I forgot to take a vicodin, and was in pain all day… anyway, x-rays tomorrow, wish me luck. Thanks for watching, check out these cool links below =) 2nd Channel – www.youtube.com Alice’s YouTube – www.youtube.com Website www.kylemcguigan.com Twitter http Facebook www.facebook.com Myspace www.myspace.com

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I may have a kidney stone, and I do have a history of kidney stones for the past 15 years. I did have lithroipsy treatments, which is shock wave, (or better known as ESWL) in 1996, 1999, 2002, and in 2003, which blasts the stone in to sand. The urogolist who used to do my care for my kidney stones (he retired 2 in a half years ago)would get X-Rays, for KUB, which will check my kidneys, and finds out whether or not I have a stone or not, and it shows a small shadow where the stone is. The doctor, who took his place would like me to have a CAT scan, and before the procedure, I have to drink this awful tasting medicine, which coats my stomach, and highlights my kidneys or something, and I never had a CAT scan done before, I am not scared, but curious why I need a CAT scan, what’s the difference between a CAT scan and a plain X-Ray? I like to know.

Honest answers please, negative answers will be deleted and reported.

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The urologist called me yesterday ( he just got the x-rays from the ER) and says that I have a stone in the distal uretur and I would like to know what that means and if that is why this pain won’t go away, he says that maybe it has become lodged there. Is this normal?

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Ended up in the ER early Monday morning (today is Wednesday) with a small (2-3mm) kidney stone in my ereter. Doc prescribed some pain meds and said to drink a lot of fluids and that it should pass on it’s own within a week. I’ve been drinking water non-stop. Went to the urologist this morning and they took another x-ray but could not see the stone on the x-ray. urologist said that this was either due to the small size of it or because some stones don’t show up on x-rays but do on CT scans (taken at the ER). still have a "moderate" amount of blood in my urine, although it’s pretty clear with all the water I’m drinking. So my question is: When will I pass this stone??? if you have first-hand knowledge with small stones like this, please let me know. I would appreciate it.

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On Wednesday the 7th of January I was tripped at work unleashing a previously unfelt kidney stone in my right kidney. By Saturday night, the 10th the pain increased. By Sunday afternoon I was in the emergency room at our local hospital. Hours later I was transfered by ambulance to a major hospital. The next afternoon I was transfered again to another hospital where I was to spend the next 8 days. The stone finally passed from the kidney into the ureters and bladder early Monday morning about 1:30am in a tearing pain. They are still inside my bladder, although I am finally now home, waiting to pass fully out. By the way, the employee who was not following OS&S has most likely lost his job as my back is also injured. Great! Not! And how much did the 3 ambulance rides? 11 days in a private room in hospital? 3CT scans? 3 x-rays? Nuclear body scan? An IVP kidney/bladder scan? 17 blood tests? Physio? Medication and extras cost???? NOT A THING!!!! I love our health care system.

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