Halo

I ran in 4 marathons until 2006 when a stone reared it's ugly head and blocked the passage to my bladder. I suffered for 6 weeks with that stone until my kidney was about to shut down. Just as my doctor was finally recommending surgical options to save my kidney, it finally broke up and released.

The doctor had my stones analyzed after they passed and luckily found a remedy. Passing stones still recurred for years until 2011 when through additional diet changes ordered by my doctor I have been able to finally be kidney stone free for 2 plus years (fingers crossed).

The pain is excruciating and eclipses anything (sorry ladies, I know we live in feminist times but childbirth does not last two to six weeks straight).

PM me Oak and I can give you some advice on what worked for me.

Jamessr

I'm gonna post this to my facebook and see who I can get to bite.

Seer1

I work with a guy who's making a necklace out all of his. Yeah, he's a little off....

Maybe I should rename this thread, "Whose got the stones?"

It'd be wrong just to name it, "Stoned"...

saintfan

Mardigras9

Funny, as if.

halloween 65

Diladin (I really cant spell) and Valium will ease the pain, good luck, I get around 3 stones a year. Drinking anything with real lemon helps put a coating around the stone and will pass a little easier but doesnt help much if it gets 6mm or more. Biggest I've had was 8mm and thought I was going to die, fetal posistion and all.

Halo

Depends on if your stones are calcium stones. There are 3 types of kidney stones, calcium, struvite crystals (magnesium ammonium phosphate), and uric acid. Calcium based stones are the most common. They can be dissolved with "lemon" or citric acid. If you have uric acid formations then your condition is genetic and I don't think they're is much they can do. Struvite stones can also be managed, but I don't have them so I don't know.

Any lemon citric acid will dissolve calcium stones. I get that cheap, nasty green lemon juice concentrate from the grocery store and put it in filtered water about once a week and down it. If I have stones then I put a half glass of that in an 8oz cup with half water and pinch my nose and down it. If I have stones at the time I'll do that 3 times a day. You can literally dissolve them in a few days.

Anyway, chances of Brees being traded are about as good as my fixed, womb-less, female dog getting pregnant!

TheOak

Interesting. Dilaudid is an analgesic and for pain, and Valium treats anxiety and spasams.

The first time I had stones I was in Nigeria on a deep water rig and the only thing on board was advil. That is where I learned pain can cause vomiting... Anyway long story short, I learned that a hot shower aimed at the suspect kidney does wonders, albeit for a short time after you get out. If no shower, a hot bathtub works just as well.

Anyway, I was med vac'd to a Hospital in Lagos and the chief surgeon (thank my lucky stars) was an Italian Cardiologist. That is where I learned that pain killers treat the symptoms (American method), but antispasmodics treat the problem. The pain is caused by the kidney spasming. I flew home (9 hour flight and 4 hour layover) on nothing but antispasmodics, my doctor in the US tried to treat the western way and I was in pain until they passed.

Be very careful trying to dissolve stones, what is too big to cause problems can become small enough to cause problems.

As halo pointed out, know what you are dealing with, the wrong treatment can actually cause more stones, its a chemical reaction. In the case of calcium stones dairy products can actually prevent their formation because they bind the oxalates in your intestines and prevent the stones from forming.

Crusader

Kidney stones ey..? Ooffseason is really slow (and you guys are really old ) .

SmashMouth

Two number 1s maybe?