Kidney stones, narcotics and a week without a firearm

[cool45auto]

My dad went thru that not too long ago. Glad you're back QBG!

 

[Telperion]

Ouch, ouch, and ouch. Glad you're feeling better, QBG. See you at the next Bay Area THR outing.

 

[MLH]

Forgot to mention

That riding a good trotting horse can help get those babies moving along!

 

[TaxPhd]

I have been banged up a bit in my life, and I am pretty pain tolerant. NOTHING compared to the kidney stone I had. Hurling from the pain, and close to passing out. As mentioned before, women that have had them generally say it is worse than natural childbirth.

To dispel a little kidney stone folklore - the pain is the stone moving from the kidney to the bladder. From the bladder to outside the body is painless.

 

[Kentucky Rifle]

Me too!

I snatched the brand new shower curtain off the rod like it was tissue paper.

KR

 

[Felonious Monk]

MeekandMild,

1) Opiate pain relievers don't do anything to make stones pass. Drinking lots of water and doing lots of walking, seemed to help me more. The pain stops as soon as the stone passes.

True, but they do ALOT to make the stones bearable UNTIL they pass!

2) These kind of painkillers you mention hang around in the body several days or maybe over a week so if a person had to take a drug screen (for instance if they shot someone in self defence, regardless of how justified) it would be positive. Then they would have a hard time explaining things to the police.

Not if you've got a legit Rx, or your physician's name is Dr. Feelgood.

I DO try to at least be ambulatory, though, if I'm going into a firefight or a hot zone.
It's kinda like Reverend Jim from Taxi (Christopher Lloyd) having a CCW.

 

[Moparmike]

To dispel a little kidney stone folklore - the pain is the stone moving from the kidney to the bladder. From the bladder to outside the body is painless.

Oh, thank God. I had surgery 2.5 years ago, and every time I think of the ugly C-word I can still feel it. The 5 1-inch holes in my abdomen and the missing chunk of my esophogus didnt hurt nearly as bad as trying to urinate. Felt like fire. (OW, OW, OW, must stop thinking about it, OW)

That said, how old is one usually when the Kidney Stones start? I dont drink soda nearly as much as I did, and now am addicted to Red Diamond Iced Tea. Drink about half a gallon a day.

 

[Byron Quick]

It's like trying to pass a ladder-back rocking chair.

Ever seen a micrograph of a kidney stone? Many look like sandspurs. I think I'd rather try to pass a ladderback chair.

A friend of mine is a real tough guy. I've seen him cradle his arm which had a severe open fracture-both the radius and the ulna were visibly sticking into the air and calmly say,"I think I need to be taken to the hospital."

I've seen the same guy crawling on the floor and crying from a kidney stone.

Working the ER, I've seen a lot of people in pain. I've seen a lot of people doing a good job of dealing with that pain. Few of them had kidney stones.