Kidney stone experience
Hey, I'm sorry for dropping this on you, but it just feels so unjust what has happened to me that I need to let it out. We're talking about a hospital in a small town in Poland. 20 weeks into preg.
I had the worst kind of pain ever a couple days ago, I was afraid my delivery started early, went to ER.
Just got back from the hospital (worst experience I ever had in my life) yesterday.
Still in pain, just less fierce.
Why worst experience:
Once within my stay on the 'ward' nobody diagnosed my kidney stone as it was invisible on USG, and radiology is forbidden during pregnancy.
Labs came out clean so the doctors decided I'm faking my pain to get high on painkillers.
Started me on some anti-anxiety drug that I googled was not too good for the baby. Had 2 pills 3 x daily! Even one of that junkshit was unnecessary! The staff told me it was a herbal type of relaxant to help pass the stone down.
Without proper medication I had so severe ache at 3AM and started puking and tossing and turning in bed- no position that could relieve at least a bit of this pain. Worst thing was i still couldn't put exactly where in my abdomen it hurts, and was in a state of panic cause i worried it was ovary or bowel that they couldn't see on usg. God knows why. Whenever the pain radiated i only could pinpoint from left lower ovary side, through hip into left thigh. So classic for kidney stones(my dad-in-law said it hurt him like that too).
At 3 am i started worrying because the pain almost suffocated me and my heart was beating like it wanted to burst. I received drips and shots but no help still literally crying tears and eating pillows from not yelling from pain (and waking all newborns and ppl on ward or 2 corresponding floors). Doctor comes. Old lady,should be retired long time ago, starts yelling at me for waking her up to my whim.
So i hear :
- that i have gotten tired of being pregnant,
- fed up with childcare,
-bored and decided to wake her (busy f. ass majesty)
-nothing in my labs shows i'm sick so i am faking it
-she thinks i'm a lousy sad person
- i should not woken her up wih such trivial thing as hysteria
(just some examples) Basically..
She's not healing she's getting her patient who is in severe pain mad as fu.k for having to listen to her abuse and it didn't seem to have and end.
She even commented on me wearing a bra and underwear under my pj. Like it had any influence on the pain i felt.
The pain which didn't seem to cease her rambling just caused additional cramps. (The heart thing / 'histeria' was just side effect of the mentioned anti-anxiety med.)
I had not eaten just vomited for 2 days prior to this point, only pain. And had to hear that load of crap from someone who should be curing me not doing whatever she was doing. At least what i think i would be doing if i was a doctor or a human.
Luckily a nurse on next day shift changed and used a catheter
on me to take urine sample. Miraculously my pain was down to no-need for painkillers state within 3hrs from the treatment. Sth doctors didn't order. she's my savior. God knows how long i would be in my imaginary pain and simulated vomit :(
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