I got stoned...

Okay, maybe not the most tactile title, but hey, really, I did get stoned. Kidney stoned that is.


I should really never start things off with nothing exciting happens in my life. Because once I say something like that, a little spice is thrown into the mix. Bother. I shouldn't open my big mouth.


So last Thursday night was an adventure. Corey and I were out to dinner and going to Costco afterwards to pick up a few things. We get to Costco, and something isn't right. I feel funny and it feels like someone is using my back as a punching bag, but only on the left side. Weird huh? So i elected to go home and not shop. I was a little too much in pain to wander around and have to deal with the crowd. So I call Corey's mom, thinking she'll know what to do, she works in the medical field. The brilliant idea of go to the emergency room was automatically no way. I wasn't hurting that bad (I think I'd have to be spurting blood before I step foot in an emergency room,. No thanks). Turns out, it was a kidney stone, either that or a petrified piece of dookie in the bottom of the toilet bowl. No, it wasn't the most painful thing in the world (knock on wood), but it sure wasn't pleasant. I'm hoping this is the first and last time I'll ever have to go through it. Apparently it was a pretty good sized stone. You could see the different lobes of it's development. Stay tuned and hopefully I'll find out what type it is!

**Update. So the nurse calls me on Friday the 6th from the Dr.'s office to confirm my stone. It's a very common calcium stone. Not so bad I don't need any other testing. Yippie! I'm relay getting tired of having to pay for labs. I know $6 here, and $10 there for things, but it adds up. So with this diagnosis means, I need to eat certain foods in moderation or not at all. Okay, I think to myself, this should be so bad. Little did I know, beets, chocolate, coffee, cola, nuts, rhubarb, spinach, strawberries, tea, wheat bran, dairy and soy are on this list. A) I'm lactose intolerant, so B)what am I supposed to put on my cereal, rice milk? Hell no. Blech. And who's the jerk who decided that chocolate and strawberries should be eating in moderation?!? Grrr. Shhhh, we just wont tell the doctor that I'm eating my share of chocolate and strawberries this summer!