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I ended up getting my CT done early. Wilford Hall actually called ME to schedule it sooner.  I actually only had to do a urogram instead of a cystogram, (THANK YOU JESUS!) which let me say, was miles more comfortable then I thought it would be.  The radiologist was nice enough to come out after the CT and give me my results right away so I wouldn't have to wait.  Turns out it's more kidney stones.  Possibly I had already passed a fragment or very small stone and that's what was causing the bleeding.  The trouble however, is that I have several more stones in my left kidney and one that is so big that when it does try to pass, it will cause a blockage of my ureter (the tube that carries urine from my kidney to my bladder).  That stone is SCARY close to the ureter already and the radiologist was completely shocked I was in no pain.  And, I'm still not.  I have a consult with a urologist in a few days so I'll get the game plan then.  I'm basically a time bomb just waiting for that stupid stone to move and when it does, it's going to be ugly.  If you've ever passed stones before, you know that pain I'm taking about.  I shudder just thinking about it. 

Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts.  It means a lot!  I love you all. 

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Something strange has happened and I just need to write about it so I feel better. A couple of nights ago I noticed I had some blood in my urine. In the middle of the night I woke up with abdominal cramping and thought AF was on the way. I continued to cramp all day yesterday and thought for sure I was getting AF. This morning I woke up at 5:00 and needed to pee and when I went, my entire urine stream was blood. Obviously, something is very wrong. I went to see my primary care doc today and he ruled out a UTI as I have not even a trace of infection in my urine. I could possibly have a kidney stone floating around in my bladder but I've had no back pain whatsoever to indicate that I've passed one. An ectopic preg was also ruled out as I had to take a preg test and that was a BFN. My doc is sending me to BAMC to get a Cystogram of my bladder and it's scheduled for a week from now. I guess I won't die within a week? The Cystogram scares the hello out of me. I'll have to have a catheter inserted to my bladder and then using contrast dye, they will take x-rays as the dye goes in and as my urine goes back out. I'll have to fast for this and also have a full bladder (I was told that I have to drink 1 liter of water before my appt). Shoot me. Why is this happening?? I'm going to have to sit out another medicated fertility cycle and hopefully we can try again in July. Yeah, JULY. That seems like a REALLY long time from now. Work and travel schedules just make it too difficult to try before then. I think crying would feel good about now...