My Thrilling Vacation!!!
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
United States
August 31, 2021 7:35pm CST
Okay, it wasn’t a vacation. It wasn’t a way to spend a day.
I was nauseous last night. This morning I woke up with some nasty left flank pain. Given the family history of kidney stones, I trudged off to the hospital.
I won’t keep you in suspense: they said there were no kidney stones; or, more precisely, no signs of kidney stones. Urine, blood, and CT scans were all fine.
Oh, well, I didn’t have anything else planned to do today, anyway. I mean, it’s raining with the former hurricane passing by, so what was there to do in the first place? 
I have to say that the staff at the Veterans Hospital were great. It’s not always the actual “hands-on” people I have problems with. I always say the “a” in the VA is the major pain in the A. There are plenty of departments in the hospital that work splendidly.
I also made certain to thank my nursing staff. They’re always saying “thank you for your service” to me. Well, they are the ones on the front lines now, as they have been for the past year and a half with covid.
All in all, it was mentally rewarding (no kidney stones, and they did a covid test which came back negative, so that is nice to know!), but definitely not my best vacation ever.
I’ll have to go somewhere else! 
(With apologies to Dylan)
How does it feel?
Like a kidney stone!
I have to say that the staff at the Veterans Hospital were great. It’s not always the actual “hands-on” people I have problems with. I always say the “a” in the VA is the major pain in the A. There are plenty of departments in the hospital that work splendidly.
I also made certain to thank my nursing staff. They’re always saying “thank you for your service” to me. Well, they are the ones on the front lines now, as they have been for the past year and a half with covid.
All in all, it was mentally rewarding (no kidney stones, and they did a covid test which came back negative, so that is nice to know!), but definitely not my best vacation ever.
I’ll have to go somewhere else!
(With apologies to Dylan)
How does it feel?
Like a kidney stone! 
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14 responses
@NJChicaa (127163)
• United States
1 Sep 21
Good news. A gazillion years ago I wound up in ER due to extreme pain. Was diagnosed with kidney stones and prescribed enough Vicodin and Percocet to set up shop. Never took them and the stones passed without me ever noticing.
It was a gallstone attack. Guess they didn’t look high enough. Several years later I had that sucker removed. That was a pain like no other.
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
1 Sep 21
I got rid of mine before I could have gallstones. They said mine was only functioning at about 19%, so I said “out she comes.”
And out she went.
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@RasmaSandra (98026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Sep 21
Glad to hear you checked out just fine, I hope whatever it was is gone now, I like that song,
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
1 Sep 21
Must be kidney stone season... daughter of friend was in hospital yesterday for that same reason.
Glad you don't have either the kstones nor covid.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
1 Sep 21
Glad all tests were negative and hope no more pain, flank or otherwise.
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
2 Sep 21
Doing a lot better. In fact, I didn’t take one of my meds for a couple of days, and I’ve noticed a change. Don’t know if that means anything…..
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@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Sep 21
I know what you mean. I mean about the hospital thing. That's the last place I want to be. Hope you resolved the pain issue, though.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
1 Sep 21
I'm glad you're okay and hopefully, feeling better tonight.
I was wondering where the great pictures were from your "vacation" but am willing to pass them up this time.
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@wolfgirl569 (135881)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Sep 21
Glad everything is good. But I can think of many ways to spend a day better than that.
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
1 Sep 21
I'm glad you got a clean bill of health.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
1 Sep 21
sorry about the pain - there are worse ways to spend a day. (actually having to pass a kidney stone for one)!
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