Hope Y'all Are Having a Better Week

[cinaed]

 Well, so far I spent about 7 or 8 hours on Monday in urgent care getting diagnosed with a kidney stone, and am currently on a ten-day medicine plan to hopefully get rid of that, so Thanksgiving is gonna be SO much fun this year! Especially since apparently there are multiple types of kidney stones and you won't know how to adjust your diet until you pass it and let the doctors test it, and each type's preventative diet directly contradicts the others? 

I am straight up not having a good time you guys. :( 

The super strong ibuprofen is keeping me from being an agony, but it still feels like, well, a pressure of a stone in my side, so I'm just constantly uncomfortable. :(

Keep your fingers crossed for me that I get rid of this sucker quickly, please!

Comments

[chestnut_pod]

Oh no! I hope this passes quickly and that the ibuprofen keeps working. Good luck <3

[cinaed]

Thanks, me too. The frustrating aspect is that the ibuprofen mostly works, but I have to take it with meals and it only lasts 6 hours, so I keep waking up early at like 2 or 4 am as the painkillers wear off. :/

[anneapocalypse]

Oh no, that's miserable. :( I hope it passes quickly and you feel better soon!

[cinaed]

Yeah, if you can avoid kidney stones, I recommend it, because it is honestly awful. Thanks for the well-wishes!

[hokuton_punch]

Oh God, I've been there this year, 1 million sympathies. DDDDDDDD: MAY THAT SUCKER DISSOLVE OR PASS SWIFTLY.

[cinaed]

Oh no, I'm sorry you've experienced this too! I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

Any recommendations on drinks or stuff to help? I've mostly been chugging water and alternating between curled up with a heating pad or taking scalding hot showers.

[hokuton_punch]

It was definitely NOT FUN. D: Although I lucked out in that by the time my hospital-approved morphine wore off, the pain was pretty much gone, even if the stone wasn't...

My dietary advice list was like, half stuff I already didn't eat/eat much of and half stuff that I can't give up entirely, so - not really. /o\ I have definitely upped my water uptake and tried to cut back or at least consider thoughtfully dairy stuff and sodium, but that's about it. Sorry I can't help more! D:

[cinaed]

Yeah, I'm only on day two of my meds, but it seems to be like agony in the morning, feel okay for most of the afternoon, pain in the evening, and then okay once I'm headed to bed. The stupid stone is just being a jerk I guess. Also I didn't get morphine, lol, they gave me tramadol at the hospital and then sent me home with ibuprofen.

No worries! I was just curious! Just definitely trying to drink more water right now.

[skygiants]

Oh no, I'm so sorry! That sounds like absolutely no fun. :(

[cinaed]

Yeah, I recommend avoiding getting kidney stones at all costs because it is a thoroughly unpleasant experience!

I am mostly just mad because it looks like while I've been trying to eat healthier lately, I've been doing it in the wrong ways for my body -- too many foods like spinach and nuts, not enough dairy. But I finally felt human enough to work yesterday! ...And then promptly slept 12 hours, but you know, progress.

Feeling much better though!