First off two days ago i started seeing blood in my urine and i know for sure it is not my period. at two in the morning that day i had an excruciating pain in my side and my parents stayed up with me because i was crying it was so painful. third i am having trouble giong the bathroom and am a little constipated. I have also been having bad back pains for a little over a week now. Im worried should i see a doctor.

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Is it possible to pass a kidney stone without excruciating pain? Like if the stone is small? or does it always hurt really bad?
I’ve had kidney stones 3 times in the past 3 years and every time its been the worst pain ever.
But right now i have a pain in my side that’s not unbearable, i feel nauseous, and im really hot but my skin is cold. And i just got a random pain out of no where that feels like a bladder infection. These are all the symptoms i get when i have kidney stones except the pain is usually 100 times worse.

All three times the pain has woken me up and then started real bad. So is it possible that its just the beginning of one and the pain is going to get worse? I don’t know how it feels before you pass a stone because im always sleeping. Or is it just a really small one?

Sorry this is confusing and not worded good. Im in too much pain to concentrate. =/
its near the back on my right side. exactly where my other stones have hurt. Last time my doctor gave me a prescription for vicodin incase i got one. Someone stole it from me tho. I only have one left. =[

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How often will I get the stabbing back pains from it?
I have been in excruciating pain once in the less then 12 hours I’ve had it..
The rest of the time its just been a little sore.
Are the sharp unbearable pains going to come back?
Can I spend the day out tomorrow and trust I won’t get sharp pains?
How can I get rid of it faster?
I have a very important engagement to go to… :/

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I had all the symptoms of a kidney stone including the excruciating pain and it felt like something was moving out "down there" but the pain all stopped (after 2 hours and lots of morphine) before I ever urinated. This was a first time for me so I’m a little confused. Thanks.

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So I am a 23 year old woman and am currently halfway through my Peace Corps service (meaning I have been here a little over a year and have just under a year left) I found out about 8 months ago that I have a very large number of kidney stones. I found myself in agonizing pain one morning and called my doctor and they came and got me and admitted me into a hospital overnight in the capital and then had me stay there and ran a bunch of tests for a week. Well, the ultrasound showed many many stones. However, they stopped hurting completely after about 2 days and I never passed anything (that I saw anyway – I suppose one may have broke up and passed unnoticed). They figure from th urinalysis that they are the calcium oxalate kind although they said they couldn’t be sure because I didnt pass a stone for them to analyze.

I had a follow-up ultrasound in April and they found either 10 or 12 (I forget now which) and then the ultrasound technician quit looking, said that was sufficient to prove they were still present, and sent me on my way. At that time my largest ones were about 7mm in diameter and I had several that were 5mm, 4mm, 3mm, etc… Well, that was the last I have heard about them… Obviously the Peace Corps is not going to pay for any sort of "unnecessary" procedure for me to get rid of them if they are not hurting me constantly or causing other problems but I feel kind of like a ticking time bomb. I know I have about a dozen (or more) little stones sitting in my kidneys (I have them in both) and I kind of question what my doctors back home would be suggesting at this point… I figure it is only a matter of time before one of them decides to move and I am once again in excruciating pain.

So, for my question: For any of you who are doctors or for any of you who are in or have been in my position, what are the normal recommendations at this point? My doctors have pretty much told me to drink at least 2 liters of water a day and avoid foods with high oxalate (which is virtually impossible where I am at because one of the main foods eaten here is tomatoes). That is all they have said though… Any help is welcome

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