I had my CT scan done last Tuesday, and before I left Stanford, I grabbed a copy of it on CD. The scan was underwhelming to say the least. I saw a couple new stones in my right kidney, (shoot - was it my left? I always forget if the sides are reversed on film and I don't have it open right now). Either way, my right kidney is killing me today. It's gotten worse since yesterday.

Okay, I jumped ahead. There were 4 or 5 stones in the right kidney and one teeny one in the other. It looks like two on the right are 6mm. Despite all of the ureter pain I've been feeling, I didn't see anything in my ureter, meaning, I might have been wrong for the first time since I was diagnosed. So what is this, phantom pain?? I'm still waiting on my urologist to call me back to be sure. I've always sucked at reading ureters on film, so idk. I saw a couple of bright spots down by my bladder, but I don't think it's where the ureters would have hit the bladder. They are so faint. :(

So back to my kidney. Docs will tell you can only feel kidney pain if they are swollen. You're not supposed to feel stones up in the kidney. So where is this pain coming from? The ureter area still hurts a little, but this is fo' real kidney pain. Oh - one of the new stones is flat in shape! It might be one of the kinds that get stuck at the corner output area of a lobe. I forget what that's all called, but those suck, because docs have a hard time reaching them without eswl or cutting into your kidney. meh. I'll have to look it up. It was pretty cool looking; I've never seen a flat stone before.

So that's it for now. I might google the type of stone shape I'm talking about - I've seen it before. I'll update after I hear back from the doc, which will be any minute.