re: Kidney Stones Are a Beyotch!!

They suck. Wouldn’t wish them on my worst enemy. I’ve had the lithotripsy, stents, and can’t tell you how many I’ve passed. Vitamin shop has some stuff called stone breaker that is some disgusting mix of liquid licorice and shite but it helps. Pro tip don’t mix it with water put the drops straight in your mouth and chase it with fresh water to wash the taste away.

Not fat but admittedly I don’t hydrate properly. Recently started to supplement by going to hydration bar to get iv fluids and that helps immensely. I also have to avoid food high in oxalates nuts, beans, beets, etc. it’s a long list of stuff I’m not supposed to eat.

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Urologist told me to start using citric acid in my diet (Lemon juice in water). He said it helps the stone material dissolve.

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I’ve been doing this for a few years now- half lemon in my cup after I wash it from coffee. Stays in there the rest of the day. I don’t think we have a big family history of them, but good to know i’m helping prevent them anyway

If you go to the e.r. and they diagnose it as a stone ask for a shot of Toradol first thing. It's a miracle anti-inflammatory for kidney stones.

Been there, done that, twice.

Had to have one busted up sonically and the second surgically.

They're avoidable.

I've never had a kidney stone and I used to kill a twelve pack of coke zeros a day.

Even though its coke 12 is still a lot of fluid. My problem is I just sip all day and only have 3-4 drinks per day whether it’s water or soda. I get preoccupied and just don’t take in enough fluid of any kind.

Here is mine from a couple weeks ago. Went fishing in the urinal at work so I could get it analyzed. Almost passed out from that mf’er

It was 7mm

Toradol is a powerful NSAID like Advil yes

It was developed specifically for kidney stones. It helps soften the contraction of the ureters.

So much so that if you have horrible pain and they give you toradol and it goes away it’s pretty much diagnostic for a kidney stone.

I’ve only had one when I was 17. I was begging for death. Worst thing I’ve ever experienced.

Can’t imagine being some of you baws passing multiple ones a YEAR what the actual frick????

I usually have 1 or 2 a year. Dr said no real reason why I just have them

The last 3 were the size of a sweet pea.