Re: Need advise from the experts
From: kathycarp (kathycarp_at_comcast.net)
Date: 12/17/04
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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:31:51 -0800
Good to get a diagnosis. Now you need to get this cleared up, and REMEMBER
that any kidney/bladder pain in the future gets immediate attention!
Kathy (stepping down off my "mother" platform) :-)
"Susan Mitchell" <readthemessage@nobody.com> wrote in message
news:H9Iwd.277982$R05.267929@attbi_s53...
> Well, went to doctor. Urine is full of RBCs. She's pretty sure it's
> kidney
> stones. Had a CT scan and am awaiting results. I'm just pissed I waited
> all these months. I refuse to pass this (nice trick if I can do it). I
> had
> no labor with my son, and I won't have it now! <VBG> Anyway, doc to call
> later. Son, said this is what I get for having such a high pain
> tolerance.
> If I didn't I would have gone in sooner!! I guess this shaking is pain,
> but
> it really is tolerable to me but as I said before we really do have high
> tolerance for it in our family. Weird!
>
> --
> Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
> (to reply send to medlawtrans@comcast.net)
> "CyberCafe" <pkbk@badger.tds.net> wrote in message
> news:41C3091F.4DEA35F1@badger.tds.net...
>>
>>
>> Susan Mitchell wrote:
>>
>> > We have a family history of benign kidney cysts and lots of kidney
> problems
>> > not too many serious. Grandfather had serious but rest were all benign
> just
>> > irritating.
>>
>> Boy, I hope it's nothing serious. My mom had only one functioning kidney
>> throughout her life, and I don't understand how she made it through all
> those
>> pregnancies. She did have to have dialysis after she became diabetic
> though.
>>
>> Barb
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
>> > (to reply send to medlawtrans@comcast.net)
>> > "CyberCafe" <pkbk@badger.tds.net> wrote in message
>> > news:41C2217D.618AB022@badger.tds.net...
>> > > The kidney pain is the spooky part I think. I hope you mentioned
>> > > that
> to
>> > the
>> > > doctor. They gave us cranberry juice, the real stuff and not
> imitation,
>> > while
>> > > in the hospital (one small carton of about a cup a day) if we had
> frequent
>> > > urination or discomfort complaints (I'm talking about bladder
>> > > problems
>> > from
>> > > dehydration, etc. and not due to a serious medical problem). Once in
> a
>> > while I
>> > > still need to take the cranberry juice when my bladder gets irritated
>> > (it's
>> > > moving around according to my doc and the capacity is very small
> compared
>> > to
>> > > what it used to be). The only time I have had kidney discomfort was
> after
>> > > getting dehydrated. When one of my kids was little, she had a
> whopping
>> > > infection in the ureters and felt kidney pain although her kidney's
> were
>> > okay.
>> > >
>> > > Barb
>> > >
>> > > Susan Mitchell wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I'm waiting for a call from doc, but will pick the brain of the
>> > > > real
>> > > > experts.
>> > > > I have had ongoing problems off an on with frequent urination.
>> > > > This
>> > comes
>> > > > on about every three to four weeks and lasts a few days. When I
>> > > > say
>> > > > frequent, I mean 10 times an hour or more, very small amount of
>> > urination
>> > > > but feeling like I have to go a lot. Then after a day of that I
> have a
>> > lot
>> > > > of left kidney pain for a day or two. This week I had frequent
>> > urination
>> > > > even more than usual but this time it was dribbling and one time I
>> > thought I
>> > > > had to go a river and barely went at all. This time the frequency
> is
>> > > > hanging on and so is the kidney pain. It has lasted for about a
> week
>> > now.
>> > > > No fever. No edema. Just dull, ache to the point I'm very
> irritable
>> > (even
>> > > > more so than ever and that's scary). I haven't a clue. I was
> taking
>> > > > calcium as I do not do dairy so I stopped the calcium in the event
> I'm
>> > > > trying to form stones.
>> > > >
>> > > > Any ideas? Yes, I have a doc appointment but not until next
> Wednesday,
>> > thus
>> > > > the phone call (our ER sucks).
>> > > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
>> > > > (to reply send to medlawtrans@comcast.net)
>> > >
>>
>
>
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