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Went through the worst couple days of my life, please read..
6 months ago
Some of you may be aware already if you follow me on socials, but let's just say the past couple days were the scariest days of my life. TLDR is at the end. TMI warning-
Earlier on Wednesday morning I randomly started vomiting a ton. I was literally tethered to my bathroom all curled up and it felt like my stomach had exploded. This went on for a couple hours before I had some strength to go upstairs and ask one of my roommates for help. Thankfully I was rushed to the ER moments later where I was seen by the nurses and doctors there. They immediately put me on some IV drip and performed a catscan. Unfortunately, turned out I have a kidney stone in my right abdominal area. I was still throwing up my guts hours after while sitting there which wasn't fun. My roommate stayed with me for help and comfort. The doctor concluded that I'd need to be transported to a hospital to have emergency surgery for the stone to get it out of my system. Sadly just when we thought things couldn't get worse, my heart rate had spiked up close to 200bpm randomly. By this time I was already conscious for 24 hours and I was dozing off in the room. They said I was in an Atrial fibrillation heart pattern, which is very concerning almost deadly in some cases. It's more common in older folks than is someone who's only 29. I was given more medicine via IV to try to calm down my heart, but it was certain I needed to be transported for immediate help.
Later an ambulance came and I was transported to the ICU department of a hospital. By now I was hanging on by a thread as far as where I was at and what the hell was going on. Surgery for my kidney stone needed to be delayed because they wanted to monitor my heart status and try to calm it back down into a normal sinus pattern. I was hovering around 140-160bpm for the rest of the night. During that I was given another IV prick, had some blood drawn and stuff. Think they stabbed my stomach with something to prevent blood clotting but I don't remember entirely. My anxiety was through the rooooooof with how many times I got any injection. Going to say I encountered SO many different doctors, nurses and caregivers that were in and out of my room, all which were very nice and they did everything to assure me I'd be fine. I was glad to have my step mom and roommate come visit me some. However I still wasn't able to get sleep even with more medicine and melatonin they gave me. Still had to deal some temperature checks, a heart ultra sound (I wasn't paying attention and asked the nurse why they were checking to see if I was pregnant lol?) and more blood work.
I maybe only got an hour or two of sleep before the next afternoon they wanted to perform the surgery. At least I was taken out of ICU and put into a regular room where there's less noises and distractions. By this time I was so fucking scared of what was to come of things. I did meet some of the surgeons before the operation, and was told a stent would have to be placed into me for reasons I'm not going to get into...when time came for the surgery itself all I remember was being placed on the operating table and I was knocked out cold. I wokeup a bit later in my hospital bed as if nothing had ever happened and was taken back to my room for recovery. I FINALLY got to have some food after what was like 38ish hours of fasting. Wish I got to try hospital food more cus' I was genuinely curious, but hey their soup, chocolate pudding and jello came in clutch! Later the next day I was discharged from the hospital and allowed to go back home.
I'm here to share with everyone that I'm okay, and going to be okay because I'm still not "done" with this. In a couple more weeks I'll have to return to have followup surgery with the stent being removed. I'm thankful I'm not throwing up anymore or having my chest feel like it's fluttering constantly. I think the reason my heart got so high was because of the amount of caffeine I've been ingesting nights prior and some anxiety/stress relating to my job. There's still a ton of cramps, abdominal pain and a constant feeling of having to urinate I'll have to deal with in the meantime. I'm staying on top of my medicine and trying to rest if my body allows it. Right now I'm typing this on my phone so I'm sorry if some stuff is spelt wrong and incomplete buhhh I'm exhausted. I wanted to thank those of you who have left comforting thoughts and wishes, or PM'd me after finding out the news. I'm super grateful to have a supportive group such as you guys and I'm relieved to be alive after all of this. I hope I can return the favor to everyone. All I can say after the experience is...please drink water, like tons of it. Take care of your bodies too. This seriously was no joke, and was the worst pain I've ever endured in my lifetime. Your body and your kidney most importantly will thank you. I'm happy to answer questions about what I went through that I wasn't confident in sharing here. Stay gooey guys 💚
TLDR; Gooey has a kidney stone, went to the hospital. Also experienced a traumatic heart rhythm. Had surgery and was in the hospital for several days. Now back home and recovering.
Earlier on Wednesday morning I randomly started vomiting a ton. I was literally tethered to my bathroom all curled up and it felt like my stomach had exploded. This went on for a couple hours before I had some strength to go upstairs and ask one of my roommates for help. Thankfully I was rushed to the ER moments later where I was seen by the nurses and doctors there. They immediately put me on some IV drip and performed a catscan. Unfortunately, turned out I have a kidney stone in my right abdominal area. I was still throwing up my guts hours after while sitting there which wasn't fun. My roommate stayed with me for help and comfort. The doctor concluded that I'd need to be transported to a hospital to have emergency surgery for the stone to get it out of my system. Sadly just when we thought things couldn't get worse, my heart rate had spiked up close to 200bpm randomly. By this time I was already conscious for 24 hours and I was dozing off in the room. They said I was in an Atrial fibrillation heart pattern, which is very concerning almost deadly in some cases. It's more common in older folks than is someone who's only 29. I was given more medicine via IV to try to calm down my heart, but it was certain I needed to be transported for immediate help.
Later an ambulance came and I was transported to the ICU department of a hospital. By now I was hanging on by a thread as far as where I was at and what the hell was going on. Surgery for my kidney stone needed to be delayed because they wanted to monitor my heart status and try to calm it back down into a normal sinus pattern. I was hovering around 140-160bpm for the rest of the night. During that I was given another IV prick, had some blood drawn and stuff. Think they stabbed my stomach with something to prevent blood clotting but I don't remember entirely. My anxiety was through the rooooooof with how many times I got any injection. Going to say I encountered SO many different doctors, nurses and caregivers that were in and out of my room, all which were very nice and they did everything to assure me I'd be fine. I was glad to have my step mom and roommate come visit me some. However I still wasn't able to get sleep even with more medicine and melatonin they gave me. Still had to deal some temperature checks, a heart ultra sound (I wasn't paying attention and asked the nurse why they were checking to see if I was pregnant lol?) and more blood work.
I maybe only got an hour or two of sleep before the next afternoon they wanted to perform the surgery. At least I was taken out of ICU and put into a regular room where there's less noises and distractions. By this time I was so fucking scared of what was to come of things. I did meet some of the surgeons before the operation, and was told a stent would have to be placed into me for reasons I'm not going to get into...when time came for the surgery itself all I remember was being placed on the operating table and I was knocked out cold. I wokeup a bit later in my hospital bed as if nothing had ever happened and was taken back to my room for recovery. I FINALLY got to have some food after what was like 38ish hours of fasting. Wish I got to try hospital food more cus' I was genuinely curious, but hey their soup, chocolate pudding and jello came in clutch! Later the next day I was discharged from the hospital and allowed to go back home.
I'm here to share with everyone that I'm okay, and going to be okay because I'm still not "done" with this. In a couple more weeks I'll have to return to have followup surgery with the stent being removed. I'm thankful I'm not throwing up anymore or having my chest feel like it's fluttering constantly. I think the reason my heart got so high was because of the amount of caffeine I've been ingesting nights prior and some anxiety/stress relating to my job. There's still a ton of cramps, abdominal pain and a constant feeling of having to urinate I'll have to deal with in the meantime. I'm staying on top of my medicine and trying to rest if my body allows it. Right now I'm typing this on my phone so I'm sorry if some stuff is spelt wrong and incomplete buhhh I'm exhausted. I wanted to thank those of you who have left comforting thoughts and wishes, or PM'd me after finding out the news. I'm super grateful to have a supportive group such as you guys and I'm relieved to be alive after all of this. I hope I can return the favor to everyone. All I can say after the experience is...please drink water, like tons of it. Take care of your bodies too. This seriously was no joke, and was the worst pain I've ever endured in my lifetime. Your body and your kidney most importantly will thank you. I'm happy to answer questions about what I went through that I wasn't confident in sharing here. Stay gooey guys 💚
TLDR; Gooey has a kidney stone, went to the hospital. Also experienced a traumatic heart rhythm. Had surgery and was in the hospital for several days. Now back home and recovering.
Avexian
You are STRONG. YOU SURVIVED. Be glad.
You probably don't need me to say it, but definitely take some time to take it easy for yourself. It scary when the body just starts going into this, even with the reasons, just so suddenly like that and especially when you don't know, it's impossible to not be stressed by it.
Well hopefully in the long run, enough rest, and enough jelly for your gooey gut, you'll be up and running in no time. I really hope all the best for you Gooey, please stay safe. <3
so glad you made it through all of that.
*hugs*
I hope you recover well now you’re back home
I had issues with kidney stone when I was a kid, it was awful to say the least. I'm very glad to see you doing better.
I wish you all the best and strength for the following surgery, stay safe and take care.
That kind of experience had to be so frightening, not mention the agony pain of that kindney stone you felt.
I'm really glad to hear you doing alright, that's truly a relief!🫂 But take your time to recover and avoid caffeine, water will help to detoxification your body.