Kidney Stones

[DoubleEagle]

I was told if i remember rightly to much calcium in the diet ie milk /dairy products cheese etc , and drink more water

Oh and would have been quite happy to die to relive the pain,passed a rock about 1/4 inch in dia (6mm)

Didnt you go to the ER ?

Damn...I don't know if I can sleep after hearing that....6mm...make the beast with two backs !


Dolph

[Magnus]

Happened to me once, about five years ago.  Hasn't happened since, and the only thing I removed from my diet was soda; diet soda to be exact.  But sweet Jesus was that some exquisite agony...

[77south]

I had kidney stones about 10 years ago,  they doped me up good and they passed.  My father has also had them.  We were both thold that drinking cranberry juice can help prevent them. 

[FIFO]

Didnt you go to the ER ?


Dolph

About 15 years ago now, (probably due for another)And the first stone.

Went down for a leak in the middle of the night and it dropped ,farout just curled up in a ball ,
the cook called the meat truck and they took me away.
I think i passed it in the early morning, the nurses put your piss through a strainer to collect the specimen for pathology 

The one thing to watch for was that at least 6/12 months before when having a piss the stream was very weak and slow ,after  the stone was passed all good full stream ahead

[DoubleEagle]

I just talked to my Urologist who told me that there is credible evidence that the use of Sonic waves to breakup " stones " has substantial evidence of bringing on Diabetes later in life due to what the Sonic waves do to the Pancreas.

Word to the wise.

If there is any way to avoid that procedure I think I would.

Incidentally , I found out from my Brother who still plays a lot of Golf , that a guy he plays skins w, on the weekends had one busted up and it was the size originally of a ...no shit..a Golf Ball !!!

All I know about that guys diet from when I played a lot of Golf was he drank a LOT of beer.

After each 18 holes he probably drank a 12 pack at the Golf Course of Coors Light.

I never really saw him " drunk ' so to speak, he'd get rowdy but never falling down , slurry his wordsdrunk.

[herm]

dehydration
to much salt
urine retention (likely from one of the above)

[DoubleEagle]

dehydration
to much salt
urine retention (likely from one of the above)

I try to Hydrate more but I know I don't Hydrate enough. My lab work always shows me in a state of Dehydration...plus I have a Water softening System that works w, Salt .

I drink about 16 ozs. of water before I go to bed ..and never get up to pee ..and sometimes sleep for 9 hours.

So I've got all 3 covered !

make the beast with two backs .....

Dolph       

[slowpoke13]

I try to Hydrate more but I know I don't Hydrate enough. My lab work always shows me in a state of Dehydration...plus I have a Water softening System that works w, Salt .

I drink about 16 ozs. of water before I go to bed ..and never get up to pee ..and sometimes sleep for 9 hours.

So I've got all 3 covered !

make the beast with two backs .....

Dolph        

Rule of thumb I was taught was 1/2 your body weight in oz for a normal, non-sedintary lifestyle. More with regular exercise or any other events that cause sweating.

(ex. I weigh 200 lbs = 100oz.).

Basically enough so that your pee is as clear as possible.

[herm]

Rule of thumb I was taught was 1/2 your body weight in oz for a normal, non-sedintary lifestyle. More with regular exercise or any other events that cause sweating.

(ex. I weigh 200 lbs = 100oz.).

Basically enough so that your pee is as clear as possible.

we always told folks that the body at rest needs approx. 1 gallon of fluid replacement per day (ex: someone who works a desk..)
and it goes up from there.

in wildland fire, we could never carry enough water. folks were almost always dehydrated to some extent (usually a splitting headache in the morning.) had to be careful not to tip the scale over the other side with too much electrolyte replacement.

i remember a few people had issues, including kidney stones.....

[RAT900]

Reading this thread and threads like this remind me I have been extraordinarily and undeservedly lucky so far.....

but they also make me wonder what manner of Karmic ICBM health missile is heading my way

that just hasn't arrived yet.....

[Enzoman]

I had lithotripsy last week for a 7mm stone, the stone was so big it was partially blocking the "outlet" of my kidney and was causing alot of blood and my kidney to swell. I don't remember anything about the procedure since I was put under anesthesia for it. But it wasn't the type of procedure where they put you in a tub or anything, I was on a table for it. A couple hours later the evil excrutiating pain in my back started and wouldn't stop. It felt like I had been hit right in the kidney with a baseball bat is the only way to describe it. I Got in the bathtub and stayed there for like 4 hours and the hot water helped a little but it just kept getting worse and worse. Ended up staggering into the ER and was there all night for about 8 hours getting pumped full of Dilaudid because the morphine wouldn't even touch the pain. They gave me so much I got sick from it and was throwing up most of the time. They were giving me fluids the whole time and my bladder was filling up but I wasn't able to go no matter how many times I tried. They ended up putting a catheter in to clear the blockage wich was most likely "gravel" from the broken up stone. I had that in for like two days which was hell on earth and a whole different kind of pain in itself. Iv'e had kidney stones in the past but they always seem to just pass on their own and all was good, but not this one. So to all you guys that have had this issue I can relate and I feel your pain lol.