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    Default 2 for 1....Cyst on my right kidney AND one on my ovary! BOO!!

    Ick, so all these stupid kidney infections I've been having...aren't infections at all. Most of the time they haven't been able to detect an infection but just thought the test was screwed or it was me drinking massive amounts of water trying to clear my system, but NO, it's a stupid cyst.

    Apparently they are normally not painful and aren't a big deal, but I can barely walk, so they are sending me to a urologist to have it checked. Which just sucks because the treatment is either inserting a needle through the skin into the kidney to drain it, or surgery according to what my Dr said. ACKK!!

    My back has been bothering me for like 6mos, but I thought it was just part of getting older or something. I'm equally terrified and excited to have this pain gone. Damn, I'm such a whiney little baby.

    On the bright side, lately I've noticed my arms, hands and face are all puffy and fat looking. Well, I had a similar cyst around 10 years ago and when it was removed, with the help of a diuretic lost over 20 lbs of retained water in 2 days. I'm not that bloated this time, but hopefully these few lbs puffing up my face and hands will disappear.
    "I hear you calling and it's needles and pins. I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name...You're poision. but I don't wanna break these chains.... I wanna love you but I'd better not touch."

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    Default Re: 2 for 1....Cyst on my right kidney AND one on my ovary! BOO!!

    Lady, if you have any questions or concerns about going to a urologist, you just let me know. I've been dealing with urinary system disease since I was 18.

    Make sure you feel comfortable with the urologist and if you don't at all, ditch him/her and get a new one.

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    Default Re: 2 for 1....Cyst on my right kidney AND one on my ovary! BOO!!

    Ugh, I had to go to Triage because I thought I had a cyst or a kidney infection. The pain was horrible.

    They sent me home after some testing and said it was my ligaments around my uterus stretching. The pain has gone away now.

    I hope you get well soon Jas! Best wishes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mediocrity View Post
    Lady, if you have any questions or concerns about going to a urologist, you just let me know. I've been dealing with urinary system disease since I was 18.

    Make sure you feel comfortable with the urologist and if you don't at all, ditch him/her and get a new one.
    I wish I could meet with him first, but right now I'm in so much pain, I can't really wait and look around. I had my primary Dr make an appt with the guy they recommended without researching him much at all because I just need this taken care of ASAP. Hopefully he is good and I'll be comfy with him, since from what I understand, it's probably going to require surgery. ICK!! Imma scared little wimp, but I'm also in too much pain to not have it taken care of immediately.

    Any experience with incredibly painful cysts? I can barely walk and that is after taking the stupid vicoden. BOO!!
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    Default Re: 2 for 1....Cyst on my right kidney AND one on my ovary! BOO!!

    ^^ I had an ovarian cyst rupture the night before graduation and I remember the pain. I almost passed out from it (got tunnel vision and everything) and I am not a wuss. I had to cross the stage bent over like a little old lady the next day; also got mad antibiotics. I'm not surprised the Vicodin isn't touching the discomfort; I always find it makes me sort of just not care as opposed to surpressing the pain.

    Don't be scared; the surgeries for kidney cysts are usually minimally invasive. Though it must be pretty big if it's bothering you.

    I really hope that this is luck of the draw and they aren't related. Keep us updated.

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    Yeah, I agree about still feeling the pain, just not caring so much about it. Everyone acted like I was nuts when I said that about it after my C-sections. haha

    I don't really know if it's very big or not. I have one in my right kidney and one in my right ovary. I ask the nurse when she called with the results and all she said was that if they were big enough for the Dr to refer me to a specialist she assumed they were pretty big.

    I guess the surgery can't be that much worse than the pain I'm in now, and afterward at least I'll feel better. hehe Today has been so bad I could barely move and of course my kids are acting like my not feeling like playing and rough-housing is a personal slight of some sort.
    "I hear you calling and it's needles and pins. I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name...You're poision. but I don't wanna break these chains.... I wanna love you but I'd better not touch."

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    Default Re: 2 for 1....Cyst on my right kidney AND one on my ovary! BOO!!

    Update.

    It's not a cyst at all, it's a blockage in the major calyx of the upper pole on my right kidney. I'm scheduled for surgery next Tuesday and damn, I doubt anyone has ever been more excited to have surgery! haha This fucking hurts and I can't wait to feel better! Yay!! It's been partly blocked since around last March they think, because I have been having moderate back pain on and off for that long. I've actually become much more sedentary over the last few months because the pain had worsened, but it didn't really become unbearable till about 2 weeks ago, when the blockage became complete.

    Iz excited kat!! Can't wait to feel like my happy, bubby self again!! Yay!! Oh, and good news! No scars!! Double hooray!!
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    Default Re: 2 for 1....Cyst on my right kidney AND one on my ovary! BOO!!

    ^^ Oh holy hell. Well. I suppsoe it's the lesser of thr two evils. But damn. Did they tell you what caused it? Theories?

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    Default Re: 2 for 1....Cyst on my right kidney AND one on my ovary! BOO!!

    Now I'm just terrified over surgery. I don't know why but I have this awful premonition that something terrible is going to happen, like maybe I won't even wake up. The only other time I felt this way was when I had my c-section and my bp dropped and scared the anesthesiologist then I nearly bled to death afterward. I miss my perky, bubbly self. Damnit!!

    <<Iz a scaredy kat!
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    Default Re: 2 for 1....Cyst on my right kidney AND one on my ovary! BOO!!

    Good luck girl! You will be fine!

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    Default Re: 2 for 1....Cyst on my right kidney AND one on my ovary! BOO!!

    Quote Originally Posted by princessjas View Post
    Now I'm just terrified over surgery. I don't know why but I have this awful premonition that something terrible is going to happen, like maybe I won't even wake up. The only other time I felt this way was when I had my c-section and my bp dropped and scared the anesthesiologist then I nearly bled to death afterward. I miss my perky, bubbly self. Damnit!!

    <<Iz a scaredy kat!
    Dude think of this way: at least when you're yourself, you are perky and bubbly. Nothing wrong with my ass and I'm still a cynic!

    I have low blood pressure too. You'll be fine chickie. It will be minimally invasive. Not like a c-section.
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