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July 24, 2008 Kidney Stones
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Kidney Stones

Posted by: Bob_Wilkin

On Saturday night at 6:00 I had chills, nausea, and a horrible headache. I’ve had these symptoms before. I thought this was an allergy headache. I went to bed and slept 14 hours till 8AM.

I got ready and went to a local church, Berean Memorial Church in Irving, TX, as their guest speaker.

All went well until about 30 minutes into my message. All of a sudden I felt terrible. It was as if a switch had been thrown. I felt weak and I could barely stand. I leaned on the podium and rushed through my 7 applications, my conclusion, and a closing prayer. All that would have normally taken about 10 minutes. This time it took about 2 minutes.

I sat down and started drinking water. People came up and my strength came back. I was weak but okay the rest of Sunday.

Monday morning around between 4 and 7AM I started feeling really lousy, with a great pain in my right side. I thought it was appendicitis. Off to the emergency room my wife and I went.

They decided right away it was kidney stones. A CT scan showed two, one close to ready to pass and one high up in the kidney. Monday and Tuesday were two of the worst days in my life. Nothing worked. Pain meds make me hallucinate and they do little to decrease my pain. I took one pain med Monday morning and one Monday night and that was it. I decided I couldn’t handle the pain meds!

Yesterday I finally was able to eat a bit. Today I felt up to a try for the office. I’ve been here 2 hours and am already quite tired. I think, though, that I can make it four hours.

How I long for a glorified body with no more pain and suffering. Kidney stones are a reminder of the Fall that has resulted in so much pain for the human race.
No I will not, No I will not
Not go quietly
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Comments:

1. MarkR
You will be in my prayers. I work in the medical field (have for 33 years) and know (not personally yet?) but through my patients how painful kidney stones are. God bless you and keep you through this physical trial.
July 24th, 2008 at 11:51 am


2. Peggiep
Bob, We have you on our prayer list. Hope tomorrow will find you feeling better. It sounds like you should be in the hospital. God bless you.
Jim & Peggie
July 24th, 2008 at 5:12 pm


3. Erin
You are in my prayers brother Wilkin. God bless you and all you do to defend the Gospel truth of eternal security.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:58 pm


4. Diane
Bob, you are in our prayers. Thanking God for you all the time!!!
Dale and Diane
July 29th, 2008 at 10:48 pm


5. Bob_Wilkin
My thanks to all of you for your encouragement and prayers. While kidney stones are very painful, getting over them is a tremendous relief! I am changing my diet and I’m ramping up my water intake. I meet with the urologist again in 2 weeks to go over what type of stones I have and how to avoid getting them again in the future.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:49 pm
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