Kidney Stones Are Bad

Haggises · Jul 24, 2016

Had once. Hope never again.
When you wake up in agony down there and do what anyone does - Google the symptoms - you see kidney stones and figure "maybe gut it out" . Then you see "testicular torsion" and get to the ER in less time than is possible by known physics.

Good luck to all who ha e a history.

alex2363 · Jul 24, 2016

snowman said:
I just threw up in my mouth.

alex2363 · Jul 24, 2016

Reckoner said:
Think A Nightmare on Elm Street meets There Will Be Blood, and you're about halfway there. My urologist said to retrieve them if I could to send to the lab for analysis. Whatever he found out must have been worth it, because the treatment plan he has me on has kept me stone free for almost a year.

Good luck

mightyeskimo · Jul 25, 2016

Graybeard57 said:
Has it passed yet? Hope you're keeping reasonably comfortable!

Appointment with the urologist went well. Had an xray. Scheduled a litho. I haven't felt it pass or heard a ping yet. #thestoneistoyingwithme

David · Jul 25, 2016

Glad to hear it went well Don. Maybe it will be behind you soon.

Haggises · Jul 25, 2016

Dcaddo111 said:
Glad to hear it went well Don. Maybe it will be behind you soon.

Better to have it out in front

alex2363 · Jul 26, 2016

mightyeskimo said:
Appointment with the urologist went well. Had an xray. Scheduled a litho. I haven't felt it pass or heard a ping yet. #thestoneistoyingwithme

#Thestonewillbeblastedsoon
That litho will get it

beginish · Jul 27, 2016

mightyeskimo said:
Appointment with the urologist went well. Had an xray. Scheduled a litho. I haven't felt it pass or heard a ping yet. #thestoneistoyingwithme

Give me one loud ping, Vasily.

mightyeskimo · Jul 27, 2016

beginish said:
Give me one loud ping, Vasily.

One ping only please! LOL!

mightyeskimo · Jul 27, 2016

I got the xray back from my appointment Monday. No sign of a stone in my ureter anymore! Woohoo! We've canceled the litho for the time being. I've not felt any pain or any twinge in that area. It's possible I passed it already and just didn't notice. If it comes back, for any strange reason, at least I've got the meds to jump on top of it before it becomes an ER visit. Thank you all for your support!

#thestonehasleftthebuilding

tlentz · Jul 27, 2016

Hate kidney stones. I'm dealing with some right now. Uncomfortable to say the least.

kelbro · Jul 27, 2016

I passed my last one in a couple of days by drinking a concoction of apple cider vinegar to help dissolve it and olive oil to lube the trail. Surprised how well it worked after my previous painful experiences. The vinegar kind of knocked the sharp edges down. Least painful of any of my previous 4 stones.

Black Adder · Jul 28, 2016

kelbro said:
I passed my last one in a couple of days by drinking a concoction of apple cider vinegar to help dissolve it and olive oil to lube the trail. Surprised how well it worked after my previous painful experiences. The vinegar kind of knocked the sharp edges down. Least painful of any of my previous 4 stones.

There is no known concoction you can drink that will dissolve kidney stones, and oils ingested are fats that are processed in the digestive system. They do not get into the urinary tract. I've never had oil in my urine, and neither have you. I'm glad that your last stone passing was relatively easy, but some stones pass easy and others do not.

Stones are a long-term affliction with no quick fixes. My last blockage was giving me no major pain, but I lost a kidney because of it. Stones are an enemy I'm very familiar with. All I can do now is increase my water intake, and reduce my calcium and oxalate saturation by taking diuretics.

I wish all my stone suffering brothers the best of luck; they're no fun.

Don

KeenDogg · Jul 28, 2016

alex2363 said:
Yes, they hurt alot, it's right up there in the pain level of,

The hottest love of your life leaving with no real reason
Somebody denting your new car
Losing million dollars lottery by 1 point
Paying 200 dollars for Heavyweight title fight and it last only 1 round due to early knock out
Dropping last piece of fave desert pie late night snack
Having B&B mod delete your funny dirty joke post[emoji38]

Stones are painful [emoji23]

Had stones and had my dirty joke deleted!!! Not in the same day, thankfully!

Adam

alex2363 · Jul 28, 2016

KeenDogg said:
Had stones and had my dirty joke deleted!!! Not in the same day, thankfully!

Adam

David · Jul 28, 2016

mightyeskimo said:
I got the xray back from my appointment Monday. No sign of a stone in my ureter anymore! Woohoo! We've canceled the litho for the time being. I've not felt any pain or any twinge in that area. It's possible I passed it already and just didn't notice. If it comes back, for any strange reason, at least I've got the meds to jump on top of it before it becomes an ER visit. Thank you all for your support!

#thestonehasleftthebuilding

Good news! Glad you're feeling better.

Haggises · Jul 28, 2016

excellent news Don.
Lots of liquids! Keep the system flowing!

oc_in_fw · Jul 28, 2016

beginish said:
Give me one loud ping, Vasily.

mightyeskimo said:
One ping only please! LOL!

The only one of those movies that did the book any justice.

mightyeskimo · Jul 28, 2016

oc_in_fw said:
The only one of those movies that did the book any justice.

I completely agree! No other movie comes close. Perhaps Patriot Games.

Also, I just can't read any Clancy that's been written in conjunction with another author. I just find them brutally unreadable compared to works written solely by Clancy. What's your opinion of the joint authorship?

beginish · Jul 28, 2016

Just one author only, Vasily.

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