So I'm currently on week 3 of my either 5th or 6th time having kidney stones in 27 or so months (confusion lies in the fact that there were two cases insanely close together, so not sure if they were the same case or not).

I'm 24 next month, 5 ft 2 and overweight. No past history in my family of kidney stones, yet here I am. According to my doctors, my diet and weight aren't bad enough to have caused me to start getting stones at 21 years of age. Especially as I'm female.

I guess I just wanted to talk about it a bit? Definitely need a distraction from the pain as codeine isn't working as well as it used to. I've hardly slept since the pain started; as a result I'm exhausted, both mentally and physically, and I'm so damn emotional. I've been eating better since my first stone and working out more too so it's extra frustrating if it is to do with weight. I had to go home from work last bank holiday Monday cause I burst into tears while serving a customer. Super fun. Now I've got a disciplinary next week for it, cos last time I was off for it I was denied that it was an ongoing issue by my boss. Seeing a Dr Monday to get a note explaining it is an ongoing condition and that I've been trying to not get them again but unfortunately it doesn't work that way.

Sorry this got rambley. Think that's the codeine kicking in a little (it makes me dopey and very talkative... Not good at my work given I work in a supermarket on the tills!). Its taken me 40 minutes to write this cos I keep getting distracted and zoning out haha. Funny at home, again not so much at work. I'm terrified I'll get customer complaints about me tbh, cause I can't get time off work til they pass (else I risk getting fired, since I've already got a disciplinary on final warning next week!), so obviously I'm taking pills and wearing a heat pack through my 6 hour shifts, and I zone out a lot. So I go on self scan instead, makes life easier. Feel guilty though cos there's two women who also love self scan and we only have two on at a time so... I've been hogging it a lot lately.

Oh also I've had an ultrasound which showed nothing but that's happened every single other time too. First time I had to have a CT scan and even then don't know they saw anything or not. So I'm asking for a ct on Monday at the Dr's. They've found blood in my urine and I've seen blood in my urine, and the pain is there, so we do know it's stones! Just not the size or intensity. Also trying to find out why I get them so much at the minute too.

Anyway I'll shut up now cause I've bloody rambled again. Just needed to rant a little and share my experience in a relevant sub I guess??