Kidney stone question

I just got back from the ER with a UTI and two stones. The pain was off and on. I felt like I was going to vomit. But I couldn't. Pain was lower part of stomach left side. Pain would get to a 8 and then about a 3. I didn't want to go to er either. My doctor told me to go to er since that is all she would do. I gave urine blood and had a CT. 3.5 hours later I'm so glad I went.
Hope you feel better.

Mine was the worst pain I'd ever experienced, at the time. Began with a dull ache in my lower back, and became worse as the pain moved to my side. I was literally doubled over, crying in pain. Got pain meds at the ER after confirmation of kidney stones. Passed them naturally over the following 2 days, and had them one other time after that. I recall the ER doc told me kidney stone pain in similar to labor pains. Regardless, kidney stones are horrible.

If your pain worsens, I'd head to the ER.

Mine was caused by dehydration. I thought it was period cramps at first. Then the pain grew increasingly worse and expanded out in a radial like manner. For me it did not get better but much worse. I think I debated with myself for nearly 2 hours before driving myself to the ER.

Like someone else said, I had never been in pain like it. Even labor pains paled by comparison.

I feel your pain, literally. Mine started at about 11 pm Saturday night. I still haven't passed it. I'm trying to figure out at which point I go back to the ER. I see my GP tomorrow. If you're only at a 4-5, it could be a small one, and you'll pass it on your own. The only reason to go in is because the pain is unbearable. All they can really do is confirm that it's a stone and give you pain meds. If it gets stuck and you need medical intervention, you will be in unbearable pain.

My pain level at the time I went in was 8-9 with a few episodes of 10. I haven't vomited in 12 years, but I vomited 8 times that night. Now I'm keeping the pain at bay with Hydrocodone, but I still have periods of 6-7 pain. Walking/pacing actually helps.

I have had one - I will be happy to keep that tally at one, thank you very much!! It started out feeling like I pulled something in my back/side, and progressed to intense vomit-inducing pain. And then subsided. Lather, rinse, repeat. I stuck it out for 4 days (much of the time it wasn't that intense), before going to the ER. Mine was the size (I forget what exactly) that was right on the verge of whether it would pass on it's own, or need intervention. It did pass - 11 days after onset. I think if you continue to have symptoms, it's good to have it checked to know exactly what you're dealing with. There's no time table - some pass quickly, some take a while. Drink lots of fluids if you are able, and get checked if the pain doesn't go away. You do want to make sure you don't also have a kidney infection - that can become bad news very quickly. Feel better!

This was bout my experience except I was pregnant ... And didn't have any pain meds.
My natural childbirth a month later was not painful at all compared to the two pea-sized stones I passed.

if pain gets worse, I'd go in.

feel better soon!

Are you sure it's kidney stones? Maybe gal stones? Are you puking/fevers etc.  I waiting till I was puking and high fevers before I went for gal stones but it took 4 trips before we figured it all out and got them all. My siblings have all had them either gal stones or kidney. My sister had her Kidney stones at the same time I had mine- 4 total stones they took my gal bladder and my appendix and part of my liver. It was all infected .She ran high fevers but also had a nasty infection. Myinfection didn't come till they got the 2nd stone out. Kidney stones you either have to pass them on their own or have them blasted. My sister had them blasted. They tried the stint but it didn't work. The ER can just give you pain meds and do the test to confirm what it is and even then sometimes it takes more than once.

I have had 4 kidney stones over the years. It's awful. The pain started right around my belly button for me and then radiated to my lower back. Then I started feeling like I had to urinate but going to the bathroom provided no relief. Then the
waves of continuous pain at different levels. I tried to avoid the ER the last time and went to urgent care. They gave me IV fluids and a prescription for pain meds. I went home, took as many as the pain meds as I was able to, drank a lot of fluids and then
ended up in the ER anyway several hours later. The pain was so bad that my teeth were chattering and I had the shakes. Got the pain under control (read: they knocked me out),stayed most of the night in the ER, was sent me home and I passed the stone later that day.
I would rather give birth to a litter than have another kidney stone. Hope you are feeling better and are able to get checked out soon!

I have had two kidney stones, and with the first one, I was laying on the tile floor panting like a dog and if someone would have shot me, it would have felt good!
I recently had a scan for a different issue that shows there's another kidney stone in one of my kidneys, just waiting to hit me. I didn't go to the hospital for the second one...I knew I had the kidney stone walk...pissin' blood. It feels like a meteor pushing it's way through a tube the size of a strand of hair. It only hurts until it gets to your bladder

OP, hoping you're much better by now and that it was something minor and not a kidney stone. Please let us know how you're doing.