My Bad Extremely Awful Day
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Around 1pm today I got up to do something and an unusually bad pain streaked through my back. I was like, oh shit, not again. But it wasn't my back-back, more my upper gluteus medius and tailing around to just below my rib cage in the front. A half hour later it was -- well, some years ago I caught shingles; this pain today is the second-worst pain I've ever experienced in my life. It was unbelievable.
The absolute worst part was that I couldn't find relief through changing positions, like you usually can with back spasm. No matter which position I took, the pain remained exactly the same -- damn near intolerable.
It didn't feel like the usual muscle thing; it felt like I got stabbed with a knife. It didn't feel like nerve. I don't know what it was. It's not like there's anything like organs in your butt. All I knew was that I threw up from it and by late afternoon I was shivering. Vitals on my fingerstick thingie were normal and temp was slightly below normal. It didn't feel like I was bleeding interally, that is, any sort of seepage. It wouldn't have surprised me, though. That's how bad it hurt.
I writhed and dozed all afternoon and finally fell asleep from sheer exhaustion and desperate need to escape. Woke up around 8:30pm, and it was gone.
Gone.
Right now I'm nervous that it will return, but so far so good. All I can figure is that some strand of muscle torqued and twisted, and finally released. What else could it have been?
I've never been so grateful for something than when that monster pain went away.
How was your day?
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Wow. While I had some knee pain, it was better than that. I had a doctor recently tell me that taking a gram of Tylenol was very effective and safe as long as you don't take more than 6 grams a day. Essentially 1 gram is like 5 tablets. All I had was the time release 8 hour ones, so I took three of them twice today. Worked pretty well.
Hope it does not come back. Sounds like a pinched nerve maybe?
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Wow. While I had some knee pain, it was better than that. I had a doctor recently tell me that taking a gram of Tylenol was very effective and safe as long as you don't take more than 6 grams a day. Essentially 1 gram is like 5 tablets. All I had was the time release 8 hour ones, so I took three of them twice today. Worked pretty well.
Hope it does not come back. Sounds like a pinched nerve maybe?
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Wow. While I had some knee pain, it was better than that. I had a doctor recently tell me that taking a gram of Tylenol was very effective and safe as long as you don't take more than 6 grams a day. Essentially 1 gram is like 5 tablets. All I had was the time release 8 hour ones, so I took three of them twice today. Worked pretty well.
Hope it does not come back. Sounds like a pinched nerve maybe?
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@George-K said in My Bad Extremely Awful Day:
Kidney stone?
Wow, I didn't even think of this . . . no idea. It is kind of amazing that something could hurt this bad and then a nap later, be gone like it never happened.
Thanks to all for all the good strokes.
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@George-K said in My Bad Extremely Awful Day:
Kidney stone?
Wow, I didn't even think of this . . . no idea. It is kind of amazing that something could hurt this bad and then a nap later, be gone like it never happened.
Thanks to all for all the good strokes.
@Catseye3 said in My Bad Extremely Awful Day:
@George-K said in My Bad Extremely Awful Day:
Kidney stone?
Wow, I didn't even think of this . . . no idea. It is kind of amazing that something could hurt this bad and then a nap later, be gone like it never happened.
Thanks to all for all the good strokes.
I've had two. Both of them started with a general feeling of "unwellness." Just feeling "off." Over the next hour a kind of crampy back pain that migrated to the front. Nausea. No comfortable position. Writhe around in bed. Finally fall asleep in mid morning. Two hours later, all gone.
I've seen hundreds of people with kidney stones, and that's a pretty typical story.
Keep an eye on your urine and see if anything passes. It might be so small that you'll miss it. Something as small as 2mm can be missed easily. Also, something as small as 2mm can cause some real discomfort.
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@Catseye3 said in My Bad Extremely Awful Day:
@George-K said in My Bad Extremely Awful Day:
Kidney stone?
Wow, I didn't even think of this . . . no idea. It is kind of amazing that something could hurt this bad and then a nap later, be gone like it never happened.
Thanks to all for all the good strokes.
I've had two. Both of them started with a general feeling of "unwellness." Just feeling "off." Over the next hour a kind of crampy back pain that migrated to the front. Nausea. No comfortable position. Writhe around in bed. Finally fall asleep in mid morning. Two hours later, all gone.
I've seen hundreds of people with kidney stones, and that's a pretty typical story.
Keep an eye on your urine and see if anything passes. It might be so small that you'll miss it. Something as small as 2mm can be missed easily. Also, something as small as 2mm can cause some real discomfort.
@George-K said in My Bad Extremely Awful Day:
Both of them started with a general feeling of "unwellness." Just feeling "off." Over the next hour a kind of crampy back pain that migrated to the front. Nausea. No comfortable position. Writhe around in bed. Finally fall asleep in mid morning. Two hours later, all gone.
Criminy. That is almost exactly the same progression. Except mine started with an abrupt pain with no preceding unwellness.
Plus, I've been on my own case for a long time about not drinking enough water.
Thanks, Dr. G!
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@George-K said in My Bad Extremely Awful Day:
Both of them started with a general feeling of "unwellness." Just feeling "off." Over the next hour a kind of crampy back pain that migrated to the front. Nausea. No comfortable position. Writhe around in bed. Finally fall asleep in mid morning. Two hours later, all gone.
Criminy. That is almost exactly the same progression. Except mine started with an abrupt pain with no preceding unwellness.
Plus, I've been on my own case for a long time about not drinking enough water.
Thanks, Dr. G!
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I've had one. They hurt. Bad.
The wife has had several. Two had to be retrieved by a GU doc. One procedure led to pyelonephritis.
I promise you, you don't want to go there.
I don't know if there is a hard and fast rule about when to seek treatment for a kidney stone. Most folks pass them, but like my wife, some are too big and require intervention.
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I've had one. They hurt. Bad.
The wife has had several. Two had to be retrieved by a GU doc. One procedure led to pyelonephritis.
I promise you, you don't want to go there.
I don't know if there is a hard and fast rule about when to seek treatment for a kidney stone. Most folks pass them, but like my wife, some are too big and require intervention.
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I hope whatever it was doesn’t plague you again. Sounds right nasty. You might want to get it checked out.
