oiled by the blood i shed everyday it breaks me down
so, i should probably update this thing to answer some questions.
i guess i will start with last week. 3 times i had really excruciating pains in my back, near my right kidney. to the point where it was almost too painful to breathe, but it went away both times. well, sunday night it happened again around 3AM but didn't stop. screaming for my parents they come into my room to find me shaking uncontrolably and crying while laying as flat as possible on my bed. after failed attempts to calm me down they came to the inevitable conclusion of, the emergency room. my first '05 ER visit was most definitely one i would prefer to forget. after sitting uncomfortably and crying non-stop for hours, they take me in and try to get me out of my clothes, which never ended up happening because it was too painful to move at this point. nurses start their basics, a million fucking questions ("do you smoke?", "do you drink?", "are you pregnant, any chance you could be?", "when was your last period?", "are you sexually active?")IV and pee tests. To make my needle experience even worse, when she was drawing blood she set my filled viles of blood on my lap! around this point i'm feeling a little nauseas and tell them i'm going to throw up, and i did...about 3 times. after all this it was basically smooth sailing. pain medication directly to the vein was all i could have asked for. CAT scan revealed a kidney stone.
so passed out on my bed around 7AM, paramedics are coming in to admit some 23 year old guy. after they get him settled in they leave him for a few minutes. so this man got up, and came into my area and tried getting on my bed!! he had already ripped his IV out of his arm, HIS blood was everywhere and he was coming for mine! thank God my dad was there....or else i would have been screwed.
around 8:30AM i leave the hospital and go to my grandmas, vicoden in hand to get some sleep. next day i had a urology appt. where we get into something completely different. had more xrays done and it showed the stone was in my ureter and my doctor said it probably wouldn't come out anytime soon, and that my entire right kidney was being blocked. he recommends this weird procedure where they go in my with cameras among other instruments to get this thing out. well, that's what i did yesterday. went through all the questioning, again. where they reassured me i wasn't pregnant because they did a pregnancy test with some of the blood they took....HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY I'M NOT PREGNANT??? after i got my IV, everything just kind of blurs together until i wake up on recovery. they tell me i have a 6 inch tube going from my kidney to my bladder, lift up my gown and show me where the strings to it are taped to my inner thigh. and that the stent will be pulled out of me on Tuesday.
that's basically all. i thought i was going to the ER again last night because of the intense pain i was in. but the doctors said to just keep taking the painkillers until it goes away, it doesn't sound like a great idea to me, but....if that's what they want.
sorry to anyone who has called lately, really haven't been in much of a talking mood...especially today because last night was horrible. don't worry though, i plan on calling most of you back.
time for more pain killers
i guess i will start with last week. 3 times i had really excruciating pains in my back, near my right kidney. to the point where it was almost too painful to breathe, but it went away both times. well, sunday night it happened again around 3AM but didn't stop. screaming for my parents they come into my room to find me shaking uncontrolably and crying while laying as flat as possible on my bed. after failed attempts to calm me down they came to the inevitable conclusion of, the emergency room. my first '05 ER visit was most definitely one i would prefer to forget. after sitting uncomfortably and crying non-stop for hours, they take me in and try to get me out of my clothes, which never ended up happening because it was too painful to move at this point. nurses start their basics, a million fucking questions ("do you smoke?", "do you drink?", "are you pregnant, any chance you could be?", "when was your last period?", "are you sexually active?")IV and pee tests. To make my needle experience even worse, when she was drawing blood she set my filled viles of blood on my lap! around this point i'm feeling a little nauseas and tell them i'm going to throw up, and i did...about 3 times. after all this it was basically smooth sailing. pain medication directly to the vein was all i could have asked for. CAT scan revealed a kidney stone.
so passed out on my bed around 7AM, paramedics are coming in to admit some 23 year old guy. after they get him settled in they leave him for a few minutes. so this man got up, and came into my area and tried getting on my bed!! he had already ripped his IV out of his arm, HIS blood was everywhere and he was coming for mine! thank God my dad was there....or else i would have been screwed.
around 8:30AM i leave the hospital and go to my grandmas, vicoden in hand to get some sleep. next day i had a urology appt. where we get into something completely different. had more xrays done and it showed the stone was in my ureter and my doctor said it probably wouldn't come out anytime soon, and that my entire right kidney was being blocked. he recommends this weird procedure where they go in my with cameras among other instruments to get this thing out. well, that's what i did yesterday. went through all the questioning, again. where they reassured me i wasn't pregnant because they did a pregnancy test with some of the blood they took....HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY I'M NOT PREGNANT??? after i got my IV, everything just kind of blurs together until i wake up on recovery. they tell me i have a 6 inch tube going from my kidney to my bladder, lift up my gown and show me where the strings to it are taped to my inner thigh. and that the stent will be pulled out of me on Tuesday.
that's basically all. i thought i was going to the ER again last night because of the intense pain i was in. but the doctors said to just keep taking the painkillers until it goes away, it doesn't sound like a great idea to me, but....if that's what they want.
sorry to anyone who has called lately, really haven't been in much of a talking mood...especially today because last night was horrible. don't worry though, i plan on calling most of you back.
time for more pain killers