[arthurus]

Kidney stones. Next time try drinking 6 cans of real Coca Cola (no flavors, no artificial sweetener) in a two hour period while trying not to go tho the bathroom. As soon as you finish the last can eat a can of asparagus or the equivalent amount of fresh.
Don't rush the cokes, take the whole two hours. If you can't make it two hours without going to the bathroom you are probably still good but try. If you can't finish all 6 cokes, well I have got by on 5.

I am prone to kidney stones and have done this successfully three times in the last 8 years. The stones will be gone by the time you finish the asparagus. I let the stone go too long the first time and it took two applications.

My mother-in-law told me about this and I resisted doing that silliness until I finally decided to give it a go. And it went.

Of course if you are diabetic this is a no go.

[raybbr]

It wouldn’t have worked. I had a 6mm x10mm stone lodged in my ureter. Had to have lithotripsy. Not just once but twice because the stone was too big.