***pain in side***

cali · 04-08-2006, 06:03 PM

i'm not sure what's goin on. as some of you know, i got a tattoo a week ago today. it's on my right side on my hipscar.

the pain i have is on my LEFT side, at my kidney. i can't tell if it's muscle return or an infection. it feels like muscle return(i've had it in other areas like my back), but i've been leaking the past few days and the pain won't subside. the pain isn't intense but it won't go away. it's a moderate, dull ache, it isn't what i'd call painful.

the ache is worse when i work out, but it's always there. i've been feeling drained and achey all over since i started leaking.

the reason i mention my tattoo is because i started having bladder spasms but no leaking since i got it along with increased spasms. the spasms are less now, but now i have leaking.

my pee smells and looks fine, so i don't get it.

i'm getting a urine sample this week just to make sure, but what do you guys think!?

SCI-Nurse · 04-08-2006, 07:43 PM

If you have flank pain (just under your lower ribs in the back), this is classic for kidney problems. Have someone tap you firmly in that area with a closed fist....if this makes it much worse this is even more likely that you have a kidney infection. Not everyone has cloudy urine with a kidney infection. Your malaise and fatigue also concern me.

Do you have a fever? If so, this is even more definitive. Have you taken your temperature?

Don't sit on this just because it is the weekend. If you have an infection in your kidney, it is destroying kidney tissue. Go to the ER now.

(KLD)

cali · 04-09-2006, 10:39 PM

it's not in my back, it's more in the front and it doesn't hurt any more or less when i tap it or if someone else taps it.

i bet it's nothing but i'm going to the doc anyway

lynnifer · 04-10-2006, 05:47 AM

The only time I get strange pains like that is that time of the month.

cali · 04-10-2006, 12:58 PM

it's not my time of the month yet, but i've been having this twinge for some time. i'm sure it's just muscle aches.

donz · 04-10-2006, 02:48 PM

I have this odd pain in my backside... shes blonde, wears skull caps , claims superiority to all 10000 members of this site. o wait

cali · 04-11-2006, 06:04 PM

if you've got something to say to me, pm me or say it in chat.

don't hijack my thread

2jazzyjeff · 04-11-2006, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donz

I have this odd pain in my backside... shes blonde, wears skull caps , claims superiority to all 10000 members of this site. o wait

i have a constant pain in my ass... o wait! how'd u get their donz?

04-08-2006, 06:03 PM	#1
cali Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: where everyone knows your name Posts: 4,608	*pain in side* i'm not sure what's goin on. as some of you know, i got a tattoo a week ago today. it's on my right side on my hipscar. the pain i have is on my LEFT side, at my kidney. i can't tell if it's muscle return or an infection. it feels like muscle return(i've had it in other areas like my back), but i've been leaking the past few days and the pain won't subside. the pain isn't intense but it won't go away. it's a moderate, dull ache, it isn't what i'd call painful. the ache is worse when i work out, but it's always there. i've been feeling drained and achey all over since i started leaking. the reason i mention my tattoo is because i started having bladder spasms but no leaking since i got it along with increased spasms. the spasms are less now, but now i have leaking. my pee smells and looks fine, so i don't get it. i'm getting a urine sample this week just to make sure, but what do you guys think!? __________________ Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway Frank's blog: http://www.franktalk-scurry.blogspot.com My regular blog: http://www.ithinkithinktoomuchblog.blogspot.com

04-09-2006, 10:39 PM	#3
cali Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: where everyone knows your name Posts: 4,608	it's not in my back, it's more in the front and it doesn't hurt any more or less when i tap it or if someone else taps it. i bet it's nothing but i'm going to the doc anyway __________________ Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway Frank's blog: http://www.franktalk-scurry.blogspot.com My regular blog: http://www.ithinkithinktoomuchblog.blogspot.com

04-10-2006, 05:47 AM	#4
lynnifer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Windsor ON Canada Posts: 15,310	The only time I get strange pains like that is that time of the month. __________________ I think over again my small adventures, My fears, Those small ones that seemed so big, For all the vital things I had to get and to reach; And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing, To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world. Anonymous (Inuit, 19th century) T-11 Flaccid Paraplegic due to TM July 1985 @ age 12

04-10-2006, 12:58 PM	#5
cali Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: where everyone knows your name Posts: 4,608	it's not my time of the month yet, but i've been having this twinge for some time. i'm sure it's just muscle aches. __________________ Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway Frank's blog: http://www.franktalk-scurry.blogspot.com My regular blog: http://www.ithinkithinktoomuchblog.blogspot.com

04-10-2006, 02:48 PM	#6
donz Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NY Posts: 503	I have this odd pain in my backside... shes blonde, wears skull caps , claims superiority to all 10000 members of this site. o wait __________________ fight

04-08-2006, 07:43 PM	#2
SCI-Nurse Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 41,334	If you have flank pain (just under your lower ribs in the back), this is classic for kidney problems. Have someone tap you firmly in that area with a closed fist....if this makes it much worse this is even more likely that you have a kidney infection. Not everyone has cloudy urine with a kidney infection. Your malaise and fatigue also concern me. Do you have a fever? If so, this is even more definitive. Have you taken your temperature? Don't sit on this just because it is the weekend. If you have an infection in your kidney, it is destroying kidney tissue. Go to the ER now. (KLD)

04-11-2006, 06:04 PM	#7
cali Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: where everyone knows your name Posts: 4,608	if you've got something to say to me, pm me or say it in chat. don't hijack my thread __________________ Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway Frank's blog: http://www.franktalk-scurry.blogspot.com My regular blog: http://www.ithinkithinktoomuchblog.blogspot.com

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