This is driving me nuts 😩
Stone Fighter #E224F2Sep 16, 2026👁️ 1.1k❤️ 139- Strategy
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Been 4 months of UTI symptoms plus all kinds of other weird shit now.
Every single time I get close to calling the urologist, my urine suddenly looks better or the test strips come back negative.
Over these past four months I've also had two rough rounds of kidney pain with nausea and throwing up, each one hanging around for about 2 weeks.
Last time I was in with my urologist for a UTI (4 months back), she told me I might have a stone, but said she couldn't see much on the x-ray, then went ahead and booked my follow-up a full year out.
Given that my first stone had zero symptoms and was big enough to need surgery to remove, why put off the follow-up that long?
The symptoms coming and going like this are making me feel insane!
I don't want to waste the urologist's time.
I feel like if I tried to lay out this whole run of symptoms that keep shifting, they'd probably decide I really am crazy.
Comments (3)
Stone Fighter #14E681Sep 16, 2026To actually find out if you've got a stone, you need a non contrast CT-KUB to settle the question once and for all. That's the gold standard, and x-rays just aren't as good at catching small stones or radiolucent ones (the kind that don’t show up on X-Ray) These days the radiation from that kind of CT is pretty close to the KUB x-Ray you already had, but it picks up small stones way better
Stone Fighter #F48373Sep 16, 2026If you're having severe pain with nausea and throwing up, head to the ER right away. That can point to an infection or acute kidney injury.
Stone Fighter #98F3B6Sep 16, 2026If you're able to, get to the ER! They'll put you in for a cat scan. Play up your pain, doesn't matter if it’s a 10 or not. I saw my own doctors and they gave me the same line, that it was nothing but a UTI. Keep in mind I’ve dealt with chronic UTIs most of my life, starting at 4yrs old, and I’m 25yrs now. On top of that I’m 20 weeks pregnant. The very next day the pain got brutal. The ER finally did a CT scan and sure enough it turned up two stones that were blocked and backing a ton of ...
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