Back Troubles...again

So...to give you the Paul Harvey "Rest of the Story" to my previous post about activities/swimming lessons... here goes it.

After we were done swimming at the community center a week ago Sunday, I took the girls to the changing room.  As I was putting Erin's pants on, I threw my back out.  BIGTIME!  I think this is one of the worst flare ups I've ever had.  I did all I could to finish getting the girls dressed and walk out the door. 
I didn't sleep at all that night as it was extremely uncomfortable to move in any direction.  By Monday morning, the pain was really intense.  I was feeling some other pain that was not what I had ever felt before with any other flare up.  I decided to drive myself to Urgent Care.  (BTW...I think our family should start receiving a discount with all these Urgent Care, ER & Hospital visits). LOL!

When I was checked over at Urgent Care, they asked if I had ever had a kidney stone.  Huh??!!  No, I've never had that, but I might as well check it off the list of things that happen to me.  The pain was getting worse and felt like I was in labor.  They ran some tests and sure enough, I was giving birth to my first ever (and hopefully last) kidney stone.  And yes, folks it's true...It is worse than labor/child birth.  They wheeled me over to the ER because they didn't have strong enough meds to give me at urgent care.  Brad came to sit with me and then I was given some strong pain meds...which didn't kick in at all.  After a 2nd dose, I was in lala land and telling Brad that objects were moving in the room.  I had a CT scan but showed no stones which they said I probably already passed the stone. 

My back is still a little sore but at least I'm walking upright at this point.  I'm doing physical therapy twice a week which is supposed to last 9-12 weeks.  I don't know if I can afford that long though.  It's pretty expensive, but I am determined to do anything at this point to not have anymore back pain.