The pain
About one month later it hit. It was in the evening, after dinner, when I started experiencing severe stomach cramps. I spent quite some time in the restroom, feeling like I needed to be there but having little success relieving the pain. I decided to lay flat on my back on the bed to see if this would help. It was at this time that I noticed the pain was mainly in my lower left back.
The pain seemed to start in the lower back region, just above my buttock. It radiated around to my abdomen and continued down into my groin. After a very uncomfortable night of little sleep and lots of ibuprofen, I got in to see my doctor the next morning.
The doctor said this sounded very typical of a kidney stone and ordered a CT scan of my abdomen. Sure enough, I have a big one. 5 X 5 X 10 mm! The doctor put me on Vicadin for pain and Soma for a muscle relaxant. I found I had to take the Vicadin every 4 hours to get any kind of relief at all.
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