So I've had a very uncomfortable, dull aching pain in my right back side for days now. Every so often I'll get an excruciating sharp pain that travels from my kidney area down my back, but it only lasts a second and is gone. It didn't hurt when I pee at all and I was going regularly. Yesterday I felt like it was hurting not only in my kidney area, but also lower. Then suddenly today I can't pee without pushing really hard. My urine is dark, almost brown, but it doesn't really hurt to pee. In fact, I have no urge to urinate at all. I don't think I'm running a fever, though I am just starting to get chills.
I haven't been sexually active since May, and that was with my husband. (we're separated now) I do work in a factory where I sweat a lot and hadn't been drinking much water, so I know I was dehydrated almost constantly AND I drank a lot of soda for a few weeks.
I'm currently drinking as much water as I can. The pain feels slightly lower in my back and now I can feel a little bit of a sharp pain off to the right of my bladder. I know you guys aren't doctors or anything, but just from your experiences, does this sound like a urinary tract infection or a kidney stone? I have NO urge to urinate. None, and I've barely eeked out about a cup of urine since 8pm last night. I've been drinking water too.
Also, last year I had an ultrasound of my right kidney (the one that's hurting) and they did see a few stones in there, but they said they were in a place that didn't look like they would cause any problems.