I spent the week-end in **the hospital **because on Saturday night I saw blood in my urine. I thought that I had a urine infection because I have had to lay down so much, because of my sprained ankle and broken toes.
Within a few minutes I felt like I was having a heart attack.
My husband took me to the **Emergency Ward**, and after 6 hours, a doctor finally saw me. He told me it wasn’t my urine it was my kidneys.
He ordered some more blood tests and told me I had a choice of going home for a few hours, (until the tests came back from the central lab or staying in the hospital). I live 6 blocks from the hospital and so we came home.
I couldn’t sleep so I read and rated some reviews, (I’m sorry I didn’t leave comments). He called at 5 p.m. and told us to come back to the hospital because he had to run some tests.
When I got back to the hospital they took some more blood and checked my heart rate, blood pressure and gave me a Renal Imaging test.
This includes taking ** an ultra sound, a tomography, (CT Scan), and a Magnet Resonance Imaging Scan**.
The also tested me by doing a **cystoscopy**, (to test to see if I had cancer). This was the only test that really hurt.
A cystoscope is a thin tube with a light and eyepiece attached to it. The tube has optic fibers inside it. The tube is inserted through the small h@le where your urine come out of.
I was awake while they snipped some skin from the tissue in my bladder and kidneys.
All biopsies in Canada, are sent to the Laboratory in Regina, Saskatchewan.
I had to stay in the hospital until all of the tests came back.
The result is that I passed a kidney stone. From the cystocopy, I got an infection and I’m now on anti-bionics.
I’m glad it wasn’t some thing worse.
*What causes Kidney Stones?** The stones form when the minerals, (in your body), are not taken away in your urine. The stick together and begin to form stones.
*What can they do if you have Kidney Stones?** If you only have a few then they can do nothing. If you have a lot you will have to have an operation.
The doctor told me to come back in a few months and he would give be a blood test. Until that time I should stay away from salt, calcium and I have to drink a lot of water.
Thank you for reading my review.
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