stoned AGAIN!!

[Guest guest]

Good grief Steve you can start your own rock quarry!!!

Hope things get better for you soon.

Hugs,

stoned AGAIN!!

> Hi, Gang,

>

> I am in too much pain to tell the whole story, but after having a

> " routine " X-Ray this AM that purported to show that I had no more

> kidney stones (as read by both the radiologist and the urologist), as

> I was driving home around noon, the pain started again,. I figured

> that it had to be leftover " dust, " and I tried to tough it out. But,

> I finally had to take a Percoset at 2 PM, and now at 4:30 PM it still

> is not controlling the pain, and I took a second one (never had to do

> that before). Maybe this time there is a stuck stone? Not giving up

> just yet, though. But, three days in a row? What the heck am I, a

> Gattling gun?

>

> Writhing, watering, and wondering,

>

> Steve

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[Guest guest]

Man I really feel for you Steve! You are getting the full torment this week.

Could the stone be already starting down whatever it travels thru and they dont

see it on xrays? I've never had anything like this so I'm not sure how this all

works....but I really feel for you !!!

AJ

Steve Goldstein wrote:

>Hi, Gang,

>

>I am in too much pain to tell the whole story, but after having a

> " routine " X-Ray this AM that purported to show that I had no more

>kidney stones (as read by both the radiologist and the urologist), as

>I was driving home around noon, the pain started again,. I figured

>that it had to be leftover " dust, " and I tried to tough it out. But,

>I finally had to take a Percoset at 2 PM, and now at 4:30 PM it still

>is not controlling the pain, and I took a second one (never had to do

>that before). Maybe this time there is a stuck stone? Not giving up

>just yet, though. But, three days in a row? What the heck am I, a

>Gattling gun?

>

>Writhing, watering, and wondering,

>

>Steve

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[Guest guest]

I am so sorry, please take care and I hope the doctors are checking

everything.

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[Guest guest]

Good grief Steve you can start your own rock quarry!!!>>>

LOL Cynce!!!!! Really hope you get over this real soon, Steve, It must be

the pits! sounds like you need to be shocked to get them all!

Judie

[Guest guest]

Hey Steve,

I thought you gave that up in the sixties? Keep your stash of stones

well hidden!

When you feel better....Drink a pint of fluid a hour, not only will

you not form kidney stones, you will ............Feel Sexy!!!

Dan

> Hi, Gang,

>

> I am in too much pain to tell the whole story, but after having a

> " routine " X-Ray this AM that purported to show that I had no more

> kidney stones (as read by both the radiologist and the urologist),

as

> I was driving home around noon, the pain started again,. I figured

> that it had to be leftover " dust, " and I tried to tough it out.

But,

> I finally had to take a Percoset at 2 PM, and now at 4:30 PM it

still

> is not controlling the pain, and I took a second one (never had to

do

> that before). Maybe this time there is a stuck stone? Not giving

up

> just yet, though. But, three days in a row? What the heck am I, a

> Gattling gun?

>

> Writhing, watering, and wondering,

>

> Steve

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[Guest guest]

Hey Steve,

YOU ARE STONED AGAIN, eating greek food, and malabsorbing......you

sure are leading the good life!

Dan

and not stoned!!

> Thanks to all who wrote with caring and humor. It is Saturday

> morning, though I am in a stupor from the Percoset, and I really

> don't much care what time it is (other than i have to get real in

> order to officiate at a wedding late this afternoon) or even what i

> weigh at the moment.

>

> The pain got so bad yesterday, and the one Percoset didn't help, so

I

> called the urologist. By then, they had left for the day, so my

call

> was returned by another member of the practice who was on duty this

> weekend. He told me that it is not unusual to have spasms up to 24

> hours after having passed a kidney stone, and since I had passed

them

> two days in a row, and because the X-Ray did not show any more

> stones, he thought that it I was experiencing spasms. My

temperature

> had begun to rise (to 99.5ºF, not really bad, except that it was

> rising), so he prescribed Cipro (antibiotic) just in case there

might

> be an infection, which he said is rare. I went along with that,

> because I understand that it can have the same beneficial effect on

> bowel problems as Flagyl--so this was a two-fer. And, he told me

to

> take two Percosets every 3-4 hours instead of one every 4-6 hours.

> So, I have not felt the pain, though when the Percoset wore off at

2

> AM and 6:30 AM, I took just one Percoset, and that seemed to do the

> trick. So, here I am, stoned on Percoset, and it's all legal!

>

> There is still some residual pain when the Percoset wears off, but

it

> is more of a hint than a bother, so I think that i am on the mend.

> From the color of my last urine (somewhat dark, despite my guzzling

> water), I still think that there could be another kidney stone

> wending its way to the orifice. But, if that is the case, judging

> from the decreased pain intensity, it must be beyond the ureter and

> into the bladder by now.

>

> Hull shared some info with me (thanks, Chris!) that indicated

> that the stones are probably the result of my not having taken

enough

> calcium, rather than too much. Counter-intuitive, perhaps, but

> empirically reasonable.

>

> Gonna eat some Greek food now: Acidophilus.

>

> --Steve

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