It may be kidney stones, or a kidney infection, or something infinitely more serious. Please, never ignore this type of pain?
These eejits at my local Urgent Care are truly stupidos!! I should have gone to ER, but nooooooooooo, I just didn't want to interrupt my hubby's routine today, so my local (middle of nowhere!!) Urgent Care it was!!
They didn't even do an x-ray nor a scan for kidney stones!! Sent me home with Bactrim and something for nausea called Ondansetron 4mgs.
Dunno if these meds will help or not, we shall see...
If they DO NOT work I shall go to ER for some REAL doctorin' !!
Yup, REAL DOCTORIN'!! These people got thier med licensces at K-Mart!
I knew more than they did!!! OK, enough of my BS, how all of you doing?
Love you guys!!!
Lara (sweet lemon)
Hi friends! I just got back from Urgent Care, and want to warn everyone to never ignore back pain!?
Question posted by Anonymous on 20 Oct 2011
Last updated on 13 February 2013
You ALL ARE SO WONDERFUL !!! Thank you for all the advice and show of compassion and love!!
Now I must rest, and keep my feets elevated, so I will be off the site for a while, until the edema goes away!!!
Love all of yous guys!!
Lara
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23 Answers
Lara what a valuable shared experience. My experience is similar yet different. I once started an evening with small back pain and as the evening went on it got worse and worse. I kept telling my husband at that time to take me to the hospital and he thought I was being over dramatic. Finally I could not take it anymore so I told him I was going to drive myself to the emergency room. He put up a fuss, but he did decided to drive me, and he rolled his eyes and shook his head the whole way there. By the time we arrived I rolled out of the car and started crawling on the ground. As the nurses and tech responded quickly to come get me he said he was going to go park the car!!! To make a long story short I ended up passing a kidney stone. (Ouch!) Afterward, the doctor came to my bedside when my husband was boringly leaning over the rail of my stretcher.
He looked at me and asked me if I have ever had a baby, and when I told that I had not, He said with a smile, "Well my dear you just did." Needless to say I got a apology that night from my husband. (About three or four times, and I think he cooked me dinner the next two nights :0)... You are right kidney stones are no joke. The doctor said once you have one kidney stone most likely there will be more. Lucky for me that was 15 years ago and I have not had another one. I'm sure your husband would have been more than willing to break his routine to take you to the ER, and not be a stinker like mine. I hope you won't have to experience that again, forget the routine. I am sorry to hear you had such an awful experience. Yes, URGENT CARE Is a nightmare. The doctor that night also told me to cut down on drinking milk because milk encourages kidney stones. That was a piece of doctor's advice I was happy to take!!! haha Boo on back pain of any kind! I definitely hope you didn't pass it and I hope you are feeling better now. Have a Happy Valentine's Day! Kira
Touche!!! Took my son with swollen glands and sore throat to local urgent care. They did not culture or anything. They sent him home with 3 day Zpac. After 2 days we had to go to ER where they directly admitted him. Hooked him up to IV fluids and antibiotics and cortisone injections because now his throat was so swollen he couldn't even swallow. I went to the urgent care and asked for my 50 bucks back. They didn't give it to me, But it gave people in the waiting room at the urgent care place something to think (and worry) about!! I was so upset. We definately won't go to urgent care for our DOCTORIN ever again!!
maso's right, lemon. Please go to the ER instead of urgent care. We don't have urgent care centres where I live, however, just from their business name it doesn't really sound as if your health issues are what they want there.
Shall we all take a poll, sweets? ER! ER! ER! ER...
Please don't wait! Love, Wendy :)
Lara... with all due respect... GO TO THE ER please.
Love,
Andres.
UPDATE; I went to Urgent Care on Thursday. I'm just now starting to feel slighly human. Bactrim must be working a bit. The Zofran is working, but on a limited basis. I still want to barf most of the time!!
I seem to have all the symptoms of Renal Failure, including mental confusion. ugh, not pleasant, and CONFUSING, lol
Lara
xoxo
Oh, Lara... please, please have this checked out asap!! You're worrying me over here! No renal failure for you- understand??? Sending best wishes up your way... xoxoxo... keep us posted -Shannon
Lara I am just a newbie on this site at 2013 and your post is from 2011. I feel just as worried as everybody else and I hope you are feeling better. It seems like every time I turn around I am diagnosed with something new too, so my prescription is always drink lots of water and sleep a lot. Of coarse, sometimes I feel like my doctor uses his prescription pad like Post-it notes! ;0) Take care of yourself and let your loved ones take care of you... Kira
Oh Sweets... I am just now reading this... I have been MIA for awhile. Are you OK?? What was it? Are u feeling better, my dear??
BTW... the Odansetron... very good stuff. We use it in surgery all the time. And it is what's used for the nausea in cancer chemotherapy patients... so use it without fear... let me know how you are doing. There are like a gazillion of these dc posts for me to sort out... overwhelming, for sure!! So I don't know if I can look through all of them to see what is wrong... or maybe I am being too nosey. That you are better is enough for me... hugs...
Lara... no medical comments from myself, you have plenty already, welcome back, just stay well, take care, be well & safe... Rajive
My poor sweet little sis, we are a mess aren't we? What shall we do with you? It's something different every week! Are you in competition with my bionic man by chance?? Love ya sweetie. Thank you for being there today for me. Was going nuts! He's not looking too good either, but don't know what to do for him. They didn't even make sure he could pee before pushing him out the door! His left eyelid is dropping very badly, & eyes are very blood shot. He's freezing (probably the ice water?)but no temp. Help anyone??? Sweet sis, you take it easy & get to your own doctor tomorrow. Tell your hubby I said he better take you himself. The beer with the buddies can wait for crying out loud! I will drive the 7 hours & take you myself! And don't put it past me. If I leave here by 1 AM.could be there by 7ish.!Call me please or text me> Love to you my sweet little Sister... Mary
Mary glad to hear from you. Do you know his bp do you know how to check it? Bp is the most I'm portant test you can take. Take care of him sweety and your self sweet lemon please try to get a ct to look for stones wrks better hope you have something for pain geez it could be worse than labr. Plz plz plz plzz go get checked lve you ladis hugs and prayers
Hi Mary!!
No need to come up here, he took me no problem!! But I DO need to see a kidney specialist, which my PCP will find for me. This is getting ridiculous!
How is hubby today Mary? Let us know PLEASE??
XOXO
Lara
Jaime & sweets, the Lyrica now at 2 a day I can hardley see my keyboard tor read the post, but yes, I should have a MD behind my name! Have cared for him 21 years thru hell & high water! BP is good HR is good, tep is good, pain is bad~~~ He took 2/ 10mg of hydorcodone & a xanax so have to watch him closely. I jumped all over him for taking that much ! He feels like shite!! And so do I. Got to leave at 1 PM, but have daughter coming then to sit with him. I have to see a dental surgeon about my jaw bone today. OMG! can it get any worse for all of us? Thanks for the concern! Got to go & get the house picked up or Mr. OCD will be trying to do it one handed while I am gone! Love to all! mary
I feel that way at times I try to take care of people when I can I can check bp even though not medically trainrd have corrected nurses on readind it wrong. Good luck with the jaw that can be rough minebroke when hit by a car as a kid they wanted to rebreak it shen I was 18 seen othodontist for braces that wasn't happening. I know how painfull it can be hon yu do have lts of prob medically with you and your hubby I'm sure he knows how lucky he is to have you! Congrats on keeping it tgether all these years that is wonderful you and hubby both very lucky to have each other. Good luck take care. Jaime
My dear, sweet little lemon head! What have you been doing to yourself? It seems as if quite a few of us are experiencing extra health issues & pain as of late. I know I'm getting decrepit but, Lara hun, you don't need to copy me! LOL (Seriously~~~NOT a good idea).
My suggestion is to interrupt your hubby's schedule once in a while, it'll keep him on his toes! LOL YOU should be a priority, especially when it's concerning your back area, plus you already have existing health issues.
Please, please, please get some rest. Pain always feels more powerful when we're tired. I'll add you to my prayer list, Lara. My list goes right around my neighbourhood block now! Somehow, we've got to cut down on some of these names.
I hope the meds work for you, sweet lemon. This is a geat time for your hubby to demonstrate some extra care & compassion for you.
All the best with your health, Lara!
Love, Wendy :) <3 <3 <3
I just wanted to say that I hope you are feeling better, Sweet Lemon and please keep us updated. I wish that I had some advice for you other than to please go to the ER if your conditions do not improve or get worse. xoxoxo -Shannon
Hi all, I just wanted to say thanks for what you wrote it made me laugh the way you told your story. I am not laughing because your in pain, I would be the last one to do that, but just wanted to say hope things get better real quick for you.
Have a good rest of the day everyone. Liz.
Sweet Lemon,
I do not disagree with you about what I call "doc in the box" but too many times people use the ER when they should use a clinic. A few examples that these clinics are good for,checking for streph,ear pain,testing for the flu,bad twists or sprains because they can x-ray and stitches. I cut my leg a few weeks back and knew I needed stitches. I was not happy I could not steri strip the laceration. Remember I am a nurse. But going to the clinic which was after office hours saved me so many hours. I was in and out in 90 minutes. But if your pain is that severe going to the ER makes sense because they can scan areas like the back,head or abdomen. But remember always follow up with your own doctor the next day. I do find these clinic not always the best but they can do the basics very well and save you 4-8 hours at the ER. I really hope you feel better!!
Sheila
You are very right Sheila. I work for a health insurance company now and I understand so much more of waste of dollars by the healthcare system. Many times it is better and faster to go to UC. it keeps the ERs uncluttered for the true emergencies. People using the ER as a PCP office is really bad here in AZ and it is seriously detrimental to the ER when so many non emergencies come in. If these people would utilize the UCs it would cost less and free up the ER and also save a lot of expensive unnecessary testing from being done.
I to am a Nurse, Thank you for your post. It's so true. Many people do not have insurance, so they go to the ER for help.
Hi, sorry to hear you've been through all of that! It is shocking the way 'we' are treated by some healthcare 'professionals'! Make sure you do follow this up if you are still in pain. Take it easy, i assume you have someone looking after you? I keep meaning to pm you, i will do so now... D
Lemon Girl!!! I was soooooooo worried when I read another posting that mentioned you having some sort of troubles!! I have been off this site for too long and need to catch up, as it seems that the case of the... I don't know "bad luck, but could have been worse", has been spreading like wild fire. I hope that you recover quickly, and will be in my prayers - as will everyone else who is recovering and or having troubles.
Sincerely,
Jeff K
I pray for a speedy recovery!! Take care of yourself!
Hey girl! I am so sorry u r feeling bad. Please promise me u will go to the E.R. soon if no relief. That can get so serious. I can't believe they didn't do any xrays. That is BS!!! Let me know how u r. Luv ya, and I pray u get better soon! Dixie
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