~I would Rather Give Birth to a HippO!!~

According to Wikepedia on Kidney Stones:

Renal colic is a type of pain commonly caused by kidney stones.

The pain typically begins in the kidney area
or below it & radiates through the flank (side area between ribcage and groin)
until it reaches the bladder.

The pain is colicky in nature,
((comes on in spasmodic waves as opposed to being a steady continuous pain)).
It may come in two varieties: dull and acute;
the acute variation is particularly unpleasant.
It has been described as one of the strongest pain sensations felt by humans.

Most small stones are passed spontaneously
& only pain management is required.
For this type of pain, strong Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) such as Diclofenac provide better pain relief than opiates.
Lying down on the non-aching side
& applying a hot bottle or towel to the area affected may help.
If the pain is not too intense, a more speedy release of the stones may be achieved by walking.

OK.....
so....after being up all thru the nite
((nothing new for me))...
finished my budget...
posted pictures to flickr
updated resume on DICE
wrote some emails regarding my PhD plans to my committee chair & cohorts.......
the girls ....& boy....& momma
laid down......

About an hour later....
I was jolted awake by THE MOST INTENSE PAIN
in my lower back & side.....
nothing I have ever experienced before...

(side note....)
I have had to pee alot more this past week
& I thought it was just a normal reaction to my conscious efforts to drink more water....

WRONG!!
it is true...hind sight is 20/20

when I got up to pee....I noticed .....in addition to the intense pain going on in my side.....
that it felt like a bladder infection had set in....
SHIT......FUCK....dammit.....
I hobbled down the hall to the kitchen.....
took my UTI pills....
drank huge glass of H2O ...
& grabbed the bed buddy..threw it in the micro to heat it up......
& went back to bed......

well...that wasn't going to be enough relief.......
the muscle spasm had now increased to include not only the lower back...
& the side....
but also the lower front area ....
like when you are REALLY constipated......
((sorry...only reference I could think of .....)).

now ...about this time....I get a text from D.....telling me he noticed I had updated my Yahoo dating profile......
with a ....."hmmmm"at the end of his text....
no "hey baby"...no...."miss u"...no "LUV U"...no have a good day off.....blah blah blah.....
yeah.....the last think I want to be dealing w/
as I am rocking back & forth...crying from the pain......
wondering where those left over mental cramp pain pills are.....

ok...relationship issues aside.....
I poured the hottest bathwater I could and crawled in......
that eased the pain for a short time.....
but shortly after I got out & dried off....
it was back.....as intense as before....
.....the other decision I was wrestling with?......being that I am unemployed.....
if I get an interview Monday for some gr8 job....
I would have to drug test prolly wed or Thursday after signing papers.....
If I took the pain pills a friend gave me......
it could be an issue......

well....at this point in the game ....
fuck that....was my conclusion....
I took the hydrocodone ...found the ice pack in the freezer....
& laid down.....
dingdong.....
BUDS here to p/u Alex....

ALEX is the little Alexandrian parrot who has been bouncing from house to house....
KorKor wants to eat him....
so he has been relegated to the back bedroom the last three months.....
I have felt bad about that .....
& know BUD & Scott LUV him......
so ....off he went......
=)

ok.....hydrocodone is starting to kick in...
I lay down to get about 2 hours good sleep.....

dingdong...
STUART's here !
we caught up on all the latest gossip....shared a couple oreo cookies.....
& Baxter tried to bite him numerous times...
in between playing fetch & kissing/cuddling in his lap.....
yeah...NOT ALL THERE...
Psycho-dog.....LOL

gave Stu all the instructions in case I need to go to urgent care later .....
& went back to bed......
2-3 hrs later....
hydrocodone has worn off......
& I feel like I would rather give birth to a HipppO! .....

OMG.....I wish this level of pain on NO -ONE.....well..maybe one or two people.....
......I am cryin at this point .....breathing like a women doing her lamaz exercises.....
& wishing I would die.......as the pain has not only decided to increase....
but also moved to a strange spot between the side and the front.....
immediately I start to think ......appendix?!?

I crawl to the kitchen.........
dogs are wondering WTF is going on w/ momma.....
& try to drink some water w/ more ITU pills.....
grab the other squishy ice pack thingy......
& find the vicodin stash.....
pop that baby......
crawl back down the hall...& try to get comfortable.....
yeah....fat chance...
it was more like writhe w/ pain trying to find a way to sit or lie down that didn't send waves of nausea & pain....

about an hour goes by .....I am a sobbing mess......
& I start to realize I should go to urgent care.....
enough of this self-medication......

well...it was also at this point that I started to wrestle w/ the relationship issue of
"if I call Stuart.....& not D...will D be upset ?...."
& ..."If I call D.....I'll have to wait an hour + for him to get to this side of town....."

I decided on what I felt was a logical & fair compromise....
to text D....
fill him in.....wait for my ever-so-loving...caring ....mainsqueeze....
to text me back with his clever & logical advice to call a neighbor or STU to take me ......& he would meet me.......

so....I send over "I have been doubled over w/ pain since 6 am (it is now 5 pm) I think I am passing a kidney stone....the pain has gone back to side to front.....I think U need to come & take me to urgent care"....

:::crickets chirping:::
yeah.....6:15 .....he texts back...just got your mssg....R U ok.....then calls about 20 minutes later.....conversation lacking of any real concern occurs......I tell him I'll call Stuart if I need to go to urgent care....since he lives 10 minute away .....
tell D I'll call him later .....
& hang up.....to go back to sleep......

thank god the vicodin had kicked in.....
or I would've been a wee bit more ((okay.. A LOT more )) emotional ........

wow....good thing I wasn't in real need ...huh?.......
mind you.....after I texted him...
I crawled back down the hall to get the pepto bismol....because the nausea part of a kidney stone was getting really intense ....
& I have this thing about not throwing up......
too late.....walked as fast as I could down hall to bathroom .....
wished I had someone to hold my hair.....
& proceeded to puke ...
not once....
not twice.....
nope....three times was the charmer....
now.....the intensity of this puke session.....also caused me to pee on every 'outburst' of liquid......
niiiice visual......huh?...
....back into the hot shower....
& back to bed......

finally got a couple pain free hours of sleep.....
got up around 10 ....ate some soup.....drank more liquids....
& laid back down.....
still no response from D........
wow......
of course I texted him....a little note....
indicating I am now fully aware of how little he cares for me......& how sad I am by that......told him his nurturing skillz sucked! & that I was going back to bed.....

I can not tell U how sad & confused I am by his lack of concern......
yes...he is a very busy...very important (to his org) person......
but come on! .....your girl is passing a kidney stone on a friday nite.....
& U can't bring yourself to drive over to check on her!?,
how fuckin selfish can that be!

it would've been nice to lie in his arms...
had my back rubbed.....
& cuddled during all this...
but I guess that was too much for him to want to do.....
ok.....now I am all sad again.....
going to go cuddle w/ the pups & watch some movie.....
nite nite.....my blog bitches....