I may have joined the club. I've been experiencing lower back pain the past two weeks. We have three kids, and all of them (the youngest is 2.5 yrs old now) have always loved to be held, so I thought the recent pain was just more pain from holding them.
Well, yesterday morning, the back pain worsens. I took a hot shower to see if it'll loosen up my muscles. I feel a little better, but still in some pain. I take our youngest daughter to the grocery store to pick up a couple of items. On the drive home, I start experiencing this wave of pain and discomfort. It's my lower back, now my right nut, now I think I have to throw up, nope just extreme back pain, etc. Luckily, we make it home safely. I turn on the TV to babysit my daughter so I can go to the bathroom and try to poop, pee or hurl. I'm in there and nothing is happening. I've got another 20 min before my wife comes home from work. I hang out on the bathroom floor, writhing in pain. Praying for the pain to go away. My daughter comes in, asking to watch more TV, and I say "mmmnnmmmmnmn yes." She says she loves me and takes off for some more Doc McStuffin. Oh, wait, it was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: "OHHHH TOODLES!!!"
About 3 minutes before my wife gets off of work (she works at our kids' school, across the street), I text her to hurry home because I feel really sick. She arrives about 5 min later. When I hear the front door open, I muster up enough energy to sit up so that she doesn't find me lying on the floor like a drunk. I tell her my symptoms and then go upstairs to take a nap.
An hour and a half later, I wake up feeling a little better. I call Kaiser to see if I can get in the same day to see my GP (they close at 5pm). The advice nurse says that I just need to go to ER. I hang up and call again 'cause ain't nobody got time for that, getting a different advice nurse who does book me for a 4:10 appt. I see doc. He says it may be back problems and suggests PT. Also, there are nerves in the back that spread out, even into my testacles. So, that's probably where that pain come from. He says that I should have a urinalysis and blood work done, just to be sure and rule anything out.
Blood work comes back fine, but there were traces of blood in my urine, which was "probably caused by kidney stones." He says they (or it) may have passed already, and if I experience any more pain, to come in for a CT scan and go from there. But, basically, start drinking a lot of water forever and ever, amen.
This morning, I felt slight discomfort in my right nut, so I took 2 Aleves. I took a pretty dark yellow pee, and have fine ever since. So hopefully, they're all gone.
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I'm heading to the fridge right now for more water.....
Oh the first day after the tube was in my first pee attempt hurt a thousand times worse than the kidney stone 
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