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CheeChee
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My horrific 5 day experience...
So guess where i've spent the last 5 days of my life? In the hospital with Kidney Stones. Yup, thats right, the most horrifying pain on God's green earth decided to visit me monday morning and i was laid up in the maternity ward of Mercy Medical Center until today. I finally passed 3 stones yesterday. I was doped up on Demerol and Perkasettes for 5 days and I have never experienced such excruciating pain in my life. Monday thru Thursday is just a total blur in my mind, and i when i think of the whole thing i could just cry. I started having contractions due to the pain and they had to stop them. I was so worried about the baby, but he was totally fine, he was just sleeping an awful lot due to the pain meds. I stoned my poor baby before he is even born! Then they couldnt get an IV started b/c my veins kept collapsing. They stuck me 8 times on the left arm and wrist, and 9 times on the right. I think everyone tried from the nurses down to housekeeping. It was so bad. Finally one of the urologists was able to get it in my right wrist. A very painful spot. I had to drink gallon after gallon of water and cranberry juice to flood my kidneys and i had to pee every 5 min which is so annoying as it is being 8 months pregnant, let alone attached to IV poles and monitors.
I cried so much.
My DH was great thru it all, Thank God! I felt so bad for him he didnt know what to do for me. I was just in and out of consciousness. I was really the one to blame for not hydrating myself enough and especially eating like 4 Tums a day for heartburn didnt help either. I didnt know they were calcium. And oh yes they hardened. So i guess i learned my lesson, and will be walking around with a water bottle attached to my neck for the duration of this pregnancy. I am so glad to be home now. And people tell me if i could go thru the pain of kidney stones, labor will be a breeze!!!! FROM THEIR MOUTH'S TO GOD'S EAR'S!! just so glad to be home!!!!!.....
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BaroqueMama
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
Well first of all, I'm SO happy to hear you are ok!!!! I'm so sorry to hear you had to go through such a horrible experience But reading your thread has now made me think twice about that bottle of tums I JUST bought! Hang in there and feel better!
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| Posted 11/4/05 6:43 PM |
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sunny
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
I am so sorry you had to go through that but am glad you are ok!!
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| Posted 11/4/05 6:43 PM |
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AndreaLMT
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
I'm so sorry about your terrible experience.
Gald everything is ok now, please rest and take care of yourself!!!
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| Posted 11/4/05 7:04 PM |
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pnm1654
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
OMG, how horrible I'm so sorry. I'm glad you and your son are OK and that you are home
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| Posted 11/4/05 7:11 PM |
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Moehick
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
I am so sorry to hear what you have gone through and so glad you are OK now and back with us
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| Posted 11/4/05 7:17 PM |
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
OMG! How terrible.
My grandmother (and dad) had kidney stones. My grandmother said they were more painful than childbirth. And my dad was laid up for quite a few days- he had to call in sick to his job for the first time in several years.
Feel better!
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| Posted 11/4/05 7:29 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
How awful for you!! Im so sorry but Im glad you're feeling better!
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| Posted 11/4/05 9:11 PM |
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momAGAIN
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
so sorry , glad you are better, and omg i eat tums non stop 
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| Posted 11/4/05 9:37 PM |
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shellyt
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
What a horrible ordeal! Thank God you are okay!
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| Posted 11/5/05 7:20 AM |
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JRG71
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
OMG!!!!! Hugs to you - Glad your home and ok!!
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| Posted 11/5/05 7:34 AM |
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bellarina
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
I'm so glad you and your baby are ok! What a horrible expierence to go through! I'm glad it's over for you now. Take it easy!
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| Posted 11/5/05 7:36 AM |
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Anniegrl
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
Oh no! I'm so sorry that you had to go through all that 
But thankfully you're all better and you're little one is fine!
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| Posted 11/5/05 7:59 AM |
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Shelly
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
Sorry you had to go through this Maybe labor will feel like a breeze now. Glad to hear your doing better and the little one is safe and sound.
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| Posted 11/5/05 9:16 AM |
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Corinne
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
i feel your pain. had kidney stones 2 times in 2 years due to tums. during my pregnancy i said i would not take them. now i eat peppermints to help. but it doesnt help as much. rather deal with the disconfort for a little bit then put my body through kidney stones, my doctor told me if i can handle stones i can handle labor. i passed the first one on my own and the second i had to be in the hospital. my hospital had ultrasonic bath that you sit in and it breaks up the stones. wonder why they didnt have u do that. maybe because of the baby. well rest alot and drink cranberry juice. i hate cranberry juice but they do have some good mixes the cran rasberry is so good cant taste the cranberry.
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| Posted 11/5/05 2:06 PM |
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MrsERod
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AnnBrunoXO
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
What a terrible thing to have to go through and especially while you are pregnant!!
Glad you are feeling better and are at home!
Take care of yourself and keep that water bottle near by
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| Posted 11/5/05 4:22 PM |
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Bran-loves-Tom
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
GLad you are better now!!! Stay hydrated and get plenty of rest!!! Stay well!!!
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| Posted 11/5/05 5:00 PM |
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KPtoys
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Re: My horrific 5 day experience...
Posted by CheeChee
people tell me if i could go thru the pain of kidney stones, labor will be a breeze!!!!
totally true!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 11/5/05 5:26 PM |
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