Finally Some Answers

All it took was 6 months of in and out of my doctor's office, a trip to the emergency room, and finally a visit to the urologist today to get some semi-concrete answers about some recurring issues I've been having with my kidneys/urinary tract. I've known for some time that I have a couple pretty large kidney stones in my right kidney, and I've always been prone to UTIs. Last Thursday when Rob had to take me to the emergency room from what turned out to be a severe kidney infection, I'd had it! Today I talked with a knowledgeable, empathetic urologist (that's what I love about specialists) who took so much time exploring my case/symptoms and trying to figure all this out. It's not easy figuring out why someone gets UTIs frequently, but it was pretty easy for the doctor to see the large, jagged kidney stones in the right kidney and say, "We need to do something about these." In the past six months I've been told over and over again that if the kidney stone isn't actually obstructing the ureter, then there shouldn't be any pain. Well, that's been a load of BS because I have pain on my side/back on a daily basis. Today the wonderful urologist confirmed my pain and said that yes indeed the kidney stones are most like causing pain, and possibly harboring some harmful bacteria. Now it's finally time to do something about them. Next week I'll hopefully get them blasted with ultrasonic waves so that the deposits will move down the urinary tract (not looking forward to that part) and my kidney can hopefully return back to normal. While this has been such a thorn in my side (literally and figuratively) the last 6 months, I'm so thankful today for the treatment I received, and am really hoping that within a couple of weeks I may feel normal again.