What would you do?

ScottandPearlJam
ScottandPearlJam Posts: 1,126
edited June 2008 in The Porch
Sept 25, 2007 I got a kidney stone, worst pain in my life but from what I heard I passed it quickly about 3 hours.

9pm last night i get the same pain went to the hospital and find I have yet another one. This one is a stubborn I am still trying to pass it....I was in sever pain lastnight but not that bad now. I am driniking plenty of fluids taking meds but from what docs are saying this may take a few days to pass.

Now I have both tickets for MSG, soooooo do I go and and fight the pain? Or do I sit this one out? Now those of you who never had a kidney stone will say suck it up.....but those who had one know that pain I am in. Doc's say its the equivelent to guys having a baby.....only my baby is 4mm big :).

Any doc's on this board can give me advice? Do I take the Vicatine to the show? Hmmmm

Scott
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  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    What would you do
    If you were asked to give up your dreams for freedom
    What would you do
    If asked to make the ultimate sacrifice

    Would you think about all them people
    Who gave up everything they had.
    Would you think about all them War Vets
    And would you start to feel bad

    Freedom isn't free
    It costs folks like you and me
    And if we don't all chip in
    We'll never pay that bill
    Freedom isn't free
    No, there's a hefty fuckin' fee.
    And if you don't throw in your buck 'o five
    Who will?

    What would you do
    If someone told you to fight for freedom.
    Would you answer the call
    Or run away like a little pussy
    'Cause the only reason that you're here.
    Is 'cause folks died for you in the past
    So maybe now it's your turn
    To die kicking some ass

    Freedom isn't free
    It costs folks like you and me
    And if we don't all chip in
    We'll never pay that bill
    Freedom isn't free
    Now there's a have to hook'in fee
    And if you don't throw in your buck 'o five
    Who will?

    You don't throw in your buck 'o five. Who will?
    Oooh buck 'o five
    Freedom costs a buck 'o five
  • I_Got_Shit
    I_Got_Shit Posts: 325
    Maybe you should ask this guy:

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=290373
    *Does not include encore of Garden and Leash.
  • HollisBrown
    HollisBrown Posts: 4,325
    Hey, you can be just like Kramer. Going to the garden trying to pass stones. Too bad the circus isn't in town.
    Good Luck
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  • HailHailLeatherman
    HailHailLeatherman Posts: 126
    scott & pearl jam wrote:
    Sept 25, 2007 I got a kidney stone, worst pain in my life but from what I heard I passed it quickly about 3 hours.

    9pm last night i get the same pain went to the hospital and find I have yet another one. This one is a stubborn I am still trying to pass it....I was in sever pain lastnight but not that bad now. I am driniking plenty of fluids taking meds but from what docs are saying this may take a few days to pass.

    Now I have both tickets for MSG, soooooo do I go and and fight the pain? Or do I sit this one out? Now those of you who never had a kidney stone will say suck it up.....but those who had one know that pain I am in. Doc's say its the equivelent to guys having a baby.....only my baby is 4mm big :).

    Any doc's on this board can give me advice? Do I take the Vicatine to the show? Hmmmm

    Scott

    First off, if your going, make sure your with somone you trust and not somebody who will just ditch you on street corner so he can get inside to rock out to the show.

    Honestly, it depends on your pain threshold. I would honestly drink a ton of fluids to try and pass it ASAP.

    Beer (in moderation, even my doc told me that it would help), Cranberry juice, and tons of water are advisable.

    I have had 3 in the last 5 years, they are not fun and the first one was the worst. Felt like someone was sawing my stomach in 1/2.

    Good luck, get well and take care.
  • fuck
    fuck Posts: 4,069
    I_Got_Shit wrote:
    Maybe you should ask this guy:

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=290373
    haha!

    Honestly, my dad has had kidney stones so I know they hurt like hell... I'd say sit this one out just to be safe...
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    I've had one and would go but that's just me. Being there would override the pain better than any drug. :) Plus, you're going to have the pain regardless.
    I know some that have had treatments to break the stone up, so maybe ask your doctor about it? Good luck whatever you decide. :)
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    HollisBrown wrote:
    Hey, you can be just like Kramer. Going to the garden trying to pass stones. Too bad the circus isn't in town.
    Good Luck
    You better not cause Ed to fall of the stage!!
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  • sk8nshoot1
    sk8nshoot1 Posts: 722
    I had Kidney Stones too, they suck and hurt like hell... But if you have vic's and can stand it a bit go to the show...

    Mine took 6 months to pass... Sr year college, worked in a bar... drank lots of liquids for sure...
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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Kidney stones, at least for me, were the most unimaginable pain I have ever experienced but it can vary depending on what kind of stone you have and of course, the size. What's weird is my dr said mine were as small as a grain of salt but the horrible tightening, contracting pain from them was enough to make me ball up in a fetal position and cry.

    Get some of this. It really helps:

    http://www.evitamins.com/product.asp?pid=4889

    Hope you start feeling better soon. :)
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  • riffrandall
    riffrandall Posts: 685
    I don't know, as much as I love PJ, I do NOT love not being in control of my pain & in a public environment. Of course, if I were feeling no pain I guess it would be a different story.
    "If you're looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch, you're out of luck."
  • RockMama
    RockMama Deep Creek Lake, MD Posts: 478
    My husband's doctor told him to buy two six packs and pee the stone out.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    ughh i pray i never get kidney stones. FUCK DICK PAIN! i would beg for surgery.
  • PearlJam24
    PearlJam24 Posts: 340
    go, maybe the vibrations from the show will help it pass...
  • tatu531
    tatu531 Posts: 5
    Holy s----, I understand. I went to Va. Beach show on Tuesday while a tooth was dying and was in ginormous pain. However, for 3 hours I felt no pain at all because of adrenaline and being in the 6th row helped too. Got a partial root canal on Fri. and went to DC with a swollen face and lots of vics. There was no way I was going to miss these shows!!! So shoot me, I'm obsessed.
  • ScottandPearlJam
    ScottandPearlJam Posts: 1,126
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Kidney stones, at least for me, were the most unimaginable pain I have ever experienced but it can vary depending on what kind of stone you have and of course, the size. What's weird is my dr said mine were as small as a grain of salt but the horrible tightening, contracting pain from them was enough to make me ball up in a fetal position and cry.

    Get some of this. It really helps:

    http://www.evitamins.com/product.asp?pid=4889

    Hope you start feeling better soon. :)

    Shit I was in the fetal position all night. I begged them to put me out they wouldn't.....they did give morphine, which was awesome. I tell I was touched by god.... but when it wore off nothing but vomiting. Which was nasty being that I haven't vomited in 17 years....so that was a nice suprise.

    Scott
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  • kcherub
    kcherub Posts: 961
    If you can take the pain, I say "go for it!" My husband had one summer before last, stubborn sucker that ended up needing basket surgery, and (my hero), came home from surgery and drove us to Florida. Get yourself some good (legal) pain meds, stay off the sauce, drink tons of water, and see the show!

    BTW, I have had a kidney stone and a baby, and I must say that the kidney stone hurt worse! Tho, it might be the fact that someone was on hand for the baby with a great big needle of pain meds. :)

    Take care,
    I still want you all to "take care"--I am just damn tired of typing it.

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  • dangerboy
    dangerboy Posts: 1,569
    i've had a kidney stone, and depending on where it is in your system, i'd have to say there's no fucking way i could have gone to a show...

    if you're past the morphine stage, and it's moved from your kidney down to your bladder (that's where most of the pain is, that little trip right there), you should be ok on meds and gatorade....


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