I Am Living with the Kidney Stone Disease

I am A healthy 33 Year old mother of three. Well, The healthy part is kind of sticky. I have a kidney disease.

10 Years ago I got sick during a very hectic day at work. I called my step mom and she agreed to pick up my kids from school. I went home to lay down. When I reached my king size custom made bed I laid belly down on the bottom corner and stayed right in that same spot for three days. My Dad and step mom lived more than an hours drive away. I was alone, sweating, shaking and scared. I was unable even to remove my black dress shoes. My $70.00 gold plated watched fogged up and peeled as I drifted from a state of fear to a state of unconsciousness.

My family took me to the minor emergency clinic. I was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. Armed with antibiotics my body attempted to recover. Two weeks later the pain and bloody urine arrived in and the same physician began a cycle of ignoring. More antibiotics and cultures were perfectible. Six weeks of pain, pain medication and being ignored by medical professionals passed by and I began to drag like a wet rag.

I do admit it took me a while to see a urologist. But, as of now I do not remember much of this six week time period. I was taking enormous amounts pain medication. The mediation helped to ease the pain. Yet, it also seems to have dulled my thinking process.

21 Percent blood in my urine led this urologist to belive that I had a strong possibility of cancer. My mom and step father drove 250 miles to be by my side. The test results were better than cancer. I had kidney stones.

I was wheeled From the ex-ray room to the emergency room. Being so drugged, I do not remember why. But, I remember when this big man Held the x- ray Before a light and he said, "See this kidney it is not working - - and this one is barely working". A calcium based stone had formed in each of my kidneys and took a little ride simultaneously through both sides of my Urinary tract. There they stayed stuck, stopping any urine from leaving my body. Within this six weeks my kidneys had swollen and then when about to burst they stopped.