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[Whatsupwiththis]

So after 3 years of being on Vagifem 5x a week, no more UTI's until last Wednesday.  Went to emergency and kept telling them I was passing a kidney stone (not my first rodeo) but they kept insisting I had a massive UTI.  The pain was beyond anything I had experienced...UTI on steroids!  Nope they kept telling me I needed a barrage of antibiotics and at my age, UTI's are dangerous blah, blah, blah.  Finally after telling them I'M PASSING A KIDNEY STONE, they did a CT scan.  Sure as God made little green apples, an 8 mm huge kidney stone stuck in ureter!  But, believe it or not, I PASSED IT.  ouch!!!!!  Anywho for some of you ladies that seem to have a constant UTI that is not clearing up, it could be a bladder or kidney stone.  Unfortunately this is not uncommon for women to be fed antibiotics for a UTI when it's actually a stone. 

[CLKD]

OUCH !!!!!   

Why don't the medics listen to patients who know our bodies best 

What advice have you been given?

[Flossieteacake]

What an awful experience for you. I am so sorry you were not believed and had to go through this. I have had a bladder stone and it is so painful.

[Whatsupwiththis]

Dr's always think they know EVERYTHING.  At our age, WE KNOW OUR BODIES.  I know so many who were told over and over, it's a UTI, take 2 asprins and don't call us in the morning, to eventually discover it's a stone.  They are so common that medical staff should check for other things if a constant UTI is not clearing up.  But at least the darn thing passed.  I wasn't too keen on having it surgically removed.  I wanted to share this with other women who are having constant bladder issues that it just *may* be a stone.