A warning - Kidney Stones

On Wednesday I will be exactly 3 months post-op. During the past week I have been to the emergency room twice for severe abdominal pain. The only comparison I can make to the pain I was having would be the pain of contractions from childbirth, except that it was constant, I felt like my insides were being ripped out. I thought I had a bowel obstruction or some other complication from surgery. The first visit was a complete waste of my time. The doctor said my symptoms seemed like I had a kidney stone, but all the tests they did didn't show one. I had blood work, urinalysis, CT scan and regular x-rays and they showed nothing. So they sent me home with no medicine, no follow-up orders, nothing. Well, pain came back saturday night and after 4 hours of writhing in pain my husband took me to another emergency room where they did x-rays of my kidneys called an IVP. These showed that I do infact have a kidney stone and so the doctor gave me pain killers and I will be following up with a urologist on Wednesday. The kidney stone was apparently caused by dehydration after surgery. It can be very difficult to get in all your water after surgery, but it is so important that you do. The pain from the kidney stone hurt worse than anything I went through with the surgery. So drink, drink, drink and if you do begin to experience severe abdominal pain, make sure to ask specifically for IVP x-rays so you do not have to suffer needlessly.

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