You can see why they are painful to pass.
Posted on 03/10/2019 10:34:55 AM PDT by Valk Rider
The time I had them for 12 days, I kept passing tiny ones about the size of a coarse grain of sand or even smaller.
The filter did catch them tho. It was very fine. I would of course rinse the trap each time but not backwards so the tiny bits stayed. At the end of the 12 days there was maybe a dozen tiny ones still trapped in that mesh.
KarlInOhio - Thank you, brother!!
This worked for me 1 month ago....first kidney stone.
You can buy it online or maybe a health food store.
I passed a few last year and the pain was not fun they are pretty small for such pain but i was in the the bathroom without the strainer and i heard it hit the porcelain it was a mo fo and i retrieved it
Did the ER make a referral?
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Yes, they did.
Have been diagnosed with a single floating stone about half inch in diameter...but no pain or other symptoms.
(was noticed during a heart ultrasound scan...heart OK...but gallstone noted as anecdotal "out of service consultation")
If she is no longer in pain the stone probably passed through, the key, PLENTY of water, that is what I believe creates kidney stones, not drinking enough water..my aunt had those, painful as heck, felt like giving birth she said..sometimes they do a laser procedure where they turn the stone into dust so it can be passed, sometimes it comes out itself..but she has to drink plenty of fluids everyday to prevent re occurrence
get on high dose magnesium (build up over 3 days or so to 800mg per day). Mag glycinate. mag makes calcium dissolve and absorb; kidney stones are calcium (ie sign of low mag)
[[She isn’t experiencing any pain. In fact, she’s feeling pretty good. Maybe not 100%, but is doing well.]]
The stone isn’t moving. Pain means its moving.
Have it blasted if you can. Watch for fever, that’s a sign your kidney is backing up.
I’ve found moist heat on your back over your kidney area helps with the pain.
Stay away from teas and dark soda. Drink plenty of water.
Even soak in a hot tub of Epson salts if the pain becomes unbearable.
Watch out for ...
This was me 20 years ago and a day or two later I was back in the ER cause the meds they gave me caused constipation. They didnt deal with that up front.
You need to take some stool softener or such to avoid any constipation issues — which maybe pains that make you think the stone is still there while its the other.
My stone was calcium supplements I started a week earlier. Freep mail me on that issue if relevant.
Tons of apple juice
Dissolves them
Also review kidney cleanses. Harsher but also work
I had gall bladder surgery. It was a piece of cake. They did put me to sleep but it was done as an out patient procedure. I went home a few hours later.
Now back around 1960, my Mother had it and almost died.
My prayers are up for his wife. I’ve had them.
The urologist told me stones are nature’s revenge on men for not giving birth.
You can see why they are painful to pass.
That’s how I was able to make the comparison. Been there...done that.
Thank you to everybody who chimed in. I can’t find words good enough to tell you how much I appreciate it. What a great and wonderful friends you are. God bless each and every one of you.
DH has a history of stones & gout. I have gallbladder sludge.
Last attack for me, I took Chancra Piedra and it was a miracle. Pain went away and attack was aborted. My understanding is the herb softens the stones. It can be used for gall stones, gout crystals and kidney stones.
Haven’t had to use it for gout or kidney stones,yet, but I think it is very promising.
I am a PA who has worked in Urology and now work in Emergency Medicine. I asked one of my patients what his first kidney stone felt like. “Well Doctor, first I was afraid I was going to die. Then I was afraid I wasn’t.”
A 2mm stone can hang out at the junction of the ureter and the bladder and not cause many symptoms or it may have passed into the bladder. The only way to be certain is to perform another CT and that’s expensive and a lot of unnecessary radiation so I would just wait.
Existing stones cannot be dissolved. Formation of new stones can be prevented. Mix one ounce of concentrated lemon juice into one quart of water and drink that every day. The citric acid will displace the oxalic acid in your kidney and form calcium citrate which is water soluble. Calcium oxalate is not and that’s what makes up 85% of kidney stones.
Last week I treated a 17 year old female who was having her second kidney stone. I told her she was a stoner to which she took great offense. That was refreshing coming from a 17 year old! I educated her about drinking lemon juice and her mother stated that she would see to it that this happened. Unfortunately the CT showed that she has another stone forming in the mid-pole of the left kidney that will drop someday. DEFINITELY a stoner!
The largest stone I ever encountered belonged to an unfortunate man who came into the urology practice for lithotripsy. The interior of his kidney was one giant 25mm mass of calcium oxalate. It is tricky to use lithotripsy on a stone that is inside the kidney due to the possibility of organ damage from the sound waves. The “stone” (more like a mineral deposit) was successfully fractured, a stent was placed in the ureter, and two weeks later I saw the patient in the office and he was still passing gravel. Ouch!
I gotta admit, it was the worst pain I have ever experienced including broken arm et etc .....
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