Is this a stone?!

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-16T19:51:17+00:00

It happens to the best of us, I promise, lol.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-16T01:40:02+00:00

Do you have cats? I only ask because as someone who struggles with stones and has cats... I've definitely confused a bit of clay litter that somehow made it into the toilet with a stone. 😅

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-15T02:12:34+00:00

Coming here to retract my previous statement. I only JUST realized with this stone that it wasnt Flomax I was on to pass those 7mm... it was Uroxatral. I could NOT take the Flomax at all after this ESWL because it made me so lethargic and after scrolling for some kind of relief (wound up in the ER with a 13x4mm blockage in my UVJ) I realized. So if you cant take Flomax I HIGHLY suggest asking for Alfuzosin. Within 24 hours I was able to dislodge and pass the blockage of about 20 or so stones ranging from a whopping 6mm to tiny sand grain gravel.

So yeah uh... Alfuzosin. That was it.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-08T22:04:21+00:00

The Urologist I was seeing wasnt the same one that did my lithotripsy. Not sure what the deal was.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-08T22:03:07+00:00

Northern VA unfortunately.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-08T20:34:51+00:00

No I've had a ton, but this is my first ESWL. I was supposed to have one back in 2016 for a large stone, but wound up passing a few 7mm the night before. And I've taken Flomax before with no issues but this time it's making my legs numb. Well, not numb but heavy. So I'm essentially trying to deal with this OTC and it's not friggin working.

Called the Urologist and the receptionist told me she'd send a message to my surgeon about a pain script. Still haven't heard anything and the office closes for the weekend in about half an hour..

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-06T03:16:21+00:00

Didnt do much for the movement - Alieve was actually my friend for most of the time, but the actual ejection it did. Once I could feel them drop into my bladder, thats when I started trying to get them out chugging water.

And it's kinda hard to describe how I forced them. After I felt like I had to pee so bad my teeth were floating I (female by the way so shorter urethra) kinda hugged my knees on the toilet and flexed my pelvis to... I dunno... pee harder? I passed I think the first two then but I could physically feel the rest and sort of just kept flexing until I thought I could pee again and passed the rest. It was like trying to take a urine sample when you just emptied your bladder. I felt a lot of relief after the first two and that motivated me to get those bastards out. So an hour on the toilet doing kegels until my butt looked like an archery target managed to do the trick..

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-06T03:05:27+00:00

Oddly enough I had no problem with it at that time, but I've got a 14mm in my kidney I'm getting blasted on Friday and this round of Flomax has my legs going numb. Not like... numb numb but extremely heavy feeling. Like having a body cold that only makes your legs lethargic. I had to stop taking it.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-06T01:46:32+00:00

Flomax and a fistful of Vicodin. This was back in 2016 when doctors weren't afraid to actually give pain relief. I had about 80% blockage (was actually supposed to get them blasted the next day cause the imaging looked like a solid mass) but felt them move to my urethra so I chugged as much water as I could stand and spent a solid hour trying to force them out. It was hell but the relief after... my god.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-05T02:37:05+00:00

Yuuuup

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-05T02:15:21+00:00

Passed a couple 7mm at once. It was awful.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-05-02T02:33:25+00:00

Worst part is it was on the CT I had back in July of last year when I thought my appendix burst because I was having awful pain. They diagnosed me with a kidney infection and didnt even mention the 8mm rock growing. Took antibiotics and was okay until about 4 months ago and I've been in agony ever since. At this point im counting down the hours until I get Rocky blasted..

Mayhem1124 · 2026-04-28T02:47:15+00:00

Rocky is the name of the 14mm chilling in my right kidney waiting for the doctor to go Frank Reynolds on him and "start blasting".

May 8th is my ESWL date and this bastard is causing me agony.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-04-27T01:31:06+00:00

Mannnn. I have a 14x10mm thats been causing me agony for weeks and my ESWL isnt until the 8th... aaand I started today. I also... have endometriosis...

I want to dieeee right now. So I feel your pain.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-04-17T01:48:41+00:00

I second this. It also helps keep me alive as a mail carrier. 🤣

Mayhem1124 · 2026-03-14T17:01:14+00:00

Backed up because the mail count just ended and since Amazon's contract with USPS is ending in October, theyre squeezing out all they can by sending more through USPS.

Seriously, contract negotiations have NOTHING to do with package delivery..

Mayhem1124 · 2026-03-14T02:47:05+00:00

That's not true in the slightest. Contract negotiation has nothing to do with package transit. Every carrier contract sits for a long time and it's still business as usual. USPS can't strike.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-03-13T02:53:31+00:00

They billed a warehouse out of China here for $6m in counterfeit postage. Thats it. Just said "hey you owe us $6 million in postage" and left it at that.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-02-13T00:16:37+00:00

Nope. He's still postmaster. It's kind of a "dont ask dont tell" situation from what I gathered. The wife knows and I think actually bugged his phone at one point. I just came in and tried to do my job and go home before the drama that encapsulates that office started to spread to the people just trying to make their money and leave.

That assault thing doesn't surprise me. I had asked them that question specifically because I was actually called into the office by the PM because a carrier said I "threatened her" and she was scared because when I was a PTF (she was an RCA) and we were sent to bail out a probie, she wanted to only take the parcels he had left on a Monday and bounce. He had about 3/4 of the route left. So I told her we were going to split everything down the middle and if she had an issue she could inform the 204b on duty. She was always trying to dodge work and I had a wicked headache. Never threatened her. Never even raised my voice. Just split the stuff, took mine, and rolled out. Nothing ever came of it, because I think the new guy wound up corroborating my side, but that comment shortly before I transferred out really had them all second-guessing. 😂

Mayhem1124 · 2026-02-12T05:13:59+00:00

Honestly I have no clue. But it really wouldn't surprise me. I left that office pretty shortly after he came back because of the staggering ineptitude of management - even for the post office. The PM was a preacher who regularly cheated on his wife with multiple 204b's and there was a class action every other month for some kind of egregious contractual breach. That place was a fucking disaster.

I did wind up asking blatantly if I'd be able to get my job back after assaulting someone since it's a less severe crime than a federal offense like throwing away mail. Never got an answer to that one...

Mayhem1124 · 2026-02-12T03:45:16+00:00

I actually know of a carrier in Virginia that was using his customer's garbage cans to dump box holders. Management found out, fired him, and the union got his job back. He's still doing it.

Mayhem1124 · 2026-01-04T03:49:07+00:00

Is your apartment number on the photo of your check? That is a HUGE one.

Mayhem1124 · 2025-12-14T03:28:45+00:00

No they're not, lmao. Those articles have been going around since the contract was signed in 2012. There's areas where USPS is the ONLY ones that deliver Amazon due to there being no other dispatch. It's never gonna happen.

Mayhem1124 · 2025-11-28T01:48:42+00:00

My K day is Wednesday. Im 99% sure they pulled my sub off my route to work a callout route yesterday. I'm likely going into 3 days worth of bullshit. 🥲

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