Friday, April 03, 2009

update

so i had my appointment with the urologist today. i was in there for like 2 hours. so here's the scoop. my stone is right above my bladder, causing my uretra( the tubes that connect the kidney to the bladder) to be swollen. this is on my left side only. it has been in there for a while so they aren't sure whether it is actually still inside the uretra or on top of my ovaries. and since i am under 40 and my kidney isn't swollen, which is a concern to the doctors, since it should be, due to the size of the kidney stone. i will be having surgery tuesday morning, to have this removed. it is a day surgry only takes an hour. i will be out by the after noon. after this is done, then they can determine what my stone is made up of and how serious the rest of my organs are. then i can continue prevention and medication for this. it is actually cause by too many uti, so my urince is super concentrated. and too much calcium in my body, which is likely to be hereditary, since i think one of my grandparents had it. so when i have the surgery they will be sticking a scope up through to my the stone and blast it so it will turn into sand like particles and then flush it out, if my kidney is still not draining correctly( which it's not now because i am still peeing blood) that will put a stent in. this is a plastic spagheti shaped tube with coils on it that will help let my kidney drain into my bladder to drain. so now i am on flomax, which helps women with kidney stones get things flowing and draining. it is actually a drug used for men you have troubles urinating, i am sure you have all seen the commercial. and i am on pain meds. which i had to switch because i had a really bad reaction to them this morning which caused me to throw up, and break out into a allergic reaction, so my forhead was covered in red bums, they are still there but not so red, so now i am taking a different one. so i actually ate dinner and my migraine went away which started yesterday. ahhh so much information in such a little time. i am confused, scared and worried about missing more work. but i will be fine and let you know after my surgery on tuesday how it went. my daddy is picking me up from the hospital, so it will be like being a little kid again. which is kind of cool. i miss those times. well, i am going to bed now and need more sleep, which is weird because i slept like from 10 last nite until noon today, minus my shower after i throw up everywhere. good nite.

4 comments:

:) said...

that sucks! i have had some seriously painful kidney and bladder infections but, not any stones. but, it runs in my family. i hope your surgery goes well and then you can get back to normal. don't worry about work right now. focus on feeling calm and healthy.
let me know what the doctor says about preventive measures. probably in what a person consumes.hmmm. i will look into that

serialstar said...

aw...that really bites the big one friend...I know you're surgery will go awesome and will be sending you some serious healing vibes! I love you bunches! feel better soon!

Angela said...

Poor thing! I hope you didn't have to use your brand new shiny day off for recovery and stuff. Your job should totally understand. I mean its not like you're faking a cold or something.I hope all goes well and you have a speedy recovery!

Sierra said...

I can't imagine really...but it's seriously like asteroids, blast it! ;p Anyways, I know you'll be fine, and work, well if the don't understand then they suck, but I'm sure they will...don't worry about that. I called you back today but you didn't answer, good luck on the surgery tomorrow. I'll be thinking thoughts of the blasting of the asteroid being a success, and may the healing of the Erin be quick. I love you!!!