I’m a 28 year old female and I’ve had several bouts with kidney stones over the years. My most recent was about a month and a half ago. I went to the ER for pain control, they didn’t want to expose me to radiation to scan me since it was pretty obvious what it was. I passed a 5mm stone 2 days later.
About 3 weeks ago, I had UTI symptoms accompanied by minor flank pain and pain radiating down into my groin and leg on my right side. An at home UTI test showed blood in my urine indicating an infection was likely so I went to my doctor. She suspected another stone based on the flank pain and groin pain, but put me on Cipro in case of infection. I was better in a couple of days, never passed a stone though. About a week later, the flank pain has returned and is steadily increasing in fequency and intensity, however, it’s still not near as intense as a full on attack, more like a dull ache with occassional sharp pains. It’s still radiating into my groin, hip and leg ocassionally. I’ve also noticed that I’m not urinating as much as usual. I’ve only gone 3 times today and it’s been dark yellow. I also feel bloated and just overall run down.
Does this all seem like normal stone activity? In the past, I’ve always gone from the UTI type pain to the intense stabbing pain within hours. And I’ve never had them this close together before. There was at least a year or two between each attack. If it is normal, with this pain picking up the last few days, when should I expect to pass it? Will I more than likely have the intense pain again? I’ve got my Vicodin ready to go just in case. I don’t leave home without it! And finally, should I be concerned about an obstruction b/c of my low urine output?
Wow, thanks for the quick responses. Just wanted to add that I have had a full work up and sent the stones out a couple years ago and they were calcium oxalate and my bloodwork was normal, so they gave me general dietary guidelines for moving forward.
Also, I have had some random pain on my other side. No where near as painful or frequent as my right side, but just some occassional twinges. Almost like my other kidney is working overtime. Does that make any sense? Who knows, could be in my head. I’m paying attention to every small ache and pain right about now!
