCP did make the call and my addictionologist did not think that drug was a good idea. heck gina - my addictionologist knew that i would have abused chicken lips or cherry pits if i thought it took me out of me and at the time i didn't have the "tools" in my belt to make the decision to use or not without those who had my recovery as their best interest. they came up with a plan that saw me through the muscle strain and it wasn't long before i regained some pep to my step and was walking pain free. how relieving it was that i didn't have to make the decision that early in my recovery to use something that could have put me at risk.
i hope your procedure will provide you with great success tomorrow and you will be living life pain free soon. perhaps, you might consider adding an addictionologist to your support team? there is absolutely no reason to go this alone...that is, unless we choose to do so.
much love and tons of encouragement to you ~
sammy
the last time i embraced recovery was 07/01/98. when i left the hospital after detox, i continued to follow with my addictionologist on an outpatient basis. in addition to his assistance, i worked one on one with a licensed clinical social worker with a specialty in addiction, attended intensive outpatient therapy, went to as many 12 step meetings as i could get to, got a sponsor, and worked the steps.
now i did all of this because i wanted a whole lot of help. like you and many who share here on this board, i was a "slave" to my addiction for quite a few 24 hours. the word "slave" when used as a noun, is defined by a few entries. the top 2 are:
1. a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
2. a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person: a slave to a drug.
number 2 defined me while in active addiction. i finally got tired of being a "slave" and it appears from what you wrote that you did too. 5 1/2 months is an awesome start and i applaud each moment any addict takes to maintain their recovery.
one of the things that was so neat and worked well for me in early recovery was employing that addictionologist (not to mention everyone else) as part of my recovery team. an addictionologist is usually a psychiatrist with a sub-specialty in addiction medicine. he was the same doctor who treated me while i was hospitalized in detox. i signed a contract with him to allow him to make any decisions that may require me having to use a mood altering substance. it was very easy - all i had to do was to tell my PCP or any other physician whose care i might be under to call this doctor and run it by him first before prescribing anything that may be abusable.
well yes - the time did come early in recovery that i pulled a muscle in my back. i hobbled around for a week or so and finally relented and went to see my PCP. he wanted to give me a muscle relaxant - one he said would not alter my mood. instead of going back and forth with myself or my PCP, i asked if he would please give my addictionologist a call and run it by him.
my PCP did make the call and my addictionologist did not think that drug was a good idea. heck gina - my addictionologist knew that i would have abused chicken lips or cherry pits if i thought it took me out of me and at the time i didn't have the "tools" in my belt to make the decision to use or not without those who had my recovery as their best interest. they came up with a plan that saw me through the muscle strain and it wasn't long before i regained some pep to my step and was walking pain free. how relieving it was that i didn't have to make the decision that early in my recovery to use something that could have put me at risk.
i hope your procedure will provide you with great success tomorrow and you will be living life pain free soon. perhaps, you might consider adding an addictionologist to your support team? there is absolutely no reason to go this alone...that is, unless we choose to do so.
much love and tons of encouragement to you ~
sammy
Gina.........
Thank god they found the source of that horrible pain. My god, no wonder why you were hurting so so badly, that is one of the most painful things in the world.
Please keep posting, anytime.............for support and encouragment.........
Big Hugs..........
Thank god they found the source of that horrible pain. My god, no wonder why you were hurting so so badly, that is one of the most painful things in the world.
Please keep posting, anytime.............for support and encouragment.........
Big Hugs..........
Gina huny I can only imagine the kind of pain your in & I will say a prayer that you are feeling better soon & that this *(lapothingy)LOL works.
I mostly pray that by Christmas you are feeling much better.
No thanks is needed I just wanted you to know I understood & hope your ok.Anytime you'd like to talk let me know.
Molly
I mostly pray that by Christmas you are feeling much better.
No thanks is needed I just wanted you to know I understood & hope your ok.Anytime you'd like to talk let me know.
Molly
Thank you for sharing that Sammy...very informative and I didn't realize that an addictionologist did that, heck, actually I had no idea what they were...Do you still currently have one?
You are truly one of the smartest women I have the pleasure of knowing Sammy.
Hopefully what you wrote won't fall on deaf ears. It's statements like that, I needed to read in the early days of my recovery.
I still see an addiction specialist Stacey...he's part of my team and everything these surgeons did went through him first. It's one more part of the safety net.
Hopefully what you wrote won't fall on deaf ears. It's statements like that, I needed to read in the early days of my recovery.
I still see an addiction specialist Stacey...he's part of my team and everything these surgeons did went through him first. It's one more part of the safety net.
How did you find one? Is this something I should look into? I did change my GP back to the doctor I fired a few years back...I've known him for many, (too many) years and he will not prescribe me a narcotic unless it was very necessary....hmm...You know I never thought about it too much as I am pretty healthy (shut up, Kat, about the smoking) but you never know when something unexpected might happen especially since I am getting a tad older......
It's just a good idea to have someone like that on your team. I still go to him once a month and most times we just chat about life. He's been in the program for 20+ years (pain pills no less) so, just having him to talk to is awesome.
They work almost like a counselor too...at least mine does.
They work almost like a counselor too...at least mine does.
gina
OMG!!!!! i can so relate to your pain as i experienced a kidney stone incident last nov 2005 that put me in the hospital for emergency surgery because it became life threatening. the stone was stuck in the ureter which caised all the urine to pool up in my back, my white count was at 1800! hign infection had set in and the doctor said there was alot of pus during the procedure to put in a stent to help me pass the stone. i was in the hospital almost 4 days, and thats when my addiction really took off again after trying to quit drugs previously in may.
i did not tell any one i was a recovering addict, the pain was so SEVERE as bad as labor they gave me dilaudid plus sent me home with alot of pain relief rx's that were narcotic. i could not of endured the pain without any help.
my last ct scan for a benign adrenal mass showed a few kidney as well as gall stones. i am following up on those with my urologist. i was told to avoid oxolates in the future (cola's broccoli etc) they seem to cause stone formations in some individuals, i have a serious cola addiction (pepsi) and do you think i will listen to the doctor about stopping pepsi? now that i have the vicodin addiction under control it is time ti address my last 2 addictions......
pepsi and cigarettes!
take care gina and merry Christmas! jewels/k-9
OMG!!!!! i can so relate to your pain as i experienced a kidney stone incident last nov 2005 that put me in the hospital for emergency surgery because it became life threatening. the stone was stuck in the ureter which caised all the urine to pool up in my back, my white count was at 1800! hign infection had set in and the doctor said there was alot of pus during the procedure to put in a stent to help me pass the stone. i was in the hospital almost 4 days, and thats when my addiction really took off again after trying to quit drugs previously in may.
i did not tell any one i was a recovering addict, the pain was so SEVERE as bad as labor they gave me dilaudid plus sent me home with alot of pain relief rx's that were narcotic. i could not of endured the pain without any help.
my last ct scan for a benign adrenal mass showed a few kidney as well as gall stones. i am following up on those with my urologist. i was told to avoid oxolates in the future (cola's broccoli etc) they seem to cause stone formations in some individuals, i have a serious cola addiction (pepsi) and do you think i will listen to the doctor about stopping pepsi? now that i have the vicodin addiction under control it is time ti address my last 2 addictions......
pepsi and cigarettes!
take care gina and merry Christmas! jewels/k-9