My First Kidney Stone

[kybearfuzz]

After 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.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

There have been recent studies that put the diet sodas at the top of the list ... They're finding kidney stones in children as young as five due to consumption of diet drinks.