Kidney stone
It sucked. But I am all better now.
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November 9th, 2010 at 9:52 am
No more peanuts, berries, meat or beer for you!
Drink more water and change that diet!
November 9th, 2010 at 9:54 am
sun drop country!
November 9th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Been there, done that. Those things are amazingly painful.
November 9th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Ouch! Glad you’re better.
November 9th, 2010 at 10:34 am
I’ve had one. ONE. And it was tiny.
It was also the most pain I’ve ever experienced in my life.
I feel for you, brother!
November 9th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Glad you’re better. Gout and kidney stones are caused by the same thing. I had to give up my daily beer to get my gout under control.
You may not have to give up all meat, but first on the list should be organ meats, wild game and turkey.
Of course, you could go on daily medication….
November 9th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Gallstone almost killed me a few years ago. Kidney stones aren’t so deadly, but they cause more pain. INSIST that they clean them ALL out of you. Old medical tech says leave the little ones alone, but the little ones usually become big ones.
Once you’re stabilized on the proper meds, you can lead a normal dietary life again. All those food restrictions are also old-tech now.
November 9th, 2010 at 10:41 am
Unc,
Glad to hear it’s sorted out (and out, I assume) and that you’re on the mend…
November 9th, 2010 at 10:50 am
“All those food restrictions are also old-tech now.”
If you reject the crap food that caused this, like, oh, I don’t know, fried friggin’ peanuts, he wouldn’t have kidney stones and would not be stuck in a hospital in Two Cows, Tejas.
November 9th, 2010 at 11:00 am
I passed one of those a while back. Nasty little black thing, lenticular with jagged edges, about 3/32″ major diameter. It hurt again some more coming out of the bladder. Of course I did nothing to deserve mine, never having done a credit check on a prospective employee.
November 9th, 2010 at 11:02 am
I get them often. Several doctors have told me that you either get them or you don’t, and I’ve changed my diet enough to know that they’re not lying.
I do think drinking lots of water prevents you from getting them though; however, the idea that chugging water when a stone gets hung up in order to push it along is a hospital trip in the making. Every time.
November 9th, 2010 at 11:13 am
All good things must pass.
November 9th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Two Cows has a hospital?! Probably better to be there than BMH. Here’s to less painful pissin’ in the future.
November 9th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
My dad didnt complain much, but his kidney stones would knock him out of action. Once he felt one starting to pass at work, drove 15 miles home, walked in the front door, and collapsed in a heap. So, GLAD YOU ARE BETTER.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
So, is this the ‘birth announcement’??
November 9th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
When you get back home, have X-rays done to see if you have more. If yes, the procedure is called Lithotrypsy. They knock you out and put a plastic tube inside you (yeah, right up it), then put you in a tub of water and hit your kidneys (from the outside) with ultrasound. You will pee sand for a day or two (no, it doesn’t hurt) then they gotta pull that tube back out. Not pleasant, but not severely painful. Most Urolgists will put you on diuretics and tell you to drink bunches of water. I never had any dietary restrictions.
If you are prone to stones (I am) your body will grow some more no matter what you do. Sooner or later you will pass another one. Little known factoid: if stones are detected in a military pilot’s physical, he/she is instantly grounded until they are removed, no ifs, ands, or buts. That’s how my crazy brother got to help develop Lithotrypsy back in the early eighties, when he was flying out of Ft. Rucker Alabama.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
I’m glad to hear that you are on the mend. I don’t know about all the diet restrictions, etc., as I’ve never been “blessed” with a kidney stone. I’d just see a good doc about when you get home to the hills of East Tennessee.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
I’ve passed 9 that I know of. No more SweeTarts for me.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Really? When did you leave Abilene?
November 9th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Passed one 6 years ago. I’m not convinced it would hurt much more to get shot.
Water, and lots of it is the best prevention.
November 9th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
After watching my step-father deal with a kidney stone, she commented that she’d rather give birth again than go through what he did.
Glad it’s over.
November 9th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Good grief, so young! Glad it’s over for you. I’m always hydratin’ on the water, or if there’s no water the beer that is made from pure spring water…
November 9th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Glad you’re better.
It sorta feels like you’re trying to pass a ladder-back rocking chair, while your house crushes down on your flank. In case you haven’t ever had a kidney stone before, y’know.
November 9th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
I’m in the middle of a multi-month attack right now. Medical conditions preclude them going in and getting them. Mine comes and goes from a 1 to a 6 on the pain scales most days. Good days and bad days.
November 9th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Well, I have been shot, and stabbed, run over by a bull, a horse, and a car, all at diffrent times. I even had my clavicle broken by a horse. And by far, the most painful was passing a stone. After it was over, I went out and bought my wife a ring and a braclet for giving birth to our kids.
November 9th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
There are different kinds of stone, caused by different things, so please ignore all the old wives above, and their tales too. My nephrologist says beer is good for you and your kidneys; avoid grapefruit — so there. Yes, I’ve sent him a lot of new patients.
Mine were caused by a misplaced trust in Linus Pauling (who, as a sufferer from renal disease, should have known better — a phrase which applies to much of his work). Vitamin C can kill you. Who knew?
November 10th, 2010 at 6:28 am
Yep they are no fun, caffene can cause them
Good to hear you are feeling better