Everybody Must Get Stoned!

No, but Ive had one and it was extremely painful. I ended up in the ER with a shot of morphine to kill the pain. A few days later I had surgery to remove it which was no picnic either. ( I’ll skip the gory details.) my urologist did recommend lemon juice, and so far, after almost five years, no reoccurrence. Knock on wood.....

 

Is there anything preventative that can be done to help avoid these? I've always heard that drinking more water and less soda helps. Thoughts?

 

Buddy of mine passed a 5mm

Ironically he was drinking water out of a 2L DrPepper bottle. Probably what helped him acquire it in the first place

 

I have had a few and it is the worst pain I have ever experienced. I wouldn't wish it on... well, there are a couple of people I would wish it on but I'm not a nice person. When I got them, I was drinking a lot of coffee and not much else. I cut down on coffee and started drinking water and juice and haven't had any more of them.

 

There are different kinds of stones, caused by different foods. Yes, stay hydrated. There is also a heredity factor. I've never needed surgery, but had to pass one under after a morphine shot in the ER.

 

FWIW

my female spousal unit has had 4 kids and 2 bouts of kidney stones

She’s not a Stones fan

 

Over hydrate with water, not coffee or tea. Esp. If you do strenuous exercise.

Avoid cruciferous vegetables ( high oxalic acid) like broccoli

If you drink alcohol, increase water intake.

Have marital relations frequently.*






*No effect on kidney stones, but will make you happier. Maybe not your spouse.

 

Hope you feel better soon. In the meantime, here's the Stoning scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian.

 

I've had three bouts with the hideous little suckers. Managed to pass them each time. The first two I caught in a little screen. Turned out to be calcium both times. After the third one (which I didn't recover) and knowing the first two were calcium based , I for the most part gave up drinking the large quantities of milk that I had been drinking for most of my life. Haven't had another one in over twenty years now.
I recently talked to a girl that had a couple of kids and also had kidney stones. She said the stones were worse than having the kids. Having never had a kid I obviously can't give a valid comparison but I would tend to agree with her.

 

I think they can break them up with sonic wave technology now. No joke, like a sonogram but stronger. Don't even have to slice you.

I've had my gall bladder and appendix removed, both "emergency surgeries."

Good luck, @bholder.

I don't have health insurance right now, so I'd be SOL, USC, and F'd in the A.

 

Ugh, stones are bad.
Had a few episodes 15 years ago. Underwent lithotripsy to break one up and it passed. I sent the stones and about a half-gallon of urine for analysis. Calcium oxalate stones- I needed to drink more water and avoid eating too much dark leafy veggies combined with meat and cheese, so no more spinach sausage and cheese calzones and no more cashews by the handful.
They also put me on a low dose diuretic.

Been stone-free since.

 

I wish that, like the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I was/am stone free. But I'm not - 30 years of stones, lithotripsy, and other surgical techniques. And still it's a mystery as to why I churn out so many of the (not so little) suckers. For a terrifying experience, take a gander at one through a microscope. You'll wonder how it is you still have functioning ureters.

 

My bad one looked like a medieval mace. The lithotripsy separated the ball from the handle and it passed easily enough. The problem was that it was trying to go down sideways and that created the pain.

I think there is some element of genetics in it - my mom had kidney and gall stones (as if having me wasn't bad enough!).

 

Some photos...

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