Please, anyone & everyone post any info that may be of help. I am pretty scared. The Doctor seems to think I have kidney stones. I am worried about the pain. Everywhere I look, people say how excruciating it is, like childbirth. Well, I had both of my kids without drugs or an epidural, but I am pretty nervous to face this. Let me start with where this all began.
I am a very healthy 33 year old woman, mother of 2. I started having neck & shoulder pain & after not being to a doctor (don't have insurance) in over 2 or 3 years, I couldn't take the pain anymore, so I went in. Doc said it was a pinched nerve & gave me Mobic & Skelaxin. I started getting sick with a fever & feeling horrid so I quit taking the Mobic (I was done taking Skelaxin). I assumed the fever was from the medication since I am not used to being on prescription drugs. I was sore all over from my hips up to my neck. I was sick for a couple days even after I stopped taking the Mobic so I called my doc. She couldn't get me in until Friday (it was a Monday) so my husband took me in to urgent care. They did some tests & said I had a UTI. I did not have any pain with urination or any of the normal symptoms (I used to get UTI's very frequently until I stopped drinking soda). They called that night & said my white blood count was up to 17.2 & that I had a severe kidney infection & to pick up more Cipro (they had given me 5 days worth, but now they wanted me to take Cipro for 21 days!). The soreness went away, but then I had a sharp pain in my side every time I walked. This eventually went away, too. Then after nearly 2 weeks on the Cipro, I started to get a backache & a sharp pain in my side again like before. The sharp pain isn't there all the time. But this burning sensation in my lower back is. Along with pain that feels like it goes to my hip.... I called the doc & he was concerned & had me in that day (yesterday). He said he thinks I have kidney stones & wants a CT scan done. He also did the CBC blood workup & urine culture. They came back fine.
Here's the thing... No one thinks this could be a kidney stone. Even I have a hard time believing it. The pain is bad, but not as bad as childbirth. Is it supposed to get worse? I am pretty scared about this all. Does it feel like a burning pain & then a stabbing pain once in a while? I can't even make it up 12 stairs at work without being winded & so tired. I could sleep all day! Is this a symptom, too? My pulse has also been really high, 101+ when I am at rest... Is this a symptom? How long will it take for these to pass? I have cancelled my CT scan because of the expense... Are there cheaper tests that can tell if I have a kidney stone? Please help!
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