Kidney Stones
pearljgirl2010
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I'm curious to find out if anyone else here has had kidney stones. I've had them 3 times, the most recently last night, then back in 2005, and first in 1998...I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy!!
If you have had them, have you had any luck with diet/vitamins/etc to help stop them? Unfortunately, mine have never been analyzed, so I don't know exactly what's caused them...
If you have had them, have you had any luck with diet/vitamins/etc to help stop them? Unfortunately, mine have never been analyzed, so I don't know exactly what's caused them...
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you're right...calcium deposits. and, i believe a urologist told me that the type of calcium that's found in cranberry juice is one of the main types that causes kidney stones...he told me to stick with pomegranate or blueberry juices.
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it's similar to a urinary tract infection, but with excruciating lower back/kidney pain...and i've also had nausea, sweating, chills...hurts to breathe, move, lay down, etc...
It used to be that the demographic who gets them is middle-aged men, but more recently, a lot of children and women are getting them...
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a few days passed and i wasn't able to pass them, so i had to go in for the surgery which was just an awful experience. use your imagination as to how they get them out of guys.
the cause can be debated. i have a history of kidney stones in my family and my doctor tells me there is no true medical conclusion that they are hereditary just yet, but more and more doctors are starting to lean in that direction. my stone got sent out for testing an it was all calcium (as i think like 90% are), so it very well could have just been my diet.
oh, you will know when you have a stone.
My girlfriend had to rush me to the emergency room 2 months ago
because I felt like I was dying. The pain was unbearable and I couldn't
stop vomiting.
Most people think that when you have a kidney stone or infection that it
will only hurt in the kidney area on your back. WRONG.
My kidney was hurting and it felt like i was being stabbed in the front right side
of my stomach.
I have had this problem 3 times in the last 6-8 years.
Never had one analyzed either.
Wouldn't wish that kind of pain on anybody.
UGH...I feel realllly bad for guys who get them :-( It really is the most painful thing ever. I was 18 the first time, and all of the ER nurses told me that it was like childbirth....yowzers!
Both of my brothers have had them, and we recently discovered that my grandfather had them too...seems strange for all 3 of us to have them and it NOT be somewhat hereditary.
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YES! That was me last night..not only did it feel like my lower left back was getting beat with a baseball bat, but i was also being stabbed in the front right side at the same time.
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exactly. at a certain point, you just have to point in that direction as a cause.
i am just so thankful, i didn't go through all of that in key west. or even worse... on the plane home! i would have needed an emergency landing. i seriously thought i was going to die.
eggplant...really??? That's interesting..I'll have to do some more research, although I don't eat eggplant. and I'm amazed that you DIDN'T cry...I'm a tough cookie, but these things turn me into a crying mess :roll:
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I am 33. And that is the only pain I have ever felt that just brings me to my knees.
When I try to explain to my girlfriend how bad it hurts on my stomach she thinks I am exaggerating!
I hope you get rid of your stones and never have them again pearljgirl2010.
thanks--same with you! I feel fine now, but really hope to never get them again...and the pain is NO exaggeration! After my brothers had them, they both called me and apologized for making light of it when i had them. I hated being able to say "i told you so" because i never wanted them to get them too :-(
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I actually needed more calcium in my diet. An endocrinologist told me to drink a big glass of milk every morning and night and lift weights. I haven't had a single stone when following this formula. Sometimes I've been lazy and partied too much and I've got a couple stones. BUT I FIGURED OUT THE REMEDY, at least for me. Lemon juice will destroy the stones when you already have them. I got that from "natural pathic" doctors and it really works. So for me, living right with milk is the prevention and lemon juice is the cure when I don't live right.
My stones are calcium-oxalate, which is the case with 97% of stones. We both have the sibling thing, so may be we have similar situations. I've got way more info about it, because I obsessively studied it a while back.
that's a lot of times
When I had my first ones, I was told that it was because I drank alot of water, and the water in our area is very hard from what I am told...I too do not wish these on my worst enemy...My wife actually told me(even since our separation) that had she had any idea how much pain I was in, she wouldnt have taken it so lightly...she just assumed that since I have little tolerance for pain, that I was making out to be worse than it was...Now she knows!!
The wife of a guy I work with has had them 6 or 7 times since I met him in 1995...Some people are just lucky I guess!
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why did i open this, and why did i read it all. ouch !!!!
i feel bad for all of you, i do. fuck me, I'm in pain just thinking about this shit.
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Thanks for the lemon juice/diet info--my mom said something yesterday about lemon juice but I had already passed it by that point...maybe I'll go down some now, just in case!
My lower back is still sore today, i guess my kidney is irritated. i'll take that anyday over what I felt tuesday night!!
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My Dad has had them for years
His urologist recommended taking a Magnesium supplement
He said the calcium would build up and crystalize the Magnesium helps the kidney prevent the build up and if he would pass one it wouldn't be painful because it would be very small
Google Magnesium and Kidney Stones you'll find some good stuff
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It has to be Magnesium Citrate in most cases, not Magnesium Oxide. The Mag does play a role in Calcium absorption, but the Citrate plays a bigger role in replacing the Oxalate in stones, thus preventing them. I used to take a product called, "natural calm" which is a highly absorbable powder form, but the milk thing with a diet including some citrus has worked the best for me.
Good luck, and good health.
thanks for that info...my back is still sore today, but i feel a lot better. I've added lemon juice to my water, and am researching the magnesium citrate, so hopefully I can avoid these suckers in the future!!!
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i've never had these...knock on wood...
Based on the assumption your stones are Calcium Oxalate (you should get evaluated for a cause though), here is some advice:
If you are having recurrent kidney stones you should be consuming moderate amounts of Calcium and less amounts of Oxalate. When you consume Calcium the free Oxalate is able to bind to it in your blood. This prevents free Oxalate from being secreted into your urine, preventing Calcium and Oxalate binding together and forming Kidney Stones.
Essentially, here is what you should know:
1. Consume about 600 mg of Calcium per day (roughly one good dairy meal per day)
2. Drink MORE WATER (Most important thing)
3. Consume less protein, oxalate (google can give you a list of foods containing high oxalate) and salt
Finally, my best advice is to get evaluated by your PCP. I get nervous when I see patients having a recurrent medical problem but not having an evaluation for a specific cause.
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So they say it's like the pain one feels giving birth......well i felt that pain AND got the epidural !! I got as close to giving birth as any man can . Oh and after they got the stones out my blood pressure went completely normal. They told me a blockage in the kidney can cause high blood pressure.
I never want to go threw that again.........
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