Stoned?

[stevenpiziks]

Have the kidney stones started up again, you ask? They may have, thank you for asking. For the last few days, I've been having bad twinges that experience has taught me can easily turn into an ER visit. On Thursday, in fact, I lived on codeine. Before bed, I packed up an ER grab bag (pad, charger, medication list, book) in case I had to make a run for it. I didn't, fortunately, and on Friday morning, the pains had dulled a chunk.

I have my bi-annual sonogram scheduled for August to look for stones (the last one said I had seven of them), but I decided to call the urologist's office and see if I could move it up, maybe, perhaps. When I described my symptoms to the nurse, though, the office went into overdrive. They whipped into action, made several phone calls, and got me scheduled for a CT scan on Saturday.

So we'll see what that turns up. At least for this procedure I don't have to drink a ton of water beforehand!

ETA
The scan came back and reported a Situation Unchanged. About seven stones, all under 5 mm, which is below the "go in and get them" threshold. We just wait and see if they'll pass on their own. On the one hand, I'm extremely glad there's no need for surgery. On the other hand, we're back in waiting mode.