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This is kind of crazy. The other day, my husband went to his friend's house. He came home relatively early (he came home at about midnight, and usually when he goes over there he's there till 3 or 4 AM because they play Dungeons & Dragons until the wee hours of the morning). The next morning, he said that the reason he came home early was because he suddenly experienced a sharp pain in the LRQ (the same spot where my pain is usually located), chills, and he also got hit with a wave of nausea so bad that he vomited.

I have to explain here that my hubby does NOT vomit. We've been together for over 12 years now and as far as I can recall, he hasn't vomited once until now. At one point in college, he & I and my roommate all went out for dinner, and he and she ate the same thing and they both got food poisoning. Hubby did not vomit then, he just had diarrhea for a few hours and then was fine. Roommate, on the other hand, was vomiting all day from the same tainted food. So hubby just does not vomit, even when he's ill, so it scares me that he did when he experienced this pain.

I am hoping that it was just a virus, but he then told me that these symptoms have happened once before, a couple months ago, which is scary too. Plus, if it were a virus, I likely would have caught it, since I seem to catch every virus that goes around. I should mention that he definitely didn't have food poisoning this time since he & my brother & I all ate the same thing for lunch & dinner before hubby got sick on Saturday night, and my brother & I were fine. So anyway, it doesn't appear to be a virus or food poisoning, and I guess we're going to make a doctors appointment for him and have some bloodwork done and go from there.

You know what would just suck? If he got a quick diagnosis and I were to remain in limbo (I'm still undiagnosed). I don't want him to have IBD of course, and I sincerely hope it was just a virus or something less serious. But I think I would be really upset if he got diagnosed with IBD and I was still in diagnostic limbo, not only because I know how bad IBD is and I would feel awful for him, but honestly I would be kind of jealous and mad.

On the bright side, though, I think he now has a greater understanding of what I've been going through for the past year and a half. He said the pain was awful and of course it's been many years since he's been so nauseous that he actually vomited. If it was really a "flare", it was the quickest flare ever though - by Sunday morning he was fine and eating and shoveling snow and totally normal again. No pain or nausea or any other symptoms by the next morning.

I'm rambling, and sorry for that, and thanks if you read this all. I feel better just getting it out. Worried for my hubby and I hope he doesn't have IBD.
 
Good luck on finding out what it is. It just sounds like a terrible noro-type virus. There were several teachers in my building who were hit pretty hard with it. They described the pain as being in the same area as my Crohns pain. I hope your hubby is feeling better.
 
Thanks Andi, that makes me feel a little better. Although it's odd that he's had the same symptoms twice and nobody else I know has gotten the norovirus lately - I know that is really contagious so you'd figure he would have picked it up from someone and/or passed it on to someone. I've been on Entocort since October and it seems to have lowered my immune system enough that I've caught every cold & virus going - but even I haven't had norovirus - you'd think if he had it, twice, that I would have caught it too. I guess for now we'll wait and see what happens - if he gets these symptoms again, I will insist that he go get checked out and at least get some bloodwork done. He's one of those type of guys who won't go to the doctor or take medicine unless he's certain that he's dying, but if this continues I will insist that he goes and gets checked out just to be safe.
 
I wouldn't rule out severe constipation either. I think if you've got a blockage down there it can cause some bad pain and nausea.
 
Thanks SdN, I didn't think of that. If it were a blockage it must have cleared itself up pretty quickly! I did ask hubby after his latest "episode" whether he had any diarrhea and he said no, and although I didn't think to mention constipation, I would assume he would have mentioned that when I asked about diarrhea. I'll keep that in mind though if this happens again. If he had a blockage, surely that wouldn't be caused by something like a norovirus, right? So if it were a blockage, again that's something he'd need to have a doctor find the cause of. Hmmm. I'm wondering if I should just send him to the doctor soon instead of waiting to see if this happens again. What do you guys think?
 
Appendicitis is another thought. I've never had it, but my mother and several cousins have had it. It caused lower right-sided pain, nausea, and vomiting. One of my cousins had his appendix burst. Appendicitis is weird! I guess you can have acute appendicitis where you need to have it out ASAP, or chronic which can cause a lot of discomfort, but isn't as pressing.
 
If he never vomits, that's a cause for concern. It could be gallbladder (though that pain usually presents higher up I think) or something funky like H Pylori or some other non-contagious virus.

Hopefully it turns out to be nothing, but if it happens again... I would say that warrants a call to the doc.

Good luck! - Amy
 
Good point, Amy! I just had a duh moment! I've had gallbladder problems and had it removed when I was 29. I did have a lot of nausea with that. It always started shortly after eating. Fried or greasy foods were the worst. Ugh! The pain was on the upper right side and it would radiate to my arm.
 
Thanks, I will make sure he gets his gallbladder checked! And I'm sure they can do some stool tests too to rule out bacterial infection like H Pylori or C Diff. Since I normally write out a long list of questions before I go to my doctor, it's like second nature for me to write hubby a list of his own. So all these things have been added to the list! :)

I talked with hubby again last night about his symptoms. He had told me that he experienced no diarrhea, but he did admit that he was constipated all day Sunday (he was sick Saturday night, so the entire following day). In his words, he is normally "as regular as a clock" so being constipated was worrisome, although he did say on Monday he had a BM so the constipation didn't last long. Oh, and he also said last night that he wasn't 100% back to normal and he still felt a bit "off" and a small amount of lingering pain in his LRQ.

At any rate, I told him to make a doctor appointment to get checked out and he agreed that would be a good thing to do. He doesn't even have a GP yet and we've been living here since 2002 so even if this turns out to be nothing, at least he'll get a GP out of this experience! ;)
 
Joan, I think you're on to something! That sounds just like hubby's symptoms! He said the first time it happened, back in December, he had the LRQ pain which lasted for about 20 minutes, but no nausea or vomiting. The second time it happened, this past Saturday, the pain lasted longer and he did have nausea & vomiting. The article you posted said the pain happens on and off, with sometimes nausea/vomiting and sometimes not - and it doesn't mention any other symptoms. The only other symptom that hubby had, which may or may not have been related, was that he was a bit constipated afterwards. But no weakness, no joint pains or body aches, no dizziness, no d, no other symptoms that would suggest it's IBD. I just emailed this article to hubby along with my GP's phone number and told him to make an appointment. Thanks again so much for that link! I'm going to print it out and have hubby take it with him when he sees the doc.
 
Update: My GP's office is currently not taking new patients, which is annoying. I went to see my GP yesterday (he's great, by the way - I hadn't seen him in over a year so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. But when he walked in the room he had seen my file and asked me if I have Crohn's or Colitis! He never mentioned IBS once and he definitely thinks I have an IBD, especially now with the hip pain I've been having, which was the reason for my appointment yesterday). When I saw my GP yesterday, I totally spaced out and forgot to ask if he could do me a favor and take on hubby as a patient. So I called my GP's office today, but he's out. His nurse said she's pretty sure he'd be willing to make an exception and take on hubby, and that the GP is back in the office tomorrow so I'll find out then for sure.

Hubby's still been having some intermittent pain. The other night he was up for a few hours in pain. I'm hoping my GP can take him on and get the ball rolling on figuring out hubby. So far his only consistent symptom is pain - the vomiting/nausea only happened once and he had constipation for about a day after that, but otherwise no change in bowel habits or eating habits or weight or appetite or anything else. Hubby has always had a big appetite and can eat whatever he wants (in fact, he's been eating more popcorn lately to try to get more fiber in his system as he thinks that'll help - the smell of popcorn in my house has been driving me crazy though since I can't have any!).

Now that I mention it, though, he has seemed more tired lately. Could be fatigue from his mystery gut illness or it could just be that he recently started working more hours (he's a freelance artist/animator and has recently begun teaching after-school art classes to elementary-age children - that'd certainly tire me out!). I'll keep you guys posted on what my GP says.
 
Aw Cat,
hope the GP takes him on!
And hey, good news that he mentioned an IBD and not the old chesnut, IBS!
Fingers crossed for you, you're getting closer and closer to getting a dx!
xxx
 
Thanks Joan! And I have some good news, my GP got the message even though he's out of his office, and he said yes, he will take hubby on as a patient. So I made an appointment for Friday (it's so easy to get a GP appointment! I wish I could make GI appointments for the same week - there's usually at least a 6 week to 2 month wait to see my GI). The appointment is during the time I usually take my lunch hour, so I'm thinking that if hubby wants me there, I'll go with him to his appointment so I can ask the GP about grumbling appendix, gall bladder, and anything else hubby's symptoms could be.

I feel really relieved that I got hubby in to see my GP, since like I said my GP is good and takes this type of symptoms seriously and doesn't automatically write it off as IBS. There's another GP in the same clinic, who I once had the misfortune to get an appointment with because my regular GP was fully booked. This awful GP took one look at me & my chart and said that I have IBS and that I "look depressed" and then he tried to give me a bunch of anti-depressants. He was awful and I'll never go to him again! And I certainly don't want hubby going to him either. So I'm really, really glad that my good GP agreed to take hubby on. :) I'll keep you posted as to what happens on Friday.
 
I talked with hubby last night and he says he doesn't need me to go with him to his appointment. Hmph. Well, I printed out the article about grumbling appendix and gave it to him to bring with to his appointment. I hope my GP can figure him out. Fingers crossed for Friday!
 
Update: Hubby went to GP on Friday, the visit was uneventful. GP took blood & urine samples, which all apparently came back normal. Said he might send hubby to a specialist.

Fast forward to last night. Hubby was feeling fine before & during dinner. He wanted to have meatloaf so he made two big meatloafs and he ate a bunch (I had a very small amount - meat usually does me in but he made these with turkey so I gave it a try). Then his pain kicked in after dinner. He tried going to sleep but was in too much pain, so he decided to sit on the couch & watch TV until the pain subsided. I went to bed and was woken up an hour or two later by my brother, who said that hubby is getting worse - he had started vomiting - and that we should probably take him to the ER (my brother lives with us, in case anyone is confused). Hubby's pain had gradually gotten worse instead of better, and with the vomiting we decided it warranted a trip to the ER.

So at nearly 1 AM we grt to the ER, where hubby describes his pain as 8 out of 10. Hubby normally has a pretty high pain threshold so the 8/10 really worries me. At this point I'm guessing it's his appendix as that's the area that his pain is in - LRQ. He describes his pain as sharp and steady. Doctors do blood & urine tests again, and this time they find evidence of microscopic amounts of blood in his urine - which would indicate kidney stones. They do a CT scan to be sure, and yep - his appendix looks fine, but he's got a 7 x 5 mm stone in his right kidney and a very small one in his left. They gave him IV fluids and pain meds and some sort of med to flush his system to try to get the stone to pass, and instructions to follow up with a urologist in 2 weeks. We didn't get home until just recently (it's 6 AM here) and I have barely slept. Which means my guts are now unhappy as well - the lack of sleep plus the stress & worry of a sick spouse is a surefire recipe for a bad guts day. Oh well, I'm glad they at least figured hubby out quickly. The pain meds did the trick and he managed to fall asleep. I'm staying up long enough to call in to work, as I just cannot work with bad guts and on no sleep.

Sorry if this post made no sense, I'm quite tired! But happy hubby is home and hopefully on the mend.
 
Oh, I feel for your hubby! Kidney stones are so painful, and I'll admit it, I think they are way worse for men. I hope he passes them with as little pain as possible. Please keep us posted, Cat!
 
Hi Cat, sorry to hear that hubby's poorly again. Hope that he passes those stones soon, and that it's the end to his misery.
Get some rest, and take care of yourself too. Thinking of you x
 
Oh wow Cat!
PAINFUL!
I can imagine it's like pissing glass, ouch!
Really hope he's ok, and you take extra care of you too, we don't want our Cat getting poorly again!
xxx
 
Aww, Cat, sorry to hear about this. But hopefully this is the answer to all your husband's recent pain. I do not envy the pain he will have to go through once that stone passes. :(

Make sure when he naps, you nap! ;)
 
Thanks all! Hubby is feeling much better, although he still hasn't passed the stone. He was given a med called Flomax which makes him pee a lot, and he's been filtering all his urine, but so far no stone. He was also given generic vicodin for the pain but so far he hasn't really had pain since Monday night/Tues morning so he hasn't taken any of those yet. I'm going shopping after work to buy some lemonade and lemon juice, as I read those are good for breaking up & preventing kidney stones. We had some lemon juice in the house but hubby already drank it all!

I'm feeling better too, I called in to work yesterday and hubby & I both spent the day resting and recovering. I'm back at work today since hubby seems relatively fine - he's not in pain and has no nausea right now. He doesn't work until tomorrow (he's a freelance artist/animator and he's recently started a part-time art teaching job), so he can spend today resting too.
 
Im surprised they didn't ultrasound the stone to break it up to make it easier to pass. I remember hearing they would do that for decent sized stones. If he was in enough pain to goto the ER I would have though they might want to get the stone out of him. I hope it doesn't hurt too much coming out, but unfortunately I have heard it is quite painful.
 
Saidinstouch: No, the ER doctors consulted a urologist by phone and the consensus was that the stone should still be small enough to pass on its own (although it still hasn't passed - hubby's episode was Monday night and it's now Thursday afternoon). I'm guessing it will be pretty painful if and when it does pass, although the ER docs gave hubby some vicodin pills so I guess if the pain is bad enough he's at least got some pain meds to get through it.

For now he feels fine, he's increased his water intake a lot and he's drinking lemonade & lemon juice daily as we read that those are good for preventing stones. Hubby's supposed to follow-up with a urologist in 2 weeks (more like 10 days now) and I've been bugging him but as of yet he still hasn't made an appointment. If he doesn't call a urologist tomorrow then I will call one and make an appointment for him! He seems to be taking the attitude now of, "I feel fine now and I know what the problem is so I don't need to see another doctor" which is all well and good until he has another episode! So yeah, that's where we're at now. He's being a typical "macho" guy who thinks it's okay to skip doctor appointments because he currently feels fine. I know better, so I'm going to make sure he goes to that urologist and soon!
 
Haha, Cat. That sounds like something my husband would do. Not so much that he's doing it to be macho, but because he doesn't see it as necessary since he feel fine. Men... ;) I hope he passes it soon. Or hey...maybe it broke up by itself and he passed it without even noticing! Either way, hope things continue to go well for him.
 
Marisa, he's been filtering his urine (when he remembers to, anyway) to see if he passes the stone - and if he does pass it (still hasn't yet), he's supposed to collect it and bring it to the urologist. I don't think the stone's been broken up, because he apparently hasn't passed any part of it yet. I might be wrong, but I thought I read somewhere that lemonade/lemon juice can help dissolve stones, so all the lemonade that he's been chugging might have helped there. At the very least it's hopefully preventing future stones.

I asked him yesterday morning to do two things - to schedule his urologist appointment, and to schedule someone to come out to our house to give us an estimate on what central air conditioning would cost to install. Guess which one he did! We had three air conditioner people come over but he didn't make a urologist appointment. I told him he's GOT to do it today. We'll see if he actually does. I will if he doesn't!
 
I'm sorry to hear about the stones. My mother had kidney stones and they really knocked her down for a while. Keep that guy on the mend and to his appointments. I know that guys often try to get out of them.
 
Hubby got his appointment! He had called on Friday and they said they'd call him back on Monday - they did, and he got an appointment for this morning! I'll let you guys know when I find out what happened at the appointment. I'm hoping the urologist can get the big stone to break up or pass, since hubby still hasn't passed it and is still having some intermittent pain.
 
What a pair you are Cat. I hope his appt went well and you'll soon have the stone to put on your rockery garden or as gravel for your driveway!
 
Little Miss H, if they let us keep the stone we'd put it on display as a conversation piece! But unfortunately, they told us that if/when the stone passes, we've got to bring it to the doctor right away so they can analyze what kind it is (apparently there are different types of kidney stones, so the analysis would say what it's comprised of and how hubby should adjust his diet). So we're not allowed to keep it when it finally comes out.

I just emailed hubby as he didn't call me after his appointment. I still don't know how things went but I'm anxious to find out! I'll update as soon as I know!
 
Ha ha ha, probably not. It might be made of grapefruit though. The ER doctor told hubby that grapefruit is really bad and can cause kidney stones or make them worse - hubby just happened to eat about 5 grapefruits the week before he ended up in the ER! It's weird because lemon supposedly helps prevent kidney stones, and lemon seems similar to grapefruit - both are acidic citrus fruits. So odd that one helps and one hurts!

Grapefruit is just weird in general, I think. I'm not allowed to have any grapefruit while I'm on Entocort, as it can strip off the special coating or something like that. I am allowed to have lemon, orange, and all other citrus fruits. So strange! I wonder why grapefruit is so detrimental!
 
You can't have grapefruit with a few medications. With some it can give you abnormal heart rhythyms. It is a bit strange why other citrus fruits don't do the same thing. Nasty little fruits! Before we know it they will be leaping from the fruit bowl and attacking us.
 
This is why I despise grapefruit. Not really...just think they taste nasty. ;) Haha. Well, you can always take a picture of the kidney stone and frame it. How weird would that be?? LOL
 
Ha ha Marisa! I bet I could get hubby to smile and pose next to his stone for a photo op! That would be hilarious in a creepy way. :)

I used to love grapefruit, I miss it. My cat actually loves it too, she begs for it and will scarf it down! She's a weirdo - I guess she's the perfect cat for us, haha. :D
 
Speaking of fruity cats, I had a cat that would come running any time we ever cut up a cantaloupe or a honeydew. What strange creatures they can be.
 
May, my cat loves pumpkin! I have never been a melon fan so I don't know how she'd react to melon, but she seems to like most fruits and some veg. She's even eaten lettuce!

So, back to the subject of hubby - he went to the urologist yesterday and they didn't break up or remove the stone. They did take yet another x-ray, this time to see if the stone has moved at all. Hubby's supposed to follow-up with them again in another few weeks. I'm hoping at that appointment, that if the stone hasn't passed yet, they'll be able then to break it up or get it to pass. It seems like we're just waiting and waiting and nothing is happening... hm, kind of like my own health predicament! ;)
 
One of my cats goes nuts anytime we come home with strawberries. Like rolling around on the floor and rubbing. It's like catnip or something! Haha.
 
Update on hubby (and sorry I haven't been around the forum in a bit, I just got back from a vacation!): He went back to the urologist and the big kidney stone seems to be very stubborn, not moving and hasn't broken up nor passed. So a procedure was scheduled for May, where they will go up through the urethra and zap the stone to smithereens with a laser. Hubby is drinking tons of water in the meantime to try to flush out and pass the stone before then.

The funny thing is, the urologist gave hubby prednisone! Only 10 mg for 3 days, as they found mild inflammation which may be keeping the stone lodged in place. Hubby took his last pred today so we'll see if that made any difference. Fingers crossed he can pass it before mid-May!
 
Mayflower537 said:
Speaking of fruity cats, I had a cat that would come running any time we ever cut up a cantaloupe or a honeydew. What strange creatures they can be.
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Oh that's funny, I had a Siamese like that. First time I realised about his fetish was when a melon I'd put on a low table to eat off disappeared. Then I heard a slushing, crunching sort of noise, and there he was under the table, tucking in, rind and all!
 
Loooong overdue update: Hubby eventually learned that he had 3 kidney stones. 2 very small and one large (5 mm x 7 mm). He passed the 2 small ones but the big one is still in there somewhere. He's having a procedure tomorrow to get it taken care of - they're going to send a tiny scope up the urethra, and when they find the stone, they're going to blast it with a laser. I'm taking the day off of work as hubby will be knocked out for this procedure, so I was told that I will need to drive him and keep an eye on him for the rest of the day (it's an outpatient procedure).

I know a fair amount of crohnies have also dealt with kidney stones. Anybody else have this type of procedure? My understanding is that the laser mostly decimates the stone but there will probably still be a few fragments left over that he'll have to pass - anyone know if the fragments will cause him pain and vomiting like the stones themselves did? If anyone else did have this procedure, how long did it take you to recover? Hubby's doctors said that he should be feeling pretty well by the next day. Is that true? Anything else anybody can tell me about kidney stones to put my mind at ease??
 
Hi Cat :)

Oddly enough, one of my husbands' employees actually had this procedure done yesterday. He brought it up today because he was saying how one of his guys was still "out" today.
He told me that he explained it as the "doctor shaking his kidney over and over".
He also said he is only expected to be out today to sit home, relax and drink lots of waters to try and let the rest of the residule granules that were broken up pass through. He is expecting to be back to work tomorrow.

I know nothing personally about this, but we did have this conversation today and then I just saw your post. Hope this helps just a little at least :)

be well
~T~
 
Thanks Tracy, that helps! My hubby only works a few hours a week (he teaches after-school and weekend art classes) so he doesn't work tomorrow or Friday. I'm hoping he'll be well enough on Friday that I can go to work and won't have to stay home and watch him (I think I'm mostly supposed to watch him to make sure he doesn't have a reaction to the anesthesia). And I'm hoping he'll be well enough Saturday that he can go back to teaching. From what you posted about your husband's employee, it sounds promising that hubby and I will both be back to work in no time.

I am a bit scared about the "shaking the kidney over and over" thing that you said though! I'm picturing it like, you know how in cartoons if someone is shaken upside down all the money falls out of their pockets? I'm picturing that, like if you just shake the kidney enough the stone will just plop out of there onto the ground! Eek!
 
your welcome , and sorry LOL that's just how the guy explained what the laser treatment felt like I guess.
I figured that description would give a pretty good idea of what to expect.
He did say it doesn't hurt as bad as the stones though! :)

Best of luck to your hubby (and you)!
 
Update: Hubby had his procedure! He is doing well now, although for awhile his pain after the procedure was horrible. He woke up in pain, and when they asked him to try to urinate, it looked like pure blood - it was dark red! We were actually told that that was nothing to worry about. They said we should only be worried if his urine was still bloody after 3 days. Fortunately, by this morning it wasn't bloody anymore. Also, they tried to give him more vicodins for the pain, but he refused. Vicodin doesn't seem to help, and only makes his head feel "loopy" (he can't mentally focus, and he stutters while on vicodin). So they gave him something else, I think it's called oxycodone, and that actually helped his pain and didn't make him loopy in the head. So far so good! He had a stent put in to let the fragments of stone pass, and in a week he gets the stent taken out, and after that he should be all healthy again! I'm so happy, I just couldn't deal with both of us being ill! It's hard to be both patient and caretaker simultaneously. I'll settle for one or the other.

Oh, and another sort of weird thing - apparently the kidney stone patients get put into the same recovery area as the colonoscopy/GI patients. So I was sitting at hubby's bedside in the recovery room, and who should come in but my GI! He said he had walked past and seen me and was concerned that my hubby might have a GI condition as well, since we were in that area of the hospital. I told him no worries, it's kidney stones for hubby, and for once I am actually feeling okay. I sure felt for the other people in that recovery area, though. I could hear the nurses talking with a lady who was in the room next to us, she apparently had a double balloon endoscopy and they found strictures and ulcers and they said they think it's Crohn's. I felt such empathy (and also a bit of jealousy that she pretty much got diagnosed right there next to me).
 
Aw Cat your time will come!
Glad the hubby is doing well and it's finally over after all this time
Stay well, the both of you!
Chillax, and no hanky panky, not yet anyway!
xxx
 
Joan, too funny! Hubby's discharge papers actually did specifically say that once he leaves the hospital, he is cleared for hanky panky. But he's in no shape for that and I plan on giving him at the very least a few more days to recover first!
 
Thanks May! Hubby's doing somewhat better, still some pain but the pain meds he's got now are working really well. Still peeing a little blood too but not much. He said the stent seems to be causing most of his pain now. He's got an appointment to get it removed on Friday, so hopefully after then he'll be back to 100% soon.
 
I'm glad to hear that he's on the mend. My mother who isn't a Crohnie, has had her share of kidney stones. She says they are painful!!! She was a nurse and said that people who are susceptible to them, can have repeat episodes. I think she's had about five episodes during her adult life. As a young girl, I remember seeing her cry and having my dad rush her to the hospital. There was another time in which she was rushed to the hospital by an ambulance. Your hubby is lucky to have such an understanding wife. I know he is getting the TLC that he needs. He'll feel good in no time. The important thing for you, is to not worry. It'll pass, and the doctors are pretty good about diagnosing and treating kidney stones.
 
Thanks Andi. I love the new profile pic by the way! Is that the new hair color you talked about in your other thread? It's really cute! Oh, and with regards to your mother's kidney stones - were her doctors ever able to figure out what is causing them or why they keep happening? My big fear is that hubby will go through this again and again. He's getting his stones analyzed when he goes back to the doctor on Friday, so hopefully they can tell him how to modify his diet so that he can prevent future stones. Nobody else in his family has had kidney stones so it seems like it must be dietary as opposed to genetic.
 
You know, Cat, they haven't found out the cause or reason. One of my sisters is getting some more work-ups to find out if she has Crohn's. She had a positive on the Prometheus Lab. test, but the doctors want more evidence to diagnose her. During my mother's last kidney stone attack (I believe it was in March 2011; not too long ago), her doctor wasn't sure if it was her gallbladder, kidney stones, or both. She was in a lot of pain. That was the time that my father called the ambulance. She had horrible stabbing pains in her back, side, and she was extremely nauseated. She almost collapsed, that's why my dad decided to call the ambulance. During my mom's work up, with the urologist, they wanted family history. My mother had mentioned that she had two, possibly three children with Crohn's Disease. The doctor spent a lot of time writing the information down. He had asked her if she was ever checked for it, and she said, "I never really had the need to." CD is evident in my father's family, but now my mother is wondering if she has a silent case (no symptoms) or is a carrier. She thinks it's unusual to have two, and possibly three children with the disease. I do know that it is a highly hereditary disease. My mom's never had trouble eating certain foods and she rarely gets nauseated. She has mentioned that throughout most of her adult life, she's had lower back pains without a known origin.
 
Thanks Andi. I hope they can figure out what was causing hubby's stones. Nobody else in his family has had them so it's not genetic, therefore I assume it must be dietary. Not sure though. On the plus side, hubby is back to normal! He had the stent taken out on Friday and by Saturday he was feeling pretty much 100% again. So finally one of us is healthy again. ;) I couldn't deal with both of us being ill! I need to either be taken care of or be the caretaker but I can't handle dual roles!
 
I'm glad to hear that he's on the mend. One of my friends recently had kidney stones. She's not a Crohnie, but she is prone to blood clots. She's going to research that. Keep us posted if they find the cause.
 

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