April 16, 201313 yr I would call my primary physician. I would probably email my surgeon's office just to let him know but your surgeon really only deals with the surgery itself. What kind of problems are you having??
April 16, 201313 yr Author I lot of pain on my left side. I looked online and where my pain is indicates something with my kidney. I'm afraid I have a kidney infection possible.
April 16, 201313 yr I had kidney infection right after my surgery - from mixture of issues and not drinking enough Water or being able to pee. Simple urine test from dr can figure it out. Sent from my iPhone using RNYTalk
April 16, 201313 yr Do you have any burning or pain with urination. How far out are you?? Is your urine foul smelling, dark or have blood in it? You could have kidney infection or kidney stones. Did you have a catheter after surgery? I would call my primary doctor and see if you can bring a urine specimen in? Is the pain in your left back??
April 16, 201313 yr Author I don't have any other symptom but the lower left back pain. It's a constant intense pain that has gotten worse in the last two days. Putting pressure to the area sends shooting sharp pain
April 16, 201313 yr Author Oh and I had surgery at the end of January and no I didn't have a catheter after surgery.
April 17, 201313 yr Well, I would call your doctor and report your symptoms to them. Especially since the pain is constant and just started a couple days ago and getting worse. Good Luck and keep us posted
April 17, 201313 yr sounds like a kidney stone. Signs of UTI are dark foul smelling urine, pain, fever and urge to urinate frequently. Def call the doc and have it checked out.
April 17, 201313 yr My experience with kidney stones is pain so bad you can't sit still, can't walk, can't move. Omg, they are horrible. Call the doc because if it is a stone, catch it before the pain! HW 344, DOS 320, Surgery Date 2/20/13, CW 291.1 Sent from my iPad using RNYTalk
April 17, 201313 yr Author That is the thing I don't understand. It's been two days of pain and today's pain is worse but it's not so bad that I can't walk or sit or stuff. Do kidney stones take time to build up the pain? I thought it was always sudden out of the blue horrid pain... Idk..
April 17, 201313 yr They can take time if it is big and slowly moving around. Plus all the calcium you have been taking. Most docs can do a urine test some will do an x-ray or CT Urogram. depending on their capabilities. Most people can pass them if under 7mm with mild to moderate pain. But above that its should probably be lithotripsied.
April 20, 201313 yr Sunnybare you are either in the healthcare field or have had them. I totally agree with what you say, my daughter is a chronic producer of stones, and has been for 22 years, but hers are not calcium. But either way they are very painful and become more painful the more they move. If they aren't passed then either a bucket retrieval or lithotripsied has to be done. This should not be ignored and needs to be diagnosed as soon as possible.
Has anyone had issues with there kidneys since surgery?