My First Kidney Stone
Mar. 3rd, 2010 08:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kybearfuzzAfter work yesterday, I played the good boy and went to the gym. I'd been having some lower back pain lately, but attributed that to some recent weightlifting and sleeping in a hotel bed over the weekend. I figured a good workout might stretch things out.
So after jumping into my gym clothes in the locker room, I walked into the restroom to take a whiz before sweating it up. I felt a sharp jolt of intense pain down there and I looked down to notice I was peeing blood.
Now this was a first and I felt the panic that Carrie must have when she thought she was bleeding to death in the shower. So I pulled up, washed my hands, went back to my locker, threw on my sweat shirt, grabbed my gym, and bee-lined for my car.
At my doctors' office, the receptionist found (or created) an immediate appointment for me, after I told her about the bloody urine. Graphic images seem to express urgency.
After a urine test and a discussion of the symptoms, the conclusion was that I had unknowingly and likely given birth to my first kidney stone.
My lower back is still hurting a bit. I'm wondering how many more of those little bastards are creeping around in there.
So after jumping into my gym clothes in the locker room, I walked into the restroom to take a whiz before sweating it up. I felt a sharp jolt of intense pain down there and I looked down to notice I was peeing blood.
Now this was a first and I felt the panic that Carrie must have when she thought she was bleeding to death in the shower. So I pulled up, washed my hands, went back to my locker, threw on my sweat shirt, grabbed my gym, and bee-lined for my car.
At my doctors' office, the receptionist found (or created) an immediate appointment for me, after I told her about the bloody urine. Graphic images seem to express urgency.
After a urine test and a discussion of the symptoms, the conclusion was that I had unknowingly and likely given birth to my first kidney stone.
My lower back is still hurting a bit. I'm wondering how many more of those little bastards are creeping around in there.
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Date: 2010-03-03 03:22 pm (UTC)My doctor looks like he's 16 and didn't mention anything about dietary changes. Strangely, he seemed more concerned about my homosexual activities (if any) and whether I'd been tested for STD's.
I'll have to look to see if I need to avoid anything (like the diet sodas) in my diet.