If you go to the ER, they'll give you adequate pain relief, and will push fluids through your IV to quicken the process along. The ER gets patients with kidney stones frequently. I feel for you...I've never had kidney stones, but dear hubby has. He was in agony. It took 5 hours for the stone to reach his bladder. Then, no more pain. He had to take antibiotics though. Passing stones can abrade the ureters, leaving them open to infection.

Thanks Keeska-
I've had them for years, starting in my early 20's. I don't go to the ER b/c I'm severely needle phobic. I mean, it has to be BAD for me to get one, and even then I'm a basket case. And IVs scare me even more. When I was a tiny girl I saw a rerun of "Quincy" where a man killed a hospital patient by putting air in the IV. So when I had my tonsils out at 15, I called the nurses in every few minutes until they literally sedated me! I was quaking with fear, and truly thought I was going to die.

Years later I had a breast reduction. I was much too young and since pregnancy changes your chest, I should've waited, but my back and shoulders couldn't handle the pressure. I went through the same thing with the IV. I BEGGED the dr to take it out even though he said I needed the IV pain relief. Finally he took it out and put me on Darvocet, and he was shocked that I didn't complain. Hell, I was thrilled b/c I could stand a bit of pain but I couldn't sleep with the IV b/c I was terrified of it.

When I got my 1st kidney stone they hospitalized me. I remember very little other than throwing up a lot and begging them to take the IV out. Over the years I've had many, and the last one was 14 (not 16 as I wrote) years ago. I went in for some nausea relief and they gave me a drug I was allergic to- compazine. I had a reaction where I screamed, passed out, saw black, thought I was dying, and came to with the doctor all upset b/c I'd had a severe allergic reaction. He made me promise to get a bracelet with my allergy on it.

Since the RSD, that is the only time I did the hospital thing for stones. I don't need the pain relief, or at least I didn't back then b/c I was on a bit higher dose of morphine & was allowed to increase if needed. So now I just drink water and suffer at home. It's more comfortable and I'm not staring at an IV line all night and day.

I will watch for infection and can call my doc for antibiotics, though this time of year he usually requires an office visit and I'm not up to that. Last time I had a stone it passed and then I had another one! it was a "fragment" of the 1st one and not fun at all. I needed antibiotics with that one. Let's hope this one is a teeny tiny grain of sand. It hasn't moved in almost an hour so it is time for more water. Ugh.

I'm in the same boat, Thalia@@@ I came close to going to ER last night but have no ins. and Medicare doesn't go into effect for 3 more wks. Have made it for a yr. w/ just my FNP doing my medication and I really can't run up a big ER bill!!!!! So I'm doing what your doing, trying to ride it out, use my meds that I have and pass the sucker. I was in awful pain last night, better today but getting worse again!! I sure hope I can pass it!! I get really big ones sometimes.

My first one, abt.5 yrs ago lodged in my urethra and the uro doc took in out in the office. Only took a few mins. but the pain was horrible!! Then, offered me pain shot. WTF!!

I've had many small ones since then and one surgery for another large one. The darn thing evidently passed the night before the surgery and they didn't bother to check. So surgery for nothing!!!

I hate these things!

I understand about not wanting be in the hospital. I'm OK with IV's, except that nowadays they have to flush the IV if it stops flowing. And when it does stop flowing, an alarm sounds. Every 5 frickin minutes. After my thyroidectomy they made me stay overnight. The next morning I told them I was going home...no need for a bath...OK, take blood to check my calcium...no I don't want to wait for the results...no, I don't want to eat breakfast...I'm going home...They just wouldn't listen. Then my surgeon came in and said I could go home...yippee!!!

I hope your stone passes quickly...now drink some more water...think about how much better that is than having an IV...

Yep, feel your pain, I've got one too big to pass, so mine is still in the kidney just giving me reminder pains once in awhile so I know it is there. For me, I go to the ER and get an I.V. and tell them to open er up!(with docs orders of course) because with small ones the I.V. helps flush em out.

Good luck and I hope you pass them quickly!!

OMG I feel so sorry for you! I've only had one. I didn't know what it was for a while. I didn't know to drink lots of fluid...so of course I didn't because I didn't want to Pee!!! G! I was in agony for hours and hours. And I did scream once!
I don't know if I would go to the ER or not if I had another one. Now, that I know a little more about them. I just hope I never get another one!
I hope your agony is over soon.
(((Hugs)))

Yes drink lots of water and hopefully you will pee it out soon. I had one not to long ago and I Was so glad when I finally pee'd it out but then since I was just sitting around it made my back and leg go into a flare and it felt like I was in pain for two weeks straight.

Hope it passes soon.

This must be Kidney stone season I've got a few again. It seems like I get them 2 or 3 times a year. Drink 2 ozs of OJ with 2 tblspns of castor oil mixed in it. Drink this everyday until it passes. It really works to speed up passing the stone and the pain.

@ Nealy the same thing happened to me. I had one stuck went for surgery and it was already gone. But that's when I got diagnosed with IC and hell hath no fury on a bladder fully inflammed passing kidney stones too.

Healing hugs & prayers

Thanks all. I managed to sleep a few hours and then woke up when my hubby got up for work. He woke me to make sure I was okay. Nice of him, but damn it, I was asleep! ;)

I passed something at about 3am, but it was like a bigger grain of sand. I think this is like the last stone I had and I'm either passing 2, or I passed a fragment of the 1st one. So I'm STILL passing it.

I admit that part is my fault as I fell asleep, therefore stopped drinking water. But I'm up and drinking water and it's moving along, and I'm literally crying into my pillow b/c the sitter forgot to put my son's fan on in his room. (We use fans in our bedrooms for white noise.)

The sitter is returning at 8am and then I'll try to sleep again. I just am so tired! I have a cold on top of all of this so it isn't fun. But I'm praying the rest passes before 2pm, when the sitter has to leave. And I HATE that I can't be with my son, but I can't chase a 2 year old around right now. I have to get to work and pass this thing. I wish he wasn't such a light sleeper- I just want to go kiss his cheek. But no sense causing more work. It's not as if he is going anywhere.

Okay, back to my bottles of water!

Hope is passes soon

So glad I haven't had one of these nasty little things... Hope you feeling better now Thallajen?, keep drinking that water lol... best wishes.

The last time I had one that was small enough to pass, it took about 24 hours so I hope yours passes soon. Our friend had his first one and it took him like a week, but he really didn't have much pain except that first episode.

Good Luck!