help! severe pain

Starting last night I woke up in extreme pain on my left side. The pain is a constant pain in my back that wraps around to the front on the left side just above/level to my navel. It varies in intensity but has not let up a considerable amount since 3am. I feel like Im gonna throw up and am in tears from this pain. I've tried a heating pad, Tylenol, took my prednisone...no improvement. I called my Urologist and he said he didn't think it was my kidney because he removed the stone...only things could think of was maybe a blood clot but id peeing blood so to try to get in for my IBD as he would think that is the cause. Well I cant be seen until 1 by my reg dr (my first gi with new dr isnt until Thursday). I dont know what this could be and dont know at what point I go to the ER. I began Prednisone a week ago and since then have had considerable decrease in urgency and diarrhea. (30+/day now to only 2-4. Previously I have had extreme pain on my left side while taking a bm but subsides after the bm...only to start again when the urgency hits. I really don't know what to do and am worried if I go yo the ER they'll wanna do a CT and Im worried about the exposure as I've had 5-6 in the past yr already for my kidneys. Help?!

Thank u. I some how drifted off to sleep for a short ten minutes only to be woken up in pain. I had two Ureteroscopies/hospital stay a little over a week ago so there isnt a stone on my left. I did have narrowing of the ureter othe left tho and easy bleeding. Not sure if it is my kidney as my Urologist feels its more likely IBD? Either way it really hurts. It was my sons first day at daycare today so he is off and I'd hate to go to the ER and miss picking him up later but Im in so much pain. Im worried its something serious yet afraid maybe Im just a wimp. :( I think my parents are tired of me always being sick and would need one of them to take me in. Uh

Thank u. The pain is similar to what nanners described...i did just throw up which tasted like bile and was orange (granted I only ate a few crackers when I took my pred). I haven't had a bm since yesterday morning which is odd for me considering this recent flare. I do feel bloated, mainly on the left side/above navel area. I was able to pass some gas however...which u mentioned you wouldn't be able to? My GI office called to confirm the apt for Thursday so I asked what I should do and they said go to the ER cuz he could consult me at the hospital. But with only an hr until when I can go to the apt Im thinking that might be the best option for me. Worse case he tells me to go to the ER and perhaps he can speed up the process once Im there? I don't know what it could be and it proves troublesome since I do have two conditions happening at the same time...but like I said my urologist doesn't think its my kidneys this time. And it does feel different, although similar in that the pain is in my back...but it radiates to the front and my entire left side is tender to the touch. :( Im hoping im just a wimp and its nothing serious

go to the er. it can still be a stone. they can definitely miss them- i've had approx 10 and i think i have one right now- doesn't hurt so bad, but it's kinda hard to pee...i hope you're feeling better soon!

Thanks so much everyone. I told them my fear of having another Ct so they did ultrasound and plain xray. Which showed the kidney was im flammed. My white blood cell count if very high so he wants to admit me for pain control and check my WBC im the am then figured out what is the best tests to run

Update: my white blood count spiked at 22000 so they decided they needed to do a ct after all. Turns out I have a stone in the ureter (how I don't know since he got it out just a week and a half ago...and showed it to me!) which causing the kidney to inflame due to pressure possible serious infection. So im goin in for surgery again in an hr or two. At this point they are pretty confident this is the cause of my pain and it is not IBD related. Im kinda nervous for yet another procedure (this will be the third in just 1 1/2 wks!!) but I cant live with the pain and I guess they're concerned about my high blood count.Thanks to everyone for all of ur hell. I am glad I went in

Thx mtgman...the ureteroscopy today was unsuccessful :( my ureter is so obstructed from scar tissue they were unable to put anything through it to put a stent in or remove the stone (2mm...so small enough it normally could pass but cuz of the ureter it cant). Since my kidney is so inflammed and my ABC is so high they will be doing a nephrostomy in the morning to drain the kidney. Then in a few days they'll probably do a laprascopic ureter reconstruction/resection. I just hope I feel better and am afraid what all this physical stress will do for my IBD.

Tsitodawg- thanks for your reply :) sry to hear u r goin through something similar. I had the nephrostomy today. They were able to put a stent in through the kidney so I have a stent in my ureter to try to open it up and also have a tube with a bag out of my kidney/back to decrease the pressure. It hurts crazy a lot but they're trying their best to keep me well medicated. Then tomorrow ill find out what procedure ill need to actually repair the ureter. At least my flare seems to be calmer from the prednisone and the heavy duty pain meds of course. They aren't worried about my intestines having a stricture cuz they can still hear bowel sounds so that's good. Hopefully ill get the kidney stuff taken care of soon