I was told on September 1st of this year I have a kidney stone. (Started at 6.4mm and went up to 7mm) since being diagnosed, I've suffered regularly with cramping sensations in my lower abdomen and have been feeling sick almost daily, to the point where I easily throw up and usually can't eat much. I've lost around 2st in the last 3 months because of it. I had lithotripsy yesterday to break it down and when I woke up this morning, I was constantly feeling sick from the time my eyes opened until I was loaded up with morphine, the pain was absurd as well. I couldn't sit but when I stood up, I wanted to throw up, which happened a lot today on an empty stomach. I ended up in emergency and was sent home a few hours later with oxycodene. The first two times I went to emerg after being diagnosed was owing to a painful cramping sensation in my lower abdomen and ongoing sickness. I was told twice 'it could be a bladder infection' and was given anti biotics both times. Turns out I didn't have an infection but they never look any further and just blame my symptoms on the stone. Both times my stone was in the exact same place (very top in my kidney), my stone was diagnosed as non obstructive. Since September I've been passing blood almost daily, am mostly sick and experience cramping feelings weekly if not daily. I've been to the doctors and emerg so many times and they just said it was the stone without any investigation.. Has anyone else experienced any of this? If my symptoms persist after the stone fragments have passed, they said they will investigate further. Just seems like a long time to be feeling like this and not to get a definite answer..
Hi catherine99873,
I feel for your pain. I've been having nausea bouts for 2 years until I've ended up in A&E. I've even vomited at the A&E door and they didn't care ... it sat there for a while.
For me it helped to lay on my belly and/or to have a hot tea (I drink herbal flavoured tea (mainly mint) with lemon, but as hot as I can sip). Hot cocoa worked too sometimes.
The CT scan did not pick up the stone as it already lodged in the bladder. 6 weeks later I've pee it out, took it to my GP for analisys and they lost it ... never got to the lab.
I am still sick when eating dinner, anything from the fridge and when drinking cold ... I know another stone is in it's way.
I've been recommended by a the surgeon in A&E: not to sit on my a*s, not to exceed 2 cups of coffee ot tea a day, and to drink lots of water.
I hope it helps
I understand you perfectly, I have been battling with Kidney stones for 7 years, had 4 surgeries, constantly in pain.
I have gone to several Dr, so many times to ER to the point they don't wan't to do more CTscan or Xrays because they are worried for my health my stone was diagnosed as non obstructive as well.,. Last time I went I had two stones trying to come down at same time but they are not even in the entrance. I keep feeling pain.
I have lost two jobs and the only response i received is you have to live with it.
everytime i go to ER they found blood in my urine, they don't see stones but two or three days later i pass a stone.
I am living with daily pain and there is somedays is cronic pain.I am frustrated to the point My primary Dr send me to a Psycology thinking I was making it up, and I am better then the DR.
I don't know what else to do anymore they don't find an answer for me. I can;t believe with all the technology there is They haven't been able to help me at all!
I don't want another surgery, because the more they go inside the more they can damage my kidney! Good luck!
I have been dealing with multiple stones in my kidneys for a couple of years now and the sick feelings you speak of. I felt like new when they went in and cleaned them out it was great until I developed more stones. The doctors will tell you that they shouldn't cause any problems unless they are out of the kidney or obstructing but it's a lie. I am a witness to it. There is a condition called MSK that is not recognized by some physicans but some do. I have all of the symptoms of this disease. Stones embedded in our kidneys hurt and cause problems! Drink drink drink drink plenty of water obsessively, make you a pitcher of water with fresh lemons and lime and drink it obessively as well. I am getting a little relief now with the flooding of water. Boil water and add real fresh ginger to it to help with the nausea too. There is a kidney stone medicine in Earth Fare (natural grocery store here in America) that I am trying. I will let you know if it helps. Look into the MSK (I think its called Medullary Sponge Kidney)...God Bless You and Praying for you health and comfort!
Has no one told you that tea and chocolate are two of tge biggest contributors to stones. Makes your urin very acidic. Your comfort drinks are just making your problem worse.
There isn't much doctors can do for you if YOU dont change your own diet. Some people can get stones way more than others, but it is always manageable. There isnt some magic treatmeant for them. You can only prevent them by changing your own dietary habits.
Take out the lemon and lime. Making your urin more acidic help kidney stones growth. Potassium citrate is a good supplement to take to help prevent stones.
I have the same issue. A doctor tried to do the litho...whatever and he said it was too high for him to get to it. I was so mad. I still have it. It hurts. I cant eat sometimes and i cant work out as much as i want to because i get dizzy. I drink lots of water. I heard lemons can shrink it but I cant tell. i tell the doctor and nurses i am tired of complaining and i feel like i am not being heard. I am going to another urologist for my third opinion. I hope i can get this out.
I know exactly how you're feeling. I've been dealing with kidney stones for years, but I always thought I'd just have to suffer through the pain the rest of my life. But I went to a local health food store a few years ago, looking for anything to help with the agonizing pain. I asked one of the women and of course she didn't know but she directed me to some pills anyway... boy, am I glad she did. She showed me some pills called Stone Free I bought them even though they were pretty pricey. I took 3 as soon as I got back into the car, hoping and praying they would help the pain I was in. To my amazement they did. At first, I honestly thought it was just a coincidence so I stopped taking them. Until one day when I started feeling the beginning pain of a stone coming on. I got desperate once again and remember that bottle of pills took 5 and about 30 mins later the pain was gone again. I continued to take them and have been taking them pretty nonstop for 4 years now. There's been a few times I run out of them and they're sold out everywhere and I try other things... but nothing works like these. I've only ever seen about 3 stones pass, I don't know if it's because they break up or what.. all I care about is that the pain is gone. I would definitely look them up on Amazon and order them. It'll be worth it, trust me.
Oh my goodness! Thank you for this post! I was diagnosed with a large non obstructing kidney stone over a year and a half ago. I even had surgery to try and remove the stone, but they could not reach it because it's in a "canal". I've had a check up appointment in the last 6 months and it has grown to about 6.7mm. But my new doctor didn't want to do another surgery. I've been having terrible pain in my right kidney off and on for about 9 months. In addition, I've always developed terrible nausea almost every single day, usually at night. I think I need to find a new doctor. I've never had a kidney stone before and have not developed any new ones surgery once this so I don't know exactly what is the cause of this stone. It is seems frustrating having doctors tell you that the pain and nausea is not from the stone. Then what is the excruciating pain in my right kidney from?! I think it's causing problems because its so large and continues to grow. Anyway, thank you for this post and making me feel like I'm not crazy!
No they don't
I have a condition that I pass 10-15 stones a month.
You might read that food causes stones but does not drinks do I agree not tea but fizzy drinks do
Drink heaps of water with lemon squeezed in it.
It is medullary sponge kidney
Yes it hurts when they just sit in your kidney and the reason why is most of them form in the flesh part of our kidneys
No doctor can reach those stones in the flesh part and they are the ones that hurt
The others we get like everyone else but problem is ours grow larger than the rest and block and that means blockage and surgery and stents
Not a nice illness
Diet does nothing it's drink water water and more water and even then we still get stones and get blocked. It is painful
I have in both kidneys and pain is severe at times.
It's worth looking up as it exist and only certain urologist understand t and treat it
Did it help with the nausea?
Hi
I would get a advice from a second doctor
The stone could be moving around giving you pain
Nausea and pain is a sign of it moving in kidney wanting to pass.
You need to get scans to see where it is situated now
I have stones all the time due to medullary sponge kidneys and they give nausea and bad pain when they move inside kidney
Please if you are bleeding a lot to seek medical advice as it be blocked or on its way down
Our bodies can pass 7mm up but can cause bad damage to many so if it's growing keep an eye on it as the sooner it's out the better for you
Good luck
Stone free appears to work but please be careful if your body is making stones a lot you have a underlining issue
Please get it checked out there is a lot of different kidney stone illness you can get
Sometimes these natural remedies can make stones more.
It's good in short term but not long term
What condition is this? I get them 1-2 times a month no matter what I eat or how much water I drink. Starting to p**s me off.
I get them also quiet a bit but have no insurance to find out what's causing them... I'm thinking calcium deposits maybe... I once had 12 stones in one year.. 
I hope you feel better
Hi Catherine,
Sorry you're going through this. I have a kidney stone which was discovered when I went to ER with pains in my abdomen, nausea answered blood in my urine. After the kidney stone was discovered the nausea and abdominal pains continued, for me those pains were like bad menstrual pain. I visited my Dr a number of times complaining of these symptoms, which started in September 2016. In January 2017 my Dr moved on and I saw a new Dr. She suggested I have an ultrasound of my whole torso, and discovered I have a gall stone! I was referred to a specialist who said the only relief would be to change my diet, which I have, but ultimately I'd need the gall bladder removed. 1 year on from the onset of symptoms I'm waiting for elective surgery.
I found that prior to seeing the new Dr, everyone was totally focussed on the kidney stone. Because of that narrow view the gall stone was missed for so long. Your situation sounds so similar to mine, I hope you can get some answers. In the meantime if you take fat out of your diet that will help tremendously if the nausea and stomach pain is gall bladder related. Good luck, and take care.
I’m having very similar symptoms to you and would love to hear what happened! Any updates?
Hi...I too suffered with chronic kidney stones for years. I had multiple lithotripsies ...so I set out on a course to find out the underlying problem and finally did. I had a parathyroid tumor-benign as they almost always are...but 1 of the definitive signs of hyperparathyroidism as its called is recurrent kidney stones. This is not something that most physicians even know about let alone look for. The way I found out was that I looked at my lab results from routine bloodwork and noticed that my calcium was out of the normal range...just a tad. That was the defining moment. There are also other signs and symptoms. I urge you to visit the website parathyroid com and explore this further. It's worth a shot and for me it was the key to a wonderful life altering experience.