Nope that wasn't it.

[Akasa]

So Friday I went to the ER cause I was peeing blood. They did a urinalysis and decided I had a bladder infection, gave me a script for bactrim and sent me on my way.
This morning I wake up about 6:30 w/ extreme pain in my right kidney, we're talking 8-9 and I'm vomiting. I can't hold ginger ale down so I certainly can't take my bactrim. I try calling my doctor's office several times to get them to call in an anti-nausea med, but they're too busy to do so. So I go back to the ER.
They take more tubes of blood than I've ever given, start and IV(so they can get fluids, morphene, and anti-nausea meds in me), and do a urinalysis. They find blood in my urine, but no infection. So they send me off for a CT scan.

I have kidney stones. So They give me a script to help the stone pass, percocet, and phenergan for nausea. I'm to call a urologist tomorrow to make an appointment. I don't know how they missed kidney stones originally or why they didn't test when I told them it hurt when they thumped my kidneys Friday, but I'm really glad I went in today. I was MISERABLE!

[Eisa]

Oh, kidney stones are awful. My aunt had one a week or so ago--we'd gone out to dinner (her, my mom, and I) and she ended up curled over on the booth bench because it hurt so badly, she couldn't sit up. And then the pain...mostly went away, but she went in anyway and found out it was a kidney stone.

Hope you feel better soon! Glad they found out what it is!

[Sapphire Silk]

They should have done the CT when you went the first time. Hematuria can happen with bladder infections but gross hematuria (when you can visibly see the blood) is a red flag for kidney stones.

You can have kidney pain with an infection, but given your symptoms I would have been thinking stones, not infection.

I know that pain; I've had many, many kidney stones. Drink lots of fluids to help them flush, and keep away from cola soft drinks, coffee and tea (they contain oxyacilic acid, the source of most stones), and definately follow up with the urologist.

Good news is they should pass on their own. Save the stone if you can catch it so it can be analyzed to see what type it is.

[MaggieTheCat]

Ugh, I hope it passes soon and you feel better. When I ended up in the ER about 3 years ago with intense abdominal pain, they at first thought it was kidney stones (it turned out to be gall stones) and told me that passing a kidney stone is more painful that childbirth. I wanted to

[Akasa]

I've been cutting my percocets in half. That seems to do me fine. Though I do wake up half an hour before I'm supposed to take the next dose. In the middle of the night that can be annoying.
I've been drinking ginger ale, is that alright?

[Sapphire Silk]

I've been cutting my percocets in half. That seems to do me fine. Though I do wake up half an hour before I'm supposed to take the next dose. In the middle of the night that can be annoying.
I've been drinking ginger ale, is that alright?

Should be fine. Ginger ale is a clear soda, no oxalic acid. (I spelled it wrong first time). And it's good for mild nausea, and also has no caffeine.

Cutting your percoets in half is generally OK to do, and some people do better with lower doses. If the tablets are not scored (a engraved line running across the pill) consult with a pharmacist before cutting them in half. Some medications are "enteric coated" meaning there's a coating to slow absorption to prevent overdosage or to protect the stomach (aspirin and motrin are good examples of meds usually enteric coated).

Medications have a half life. Everyone metabolizes medications differently. Consult with your physician or your pharmacist to see if you can take the next dose a little early.