BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone

Subject: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Maryrrf
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 10:09 PM

Well I don't usually like to talk about my ailments, but I've seen the Mudcat mojo work and I'd like to ask for it now. On Friday I went to work feeling fine, and by 11:00 am I became so ill that my business partner called the ambulance and I was rushed to the emergency room. Turned out it was a 6 mm kidney stone that had stopped up the kidney and caused an infection. After a hospital stay and a stent, the infection is cleared and they've sent me home with percoset to wait till the stone passes. They may end up breaking it up with ultrasound or actually going in and getting it out, but they prefer the more conservative approach of having me drink lots of water to flush it out. So please send mudcat mojo - I want this stone to pass - I'm miserable!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 10:14 PM

And it's gonna hurt like all hell when it passes...but remember, this too shall pass.

Good thoughts a-comin'.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 10:25 PM

Mine passed DURING the hospital exams....good thing, too. Worst pain I ever had! Dilaudid IV kept me sane until it passed. And later, I caught it... THAT tiny little thing hurt that much?

Anyway...yeah...best thoughts for quick resolution.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 10:52 PM

If it turns out to be a uric acid stone, get on potassium citrate as soon as possible!In my experience passing the stone is nothing compared to the pain when it leaves the kidney, and you are beyond that.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: GUEST,999
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 10:59 PM

http://www.opiates.com/percocet/

That site is worth reading. I don't envy you this. Thoughts and prayers may help, and since that's all I can do, consider it done.

Note it's important you drink water and pee lots. Some people can get rid of a stone and it's fine. Others have to set new pain records. I hope your experience is the former.

I know about a half dozen jokes that would fit just fine here, but after the stone is done away with will be soon enough to tell them.

Best wishes to you.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Ebbie
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 11:51 PM

Best wishes from here too. I have two friends who have had them more than once and from what they have said I devoutly wish for no first-hand information.

May it melt (do they melt?) swiftly and pass well-nigh painlessly.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Crowhugger
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 01:18 AM

All the best from east of Toronto!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 02:55 AM

best wishes from me,too

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 04:16 AM

I am sending good thoughts from England. May the stone dissolve quickly and/or pass painlessly.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: GUEST,moira(flyingcat)
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 04:24 AM

Good thoughts from me too mary, I hope it passes soon and you get relief. Thinking of you. xx

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: fat B****rd
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 06:05 AM

All the very best regards to you, Mary.
Charlie in Dunfermline.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Maryrrf
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 11:08 AM

I called the doctor's office this morning and they're going to do an x ray this afternoon - well wishes and Mudcat magic much appreciated.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 11:12 AM

Fingers crossed that this passes soon and easily, and fingers crossed that no one else gets this!

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: katlaughing
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 01:35 PM

Giving thanks, here, for immediate and full release of all concerning this challenge. I *see* the stone disintegrating into fine, teeny-tiny grains which pass freely and with ease. Thanks for this or something better for the highest good of all concerned. So mote it be!

I'll keep you in my thoughts.:-)

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: gnu
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 01:48 PM

I hope you pass with flying colours!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 01:57 PM

Bleeding things do hurt! If they are still in the kidney it may be possible to smash them up with ultrasound so they are small enough to pass with little or no pain.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: jacqui.c
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 03:58 PM

Good thoughts coming from Maine. Here's hoping it clears through the system with as little pain as possible.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: olddude
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 04:53 PM

You got mine, gosh those things hurt. I am sorry to hear you are going through that ...

get better soon

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 08:08 PM

May you rest in piss.......

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Janie
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 08:11 PM

Sending lots of good thoughts also, Mary. May this ordeal be over soon!

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: maeve
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 08:13 PM

Thinking of you, Mary.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Maryrrf
Date: 09 Feb 12 - 08:14 PM

X ray was inconclusive, so tomorrow they are going to do a CT scan. There is a chance that the stone has gone back into the kidney which would not be good !

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Skivee
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 01:25 AM

I feel your pain, Mary. Cranberry juice?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: JennieG
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 01:49 AM

More good thoughts and wishes from me too.

Last night when I clicked on this thread, the thread immediately below it was "How to remove faucet handle".......just make sure the docs remove the right object, OK?

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Maryrrf
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 08:21 AM

I've been appalled as I visit different doctors'offices (today will be the fifth doctor I've seen) and also as I go between rooms at the SAME clinic, with the same questions asked repeatedly by the assistants. "Is your problem on the right or the left side" and "Did you get a stent". They're holding a folder in their hand, which I suppose is my chart. I asked one of them if that information wasn't printed on my chart (shouldn't it be featured rather prominently that I had a kidney stone on the LEFT side, and what the status was (STENT REMOVED)?) and she snapped back "Yes but why should I bother to look at the chart when I can just ask you?". Okay, but what if I was confused...I'd think they'd at least take a look at the doctors notes. So if I said it was the right side you'd xray the right side then, no questions asked????

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 09:25 AM

I hope your agony ends soon, and in a good way. In the meantime, I'll be praying.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 10:48 AM

May The Piss be with you.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 11:14 AM

In SOME clinics & hospitals, even assistants are supposed to follow basic procedures and READ the charts...and then maybe double-check with the patient before doing anything serious. That is just laziness, and should be brought to the doctors attention.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: maeve
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 11:22 AM

Mary, some hospitals have established a safety check procedure requiring each person to ask certain questions to ensure you are the correct patient and they are carrying out the correct procedure. Some of what you describe might fall into that category.

On the other hand (left or right, Ma'am?) that person sould be reported for unprofessional behavior.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: maeve
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 11:23 AM

After adding an "h"...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: gnu
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 12:13 PM

Yes, cranberry juice is good.

Also, 6 drops of lemon juice per day. I put twice that in a cup of fresh squeezed cranbery juice. It reduces the chance of kidney stones, gall stones and parotid stones.

The doc messed up. Two weeks later, I had the left parotid removed. I drink my juice every day. I eat very little salt... mac & cheese once a month, one tbsp of cottage cheese per day, max.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Maryrrf
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 03:37 PM

Well the stone has returned to the kidney. Apparently when they did the stent they pushed it back in and it is now an a "lower chamber" where the stone doesn't have too much of a tendency to want to get out. They said to leave it for a month as there is still some inflammation from the stent, and then they will see about blasting it. Of course if it tries to escape again it'll probably be back to the emergency room... In general I'm not too impressed with the Urology practice and their professionalism - the questions that should have been obvious if they'd looked at the chart weren't phrased as verifying information - more like a clueless "what are you in here for, I haven't had time to look". It's a huge practice with offices all over town and I really felt like a cog in the wheel - all consultations very rushed. The last consult was with a Phsycian's Assistant who took the time to answer my questions and explain what was going on. I told him I appreciated it and he said "That's why I'm a PA and not a doctor". It just seems to be a more relaxed relationship and maybe they allow them more time with the patient. So I'm kinda on pins and needles hoping that this stone doesn't try to come out again before they can blast it. The stent must have broken it up a little bit, it's only 5mm as opposed to 6mm, but that still is considered a large stone to pass.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 06:00 PM

wot a medical saga!

good luck with the rest of it - including it breaking up even more

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Maryrrf
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 06:42 PM

Yeah don't send any more wishes for it to move - I'd rather wait till they break it up into small particles. Let's hope it stays put till they can deal with it !

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 08:33 PM

I shall then rescind The Sacred Piss until it is needeed later.......

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 11:34 PM

Aw, shucks, I was hoping for better news but will redouble prayers!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: ragdall
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 11:57 PM

Best wishes and good thoughts, Mary, for the stone to rest where it is until you're able to resume your quest to be added to Guinness's Book as the woman who has answered the largest number of redundant questions about a kidney stone.

rags

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 01:53 PM

There's nothing funny about a stone in the urinary tract, especially the bill you will get.
You have my sympathy, Mary.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat mojo needed for kidney stone
From: Maryrrf
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 02:42 PM

I have been trying not to think about the bills - I do have insurance but there is a $2500 deductible. I've had to shell out for numerous co-pays, prescriptions, and a $500 deposit in the emergency room - but now keeping my fingers crossed that all or most of the procedures will be covered. The bill will be coming soon, I'm sure..