Kidney Stone Misdiagnosis

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Four days ago I suddenly developed terrible pain in my right flank area. The pain got better when I stood up and walked around. I could not stand to lie down that night but was able to sleep a little in a sitting up position. The next day I made an appointment with my doctor who checked my urine but did not see any blood in my urine. I did have some elevated wbc in my urine so she thought I might just have a kidney infection. She told me come back if pain worse. I was feeling ok maybe even a little silly because my pain wasn't that bad at this point. I went back home and tried to lie back down and the horrible pain started again. I decided I needed to go to ER to get some relief and had my mom drive me. On the way there I started feeling silly about going to ER because pain was feeling better but thought I need to get this checked out. When I spoke to triage nurse, I felt OK and told her pain was 2. She told me she needed urine sample. Right after urinating the pain started again and it was getter worse than before. My urine still did not have blood in it and they really didn't think I had an infection either. The pain was getting worse I paced the floor and tried to breath. By the time I got a ER room, my pain was totally unbearable. The ER nurse gave me a shot of dilaudid in my hip because I had no IV. For the next 30 minutes or so, I stood at the top of my stretcher trying not to scream. I was sweating a little and the thought that I might pass out came into my mind. I thought if I have to live with this I will shoot myself. I couldn't do anything but pray for the pain to stop. I have never felt so much pain or even know it was possible to have that much pain. I felt like something moved in my back then caught again forcing me to jerk. It hurt to breath or talk. I had pain and spasms in my back. I couldn't stand to get the snot out of my nose from crying because it hurt to suck in or blow. Finally, the pain stopped and I sat on bed. It was probably 2 hours later I had scan for kidney stones. I had been to bathroom before scan.I was scanned for PE, stones, and even had cardiac markers done. (Not sure why cardiac markers except I felt like I couldn't breath from pain) The doctor comes in and tells me nothing is wrong with me. He says if I had already passed the stone it should have been seen in my bladder. He says he can see a couple of small stones in my left kidney but not my right. He says my right kidney should show some swelling if I had stone. He says I might have something going on with my spine but would need MRI to determine that. I was glad nothing serious was found but now I am like if this is a bad back I can't live with that. I will have to have surgery. Now it has been two days since the ordeal and I am only slightly soar. I have no problem bending, turning, or any position. I don't think I need an MRI. I really think this had to be a kidney stone so my question is this. Could I have passed the stone and not show any evidence of it if I passed it before my CT scan? I do NOT want to go through that again but there is nothing wrong with me now and I don't want an unnecessary MRI either. Please tell me your thoughts on this or if you have seen patients present like me before. I have not worked with many patients with kidney stones. Most of my experience is with cardiac patients. Thanks. Sorry so long!

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

You need to talk with your primary physician or seek a consultation with a urologist or nephrologist. Per site terms of service we cannot ask for or offer medical advice. No one can tell you what was seen or should have been seen without seeing you in person and reviewing your history and records

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

Hello,

Sounds like a horrible ordeal and I'm sure you are very anxious and concerned.

Yes, you will have to pose all questions and concerns to your healthcare provider. We cannot guess as to what could or could not be going on. You need the proper medical advice from your own Providers.

Good luck and hope this all resolves soon.