Today, I was passing a kidney stone. I had to go to the ER but had no one to take me, so I drove myself. They made me wait 3 hours because it was suspicious that someone in "so much pain" could drive. It was the largest stone that doctor had seen in his career. FML
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Today, I went to the hospital for wrenching pains in my abdomen. It turns out I have the largest "non removable" kidney stone my doctor has ever seen. It's the size of a fucking walnut. I have to pass the thing. FML
Today, I passed my kidney stone. After thirteen hours of pain free joy, another one appeared. FML
Today, I passed a kidney stone. This is the third one in two years. I'm only 23. FML
Today, I had the pleasure of having a kidney stones removal procedure where they hammer your kidneys to break up the stones. Afterwards, the doctor called my wife over the intercom to come to back to the waiting room. She freaks out, runs back, and the doctor says, “I just wanted to show this stone. Cool huh?" FML
Today, my doctor confirmed that the extreme pain I've been experiencing is due to a kidney stone. My friend decided this was the time to tell me that passing a kidney stone is the male equivalent of child birth. Hello even more pain. FML
Today, after I'd given myself a week off work for my birthday, and my alcoholic sister decided she needed to go to rehab, which then hijacked the whole week for her crisis, at 4:30 am, the morning I'm supposed to return to work, I end up in the ER with a first time kidney stone. The next thing I know, she's in the ER for an injury. FML
Today, I was at my doctor's office. I thought I had a kidney stone. Turns out I'm pregnant and I have a kidney stone. FML
Today, I ended up in the hospital for the fourth time since beginning of January due to kidney stones. FML
Today, I was told I have kidney stones, kidney infections, and a bladder infection and that I have to get admitted into the hospital. I let my boss know, and she replied, "But you're still coming in for your shift tonight, right?" FML
Today, I had a whole month off before I started my new job. On day six, I had to go to the ER because of a kidney stone and had to get a ureteral stent. In two weeks they will remove the stone, then another week until they remove the stent. I will be recovered just in time for my first day of work. FML
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D_D 11
Can you report that? If so, please do.
Tripartita 45
They probably thought you were just going to sell whatever they gave you on the street. Kids go crazy for urine retention medicine and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy…
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Comments (22)
Yudith 28
Ah, men...such *******. They can't even drive a car while passing a little kidney stone through their big uretra; imagine passing a big kidney stone through a woman's small uretra.
Emily Joann Thompson 5
How big was it?
1known 34
Don't you have x rays in the US?
piinksock 17
Ah the old "you don't look like you're in pain to me". How many unassisted births has this resulted in, I wonder?
Kryostrife 7
Do you feel like a badass? because I would! if I had just drove myself to the damn hospital while passing a kidney stone that I ended up having to wait 3 hrs for medical care because of some shitty suspicion and it just so happened to be the biggest one the doctor had ever seen...that would've made my day
yeongji 31
That is not acceptable. I work in ED and you cannot make someone wait because they seem like a drug seeker or something. Now if it was chaotic and whatnot (mind you, there are many different zones in the department), there was no choice but to make you wait to take care of more critical patients first. But if you mean they keep on pushing your chart to the back of the line or staff was just chilling with no patients around, that is a valid complaint. & for future reference, call and ambulance or a friend if needed! The last thing you want to do is aim to visit the ED, only to end up with a different chief complaint due to an accident.