mousepod |
12-05-2009 10:52 AM |
Have you had kidney stones? Well, apparently, I do. I woke up on Wednesday with a pain in my gut that I thought was food poisoning. I got ready for work and even got as far as getting in the car and starting my commute, but the pain was too great, so I turned around and came home. I called in sick, and in a couple of hours the pain dissipated, so I chalked it up to some seriously bad indigestion. The next morning, the pain was back. This time, it was way worse. I paced around the house, not able to stand still. By the time I found myself dry heaving into the toilet from the pain, I realized that this might be something more serious than I initially thought. Heather was out of town, so I called 911, and wound up taking a short ambulance ride to a local hospital. It was quite an experience. In two short days, I got to experience my very first overnight hospital stay, catheter, and prostate exam. I was discharged last night, but the stone hasn't passed yet. I'm on some meds that will relax my muscles (and help the stone on its merry way out), but they make my legs ache like crazy. Isn't it fun to be a grown-up?
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