So, yesterday I learned one of the reasons why we are supposed to get so much water/liquids a day... apparently I wasn't getting enough and developed kidney stones for the first time in my life. Those things suck!!!! Just a word of warning to other newbie sleevers... DRINK LOTS OF FLUIDS!!!!

I had one at two weeks out that required surgery. It was very painful. I hope to never experience that again. Drink up people! lol

Ditto!

Holy cow..I think I have one..painful as hell..going to see the doc this morning..

Years ago my mom thought she had kidney stones. They had her drinking that nasty medicine and peeing through a screen for 2 weeks trying to pass it. She was in alot of pain. Finally they told her they were going to have to cut her open and remove it, so she went for a second opinion. The second doc told her she had pulled a muscle in her lower back and should go get a deep tissue massage. She did and the pain went away and never came back. Needless to say she was very happy. A few years later I went to back school and got my massage therapy license, but I have yet to help a client pass a kidney stone.

A massage sounds awesome right about now..these sharp pains are making me scream out , out of no where..

My sister and i have both had surgery for kidney stones. When it is a stone, its so incredibly painful that you cannot function. It was worse pain than natural childbirth because at least then it came in waves. My kidney stone pain was almost constant and breathtaking. If you just pull a muscle, its a lot milder pain than an actual kidney stone. My sister had a whopping 9mm stone a few weeks ago and it required surgery, obviously. You usually cannot pass a stone over 5mm. Mine was 5mm and I required surgery as well.

Beautifulnewme, I hope you dont have a kidney stone. If it isnt constant pain in your lower back, flank area, its probably not a kidney stone.

She tested my urine..should have results by the end of the day however, she thinks its chest wall syndrome...I have no idea what that even is...I hope it goes away soon...

Well that is no where near your kidneys. That is pain in the sternum, the middle of your chest. I had some discomfort when I was early sleeved when i was full. It was just an uncomfortable sensation in my tummy right in the middle of my chest. Maybe its just your full signal. I was on liquids and when I would try to drink thicker liquids or eat jello the pain would be a little worse. I would say chances are good that you dont have a kidney stone. Your kidneys are very low in your body around the top of your hips in the back. Kidney pain is intense and in your low back/side area. No where near your chest. I hope you have good test results and they fix your discomfort soon.

That's why I was confused when she said that's what I have. The pain is in my lower back on the left side where my kidney is...but she says chest wall is just a term and can happen anywhere in ur body that a foreign object has been in. That's why she thinks me being catheterized did it...who knows...I am in lots of pain is all I know.

Yep, been there done that THREE FREAKIN' times post-op. I now drink a ridiculous amount of Water to combat them, like 3 or 4 quarts a day. Strange the last and most severe case I had had no pain at all, I just urinated a LOT of blood, scared the hell out of me! I was on oxicodone for the pain and that barely cut it.

The surgery thing is barbaric, most anyone I've consulted said that massage SOMETIMES works and they can also blast them with ultrasound too rather that cut on you.

They dont actually cut on you. They go in through your ureter like a catheter and use lithotripsy and and extraction. Sometimes they dont need stents put in but sometimes they do. I had a stent placed, my sister did not. Its all done through the tubes, no cutting. Its done in an OR and it is considered a surgical procedure because you are under general anesthesia.