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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:05 PM Original message |
Kidney stones: I felt like killing myself. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. yep, I've had a baby and I've had a kidney stone |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. I've never had a baby |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. I would have twins without drugs before I would go through another kidney stone |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
56. I had two babies natural childbirth no meds at all and I'd choose that |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
70. I had two natural childbirths, too. One was stuck "sunny side up." |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yikes. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sympathies |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Been there, done that! |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yup. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. I can relate. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. HOLY HELL. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. And yet |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
47. OMG! I took the same photo! |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I can't see it. |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Try again |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Whoa! |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. I was visiting a friend in the hospital when the pain hit him. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. this thread scares me |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
58. as it should, the mere mention of kidney stone causes |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. any truth to the 'beer cure?' |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I doubt it |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. both true, but the question remains |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I think the only reason it would |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I would think the biggest problem would be if the beer didn't cut the pain |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. hmm... good point |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. That's crap |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. depending on what kind of kidney stones your body makes |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. also a good point. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Actually, I think |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. ah... ok |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
62. Mine were calcium oxalate, pass the beer hold the spinach, beets and chocolate. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. REALLY BAD IDEA!!! |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I've had gout... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
57. I've felt twinges on occasion, reached for either a beer |
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dannofoot (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Coconut water...I swear! |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
73. not just kidney stones |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've also done that. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Been there. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm going through this right now |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. Oh, and one small consolation... |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. VERY TRUE! |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Lithotripsy. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:46 AM Response to Reply #41 |
60. Oh poor you, stoneformer... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
61. Like gving birth, but without the sleepless nights to come |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. Thanks for posting this. This is really important info. My friend, what |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I probably don't drink enough water. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
64. Just be careful you don't swing the other way |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. I've passed several of them. |
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mockmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. They put a stent to my kidney |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I hated my stent. |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. ouch, stents suck |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. I didn't find the stent more |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. I don't remember that part (the pressure on the bladder) |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #26 |
63. I had a stent in my ureter (left side) to allow the fragments |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. I've heard its worse than childbirth. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. I know people who had them -- a nightmarish experience. |
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joneschick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. I've had kidney stones, given birth thrice and ruptured my appendix |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. So do they know what caused the stones? |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
38. My mother was Iron Woman |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yep. That was my #1. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. oh my god i am sorry evoman |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. The other thing is |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. That sounds hellish! |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
52. Day after X-mas I ended up in the ER at 4:00 A.M. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:42 AM Response to Reply #52 |
59. HTF did you pass a 9mm stone? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Oh yeah, they blasted it to smithereens. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
53. They are the worst |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #53 |
67. You've only had one in almost 30 years? |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Yes, just one, |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Phew! |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
55. Had a 4mm stone in 2001, worse than natural childbirth with both kids!! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
65. My last stone was the size of a large chick pea. (12mm) |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
69. been there -- done that -- went to emergency -- |
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