好些年前,一天夜里边上有个朋友胆结石发作,疼痛难忍送急诊,从急诊住院最后手术割掉胆囊,取出很大块的结实。 后来我去他家时,他还拿出结石给我看过,好几颗,而他描述当时送急诊时的疼痛时,用了"上窜下跳"这四个字。
"You’ve tricked me.” The nice young ER doctor said smilingly. “It is a kidney stone that travels like this in your body to the current UV junction.” The doctor gestured a diagonal line from a kidney to the left lower abdomen.
I felt a bit relieved at the conclusion from the CT scan, that it was a 6mm stone dropping from the left kidney that caused the acute pain and the vomit. Pain was gone by the time the high dosage pain-killer had been inside the body for an hour or so. Tired and dazed with sleep, I was home 2 am in the morning of 02/25/2019.
However, my second ER experience on 02/27/2019 wasn’t that lucky. Wednesday evening’s ER was much more crowded. Though nobody looked as painful as I did, I was left unattended in the check-in lounge groaning for almost two hours before being admitted. Then a nonchalant young doctor saw me, without much enthusiasm, without much advice, a bit inexperienced to me too. He followed the first ER doctor’s medication, and instead of another CT scan, which was unnecessary, I had an X-ray. But the X-ray could not detect the stone. I was released around 10:20 pm at the night, being told that I would have to take the pain-killer Toradol every six hours around the clock for the next five days.
When Thursday came, the first thing I did in the morning was to call and make an appointment with a urologist, but the referred urologist wouldn’t be available until March 8. Worrying about the coming weekend, I decided to go with any doctor available in the group. So, Friday morning I found myself talking to a very young specialist who started practicing since 2018. She suggested surgery and had it scheduled in advance if by the time the stone still would not pass on by itself. She dismissed the ER doctor’s around-the-clock pain killer advice, but to take it as needed. A white-color strainer was given to me upon my leave.
I started to drink water like a cow in the weekend and hoped that the stone would pass on. However, much to my disappointment, large quantity of water resulted in frequent pees, with no anticipated small stone filtered out in the strainer.
Then came Monday. I called my family doctor, asking specifically for a urologist in the network, who was referred by the first ER doctor, for a second opinion. Then I frequented the company kitchen for more water, squeezing fresh lemon to it as suggested online and a friend who left a comment in my blog. Then something happened. A brownish small stone was spotted at the bottom of a toilet when I went to restroom. Before I could take a closer look, it was flushed away automatically. I stared at the clean toilet, empty and void of anything. Within minutes, I started to question myself. Was it really a kidney stone I saw?
The doctor I saw the very next day on Tuesday obviously looked more experienced and confident. By the time I saw him, I did so much homework by myself that I know a 6mm kidney stone has about fifty percentage chance of passing on by itself. Stones smaller than 5-6mm have much higher possibility. What I didn't know or what the three doctors did not tell me is that a 6mm kidney stone diagnosed by a CT scan could be 4-5mm in reality. Hearing this from the last doctor I saw, who said with an affirmative expression, I was led to believe that the little stone I saw the day before must be it, as pain did not afflict me again ever since.
我想生,可是我的肚子就是长不大,怎么生?唉,都说了,来世一定要做女人,生个够。
问好暖冬,周末赏花快乐!
呵呵,喝什么水?自来水还是矿泉水?冷水还是开水?
喝水多这是真理,医生都这么说,但要依每个人的状态来选定适合的矿泉水。因为有些瓶装的矿泉水中矿物质含量较高,主要是钙和镁。钙过量摄入,是有可能增加肾结石的患病几率的。
我是下辈子要做女人的家庭主男,周末老婆总是叫我买她指定的矿泉水品牌,我当初纳闷为何,她好好的给我上了一课,受用匪浅。
从今以后要好好善待自己,像师傅一样,每天喝很多水,不仅健康,对皮肤也有利。饮食和锻炼相结合,还有就是睡眠要好,睡美容觉。当然啦,心情要舒畅,开心多笑。;)
祝福徒儿健康快乐!
多喝水,
肾结石在男性中挺常见的,我们部门人不多,就有两个男同事有严重的肾结石。其中一个因为开始没有症状,结石堵住了输尿管,导致一侧肾脏长期积水差点失去功能。妹妹这篇文章很有用,可以科普和提醒大家。
尽管水落石出,但博主务必要改变饮食习惯,特别是那个博主早几年前说过的话,”以前,我总是喜欢嫩豆腐。。。,现在是有机豆腐。。。”,豆腐是结石的成因之一。
千万不要用上”石头记”这个博文标题,因为香港”达明一派”乐队就有首石头记的歌,里头的歌词非常cool,分分钟让你变成了”滚石”乐队一员。
试改改歌词以应景一下:
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真真假假(结石)
悉悲欢恩怨原是石
丝丝点点计较
偏偏相差太远
兜兜转转
化作段段痛缘
纷纷扰扰作崇
春宵恋恋牵挂
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水飘送
乐韵
人独舞乱衣鬓
一心把思绪抛 却似石如真
肚腹内恶梦复浮沉
一心把生关死结与石同流
焉知那笑黡藏喜印
水落
石出。
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题目就叫“石头记”
I was aware of many benefits of lemon but started to drink water with it regularly after your first post.
Your story and advice are especially relevant as I just started training for long distance running.
Thank you!