So, My Day...
Right. Remember how I complained about the kidney stone pain, yesterday? That was about 3:30. Around 4, they came and took my door off (they're repainting the apartments), so then it's chilly in the house. Fine, I'll deal. The only times it's been painful since they diagnosed it, it was minor and it passed.
Not this time. I tried everything, nothing would make it go away. It hurt so bad, I couldn't think straight. Plus, that pain causes nausea, so I felt sick and full and couldn't bring myself to get much down (even knowing that water might help), so I had nothing to eat since a salad for lunch. Finally, around 10pm (that's 6 straight hours of pain, kids), I was getting a little worried and Di agreed that it was time to bite the bullet and hit the ER.
And yes, they eventually brought my door back, about 8:30.
ER doped me up (holy shit, that helped), and scanned me. The 3mm stone that they saw 2 months ago? Now it's 5mm and stuck about a third of the way between the kidney and the bladder. Yep, 2 months, that's as far as it's gone. Joy of fucking joys. They gave me a prescription for something that is supposed to dilate the ureters, but I'm broke until Monday. Thankfully, they gave me a 'compassionate refill' for today, so that'll be a start, I guess. Anyway, we got home about 1:30 or so. Poor Di, usually goes to bed around 10:30pm and here I was keeping her awake.
Thankfully, I got to sleep before the drugs wore off, and this morning, I'm down to just a dull feeling in the affected area. I'm hungry and I'm tired and I'd really, really like this to clear the fuck up, sharpish.
Not this time. I tried everything, nothing would make it go away. It hurt so bad, I couldn't think straight. Plus, that pain causes nausea, so I felt sick and full and couldn't bring myself to get much down (even knowing that water might help), so I had nothing to eat since a salad for lunch. Finally, around 10pm (that's 6 straight hours of pain, kids), I was getting a little worried and Di agreed that it was time to bite the bullet and hit the ER.
And yes, they eventually brought my door back, about 8:30.
ER doped me up (holy shit, that helped), and scanned me. The 3mm stone that they saw 2 months ago? Now it's 5mm and stuck about a third of the way between the kidney and the bladder. Yep, 2 months, that's as far as it's gone. Joy of fucking joys. They gave me a prescription for something that is supposed to dilate the ureters, but I'm broke until Monday. Thankfully, they gave me a 'compassionate refill' for today, so that'll be a start, I guess. Anyway, we got home about 1:30 or so. Poor Di, usually goes to bed around 10:30pm and here I was keeping her awake.
Thankfully, I got to sleep before the drugs wore off, and this morning, I'm down to just a dull feeling in the affected area. I'm hungry and I'm tired and I'd really, really like this to clear the fuck up, sharpish.