Thanks for the tips in case I ever catch kidney stones.
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I have had 2 stones. Pain/ discomfort in kidneys but very little in aretha area. Overall not as bad as advertised. I make sure to drink lots of water now.
Where did you put this olive oil?
Hydration is your friend.
I cannot have lemon juice. Yikes. Hopefully wont happen to me
Why does Patrick write about himself in the third person?
My wife (God rest her soul) had an 8 cm Staghorn kidney stone for years that would break off every few weeks due to her cancer.
I never understood the pain until I saw it for my very own eyes.
She was one heck of a woman. She married me (19 years), fought kidney stones and stood up to cancer for over 9 and a half years.
I know of at least 7 lives she saved by being in the right place and time. There are probably more.
I was lucky to win her heart.
I learned how effective Oxycodone is.
Had one. Could not pass it and had to get it “zapped” .
Not a pleasent experience. Especially when they pulled out the stint a week later.... Yikes!
Thanks for the tips in case I ever catch kidney stones.
Did you know that people who refer to themselves in the third person are highly prone
to initiating pedophilia, general faggotry, gay parading and abuse of midgets?
I have had so many that I literally can’t keep up with the number. The first one was among the worst.
My first Dr. it turned out was among the best in the country. He has written many books on urology. I think generally dairy products are considered the main culprit tho they are not all calcium and not all caused by the same thing. The South East is known as the kidney stone belt.
All the Dr.s give the same advice. Drink lots of water.
None of mine have been really mild tho some are much worse than others. The worst ones will literally drop you in your tracks and make you throw up.
Around 5 years ago, my Dr. prescribed a medication which is for uric acid and the gout. It also is for kidney stones. I am keeping my fingers crossed but maybe that is the magic pill.
One time for me. It was a big one. 8 mm. The radiologist did not read it right and marked it down as 3mm.
I spent a week in pain. Saw my urologist. He measured it as 8. First surgery was not successful because my ureter (kidney to bladder) had collapsed and they had to insert an extender in to me. It felt like getting hit in the lower back with a baseball bat. For another week.
Then the second surgery was successful. But I had a stent from my bladder. So, I had to leak for three days. That was fun.
Almost ten years later and I drink nothing but acidic juices and lot of water. And one cup of coffee.
I would not wish that pain on my worst enemy. You are truly humbled once you vomit from pain and you cannot lay still. I understand how people can become drug addicts because nothing took that pain away like morphine.
It was a bad couple of weeks.
I’m really sorry you have gone through so much with kidney stones. In my neck of the woods, we just use a tincture of stonebreaker (Chanca Piedra) at the first sign of trouble. It only takes 1-2 droppers and no more pain. You can also use stonebreaker tea occassionally to keep the stones away. It also works for gallstones.
Look up the use of magnesium citrate every once in a while to dissolve calcium stones before they get too large.
Like pulling a strand of barbed wire out of your urethra isn’t it?
For prevention, my urologist recommends drinking lemon juice in water daily and eating nuts for the magnesium. Unsalted are best. Sunflower seeds have lots of magnesium.
Beer is your friend.
6 Coca Colas- original Coke- in a two hour period. Try not to go pee. Follow up with a can of asparagus or the equivalent of fresh. Relief is immediate and there is no “passing.” If not repeat the next day. I am prone to little stones and I have done this four times in 10 years to good effect.
“...and olive oil (to smooth its passage out of the body).”
We can’t pee olive oil. It never makes it to our kidneys or bladder.