Hey wise people and nurses - what on earth is this? (Maybe TMI)
Hi All
About 3 weeks ago I felt a twinge of pain when I wee'd (internally...not actual burning when I wee'd) - I thought I was getting a bit of a UTI. A couple of days after I felt this twinge the pain got worse and spread. It started low down and spread all up my abdomen to my stomach and around my lower back, up to just under my ribs at the back.
I have a good pain theshold and it takes a LOT to bother me, but this really bothered me. It feels like there is a stabbing fire trying to burst out of my gut and upper back.
It came in waves...on a scale of 1 to 10, the base scale would be a six...a constant burning pain then would suddenly go up to a 9 or 10 and I'd be writhing around for about 30 secs to a minute while it calmed again. When the pain got to it's worst, I would end up vomiting. As well as the pain I felt feeezing cold, weak and shakey.
This was on a weekend, so I went to an after hours Dr the next day and she did a wee test and said it showed nothing expect lots of white blood cells. She gave me a script for antibiotics anyway, probably just to shut me up. After finishing the whole course I felt a lot better.
This Thursday, it started again. Just the tiniest UTI type twinge, hardly noticable. By Saturday morning though, I was hurting alot again in the same way - up to my tummy and around up my back.
I was at home by myself in the morning and the pain got so bad that I was seconds away from calling an Ambulance for myself. As I said, I have a high pain threshold, but I would rather go through 10 more 36 hour drug free labours than feel what I felt then.
Again, the pain got worse as the day went on and I ended up puking, shaking, cold and weak. DH was working a late night shift, so my Mum stayed with me until he got home. I don't feel nauseous as such, I just vomit violently when the pain is very bad. But there is no morning sickness-type long lasting nausea.
I had a repeat script from the last lot of antibiotics, so have started taking them, just in case.
I have my first antenatal check at the hospital on Tuesday morn with a midwife. Should I bother telling them about it? The Dr I saw said there was nothing nasty showing in my wee (as stated above), so I doubt the midwife is going to take me seriously...I am just another paranoid pregnant woman, right?
Have you had a lot of morning sickness? It could be kidney stones. They are meant to be more painful then labour! If it happens again, maybe go to the hospital.
Wow, scary. Definitely something you mention. I would go to another GP asap first though, that does NOT sound like something related to pregnancy. I was thinking a kidney infection or similar.
You should definately mention this to your care provider.
From the information you've described it sounds very much like either Galls Stones or Kidney Stones like others have said.
I've cared for a Woman on the Antenatal Ward who had Gall Stones and she was in a huge amount of pain and the pain was coming in waves like labour contractions. She would also vomit when the pain was there.
If you don't feel "listened to" by your current care provider, I would be finding another Dr very soon.
Yeah she sent it off to testing and I never got called back. The policy at that particular surgery is if the results are clear, they don't call with the results. Which is why I only go to that particular surgery when I have no other choice...they're open Sunday mornings so we only go to them if we need to see a Dr on weekends (for things that can't wait until a weekday).
The nearest I can see my actual GP is Tuesday the 23rd (they're very good...so very busy), so I have an appointment for then. But as I said, I see a midwife this Tuesday morning at hospital for my 1st antenatal check.
However, this is the same midwifery clinic who didn't diagnose my Pre-Eclampsia (it was diagnosed during labour) when I was preg with Palmer and had v high bp, swelling, pitting, protein in my wee (you self-test there) and bad headaches. They told me to "take a Panadol". So, you see, I am a bit jaded becuase of that, and not sure I'll get taken seriously. It's a very busy clinic, they see hundreds of pregnant women a day, and are always tired and grumpy.
Hey wise people and nurses - what on earth is this? (Maybe TMI)
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