Ow, my kidneys (I think)
 

For the past few days, my lower back has been very sore. It's only on the left side, and the pain wraps around to the front. It seems deeper than typical muscle pain, and it keeps getting worse. It hurts to bend at the waist, and I have a lot of pain right around where my kidney is supposed to be when I move. I'm starting to feel nauseous, and I'm getting the feeling that I might have kidney stones. I'm calling my doctor in a few minutes, as soon as I finish some other work I have to take care of, so don't yell at me to call him instead of posting on TFP ;) I mostly want to hear from people who have had kindey stones in the past and can compare my initial symptoms to mine. Anyone got any advice for me, and maybe a bit of good news?

i can't give you personal experiances, but my cousins girlfriend just had one surgically removed. it was 8mm. the docs told her that she had less than a 5% chance of passing it naturally. and she complained about pain, nausae (sp, sorry!), and fatigue.

Doing any rolling? Or a particularly bad breakfall? (based on your search for tabi) Those are my alternatives to the kidney stone diagnosis.

On to the rocks. No, I've not had the pleasure. How is your hydration during your workouts? How is your hydration in general? I drink at least 32oz. at every workout, if not more, as well as a cup of water an hour before and half a cup fifteen minutes before. If you do have stones, no amount of water will dissolve them. That requires a change in the ph of your entire system, which can be done through diet. (That part I know because my cat had kidney stones. :) ) On a lighter note, my uncle thought he had kidney stones because he was passing 'bloody urine'. Turns out he was eating beets.

Let us know.

It's looking more like a kidney infection than stones right now, I'm seeing theh doctor first thing Wed. morning, possibly tomorrow if I get any worse tomorrow.

So what was it? I get mild pain and when I do I lay off carbonated drinks for a while, drink cranberry juice and water and it tends to go away. If I had pain like you were describing I'd see a doctor though, which I guess you did.

Seems that my kidneys are OK and I just pulled a muscle really deep in my back. I got some painkillers to get me mobile for a few days, and I'm recovering nicely.

Cool, glad it wasn't anything serious.