I haven't blogged recently because I have been suffering through a kidney stone. Aghhhh!!! If you have never had one, thank the Lord and then pray you never do. Over and over again I hear it is worse than childbirth (I'll let you know once I know). All I know is that it is the worst pain I have EVER experienced, and I think it's rated as the number one pain. It all started last Tuesday. I was out "advertising" myself in the Sask. Valley School Division. So I was in Waldheim when the pain got super bad. I stopped in Hepburn anyway (I was hoping it would pass), but then made a mad dash for the city. I was easily going 140-150, praying that either there would be no cops, or that one would pull me over and then escort me to the hospital! Saskatoon has never looked so good. So I was in City Hospital from noon until around 4:30pm, and then went in again around 7:00pm until 8:45pm. Went home, tried to get some sleep but was up again at 3:00, puking (sorry - it's true) because of the pain. So back to Emergency, but this time at RUH. I was there until around supper time. Thankfully I haven't been back since then, but I am still experiencing pain off and on (so the stone has not passed yet) as well as major headaches which is unusual for me, and nausea. Yucky. I managed to sub on Friday, but just was not myself. I went to the doctor today, and he is going to set up an appointment for me with my urologist, so hopefully that will get things rolling. While in City Hospital, I had a CT scan done, and lucky me - I have FIVE more stones in my right kidney and ONE more in my left. So even if this one does manage to pass before my appointment, there are plenty left for them to deal with. I am feeling better - even managed to eat something today, which has been rare - so that's good, but I just don't want it to flare up again. So I did some research and anything sugary is off my diet (enriched sugar aids in the development of stones) and I am on magnesium supplements. Obviously (since this is something like the sixth attack in two years) I am prone to these things, so I better do something about it unless I want to deal with them for the rest of my life.