kidney stones

[BobMorr]

Had the lithotripsy and stent put in yesterday. The pain when you pee is like a samurai taking his sword to your kidney. I guess the pressure makes the stent move up to press on the kidney. The pain disappears after your empty. I drink alot of water and dread the next time I have to pee. I was told the stent is my friend. I'm going to destroy this friend when I see him!!:hurts:

[goclark]

1. Oh I will pray for you

I just had a urinary test to make sure I didn't have an infection on Thursday.

For a day urination felt like tiny razor blades.

I can only imagine how painful this must be for you ~ hang in there and feel better soon.

[Orsino]

2. I am so sorry.

I had only a couple of days of discomfort, and nice drugs and Jane Austen videos so I didn't care so much...and nothing had to be inserted into anything else. I understand that I got off very, very easily.

[NNN0LHI]

3. Never had them but my dog did and had to have surgery on him

Thanks to your post I now have some idea what he was going through.

Hope your recovery is swift and pain free as can be.

Don

[theoldman]

4. I have had kidney stones for many years so I have experience.

When I had a lithotripsy the doctor did not insert a stent. If performed properly the stone should be shattered into small pieces that will pass. Why did you have to have a stent?

[BobMorr]

13. stent

My stone was 1 cm. He said without the stent the ureter would get swollen since he had to move the stone back into the kidney. It was blocking the kidney. In 1 week I'll get an xray and hope it shows the stone pulverized. If not he said it would have to be done again. In 2 weeks the stent can come out. 13 more days and counting.

[City Lights]

5. Hang in there, BobMorr.

:hug:

I've never experienced them, but have heard nightmare stories, so you have my empathy.

[Catshrink]

6. My mom had lithotripsy three times

Eventually the stone broke up. I don't remember her having a stent though.

Hope you're feeling better!

[Solly Mack]

7. Ouch! Soothing vibes coming your way!

[Golden Raisin]

8. Good luck. I feel your pain (literally).

Many years ago I had 2 separate kidney stone attacks. The first time, when I did not know what was happening inside my body, I thought I was dying and had seen my last sunrise. And believe me, I have a pretty high tolerance for pain. Not knowing what it was I thought perhaps I had food poisoning as all the pain seemed to be in the front (in my stomach and intestinal area). When they were examining me to find out what was wrong, the doctor pressed my back (near the kidney) and I literally shot up and levitated about a foot off the examining table I had just been sitting on. If it gives you any solace, once the stone passes the pain stops almost instantly, as if you switched off a light switch. The soreness remains but the acute pain stops. Two stories: (1) At the Hospital Emergency Room as I was leaving (having passed the stone) the rather large, older, black nurse seated at the checkout desk and who was taking my exit info looked up at me rather scornfully and said in her best LaWanda Page voice, "And now you know how your mama felt when she had you." (2) The other story was about an orthodox Jewish man, in full Hasidic regalia, who was also in the Emergency Room and who had overheard and seen that I was having a kidney stone attack. He came up to me and volunteered, "You know we do not work or even travel on the Sabbath. I had MY kidney stone on the Sabbath. I TRAVELLED!"

[BobMorr]

14. thanks

I wasn't having any pain. The stone was at the ureter opening. No pain at all before I went in there. I have passed two 4mm stones in the past. That was pain until it passed. The stent pain when you pee is about the same. It goes away when your empty.

[hokies4ever]

9. DON'T DRINK TAP WATER

or else you drastically increase your chances for kidney stones. This is especially true if you live near a river with large industrial companies. A friend of mine in Parkersburg, WV had kidney stones, and his doctor told him he probably got them at least partially due to his drinking tap water there while growing up. Those companies are polluting the water but using clever ways to do it legally. For example, they will tell you that the water they put back into the river is cleaner than the water they took out of the river. However, what they really do is remove a lot of the chlorine in the water and end up replacing it with other stuff. So technically they've removed more things than they've put into the water, but those things that they put in the water might be (and likely are) more dangerous than the chlorine taken out.

Brita filters are cheap, so there's no excuse people.

[CatholicEdHead]

11. Volume usually overcomes calcium deposits in it

If you have a good kidney flush (6-8 glasses a day) your kidneys will be flushed clean no matter what.

[Junkdrawer]

10. Lemonaide....

Lemonade Helps Kidney Stones

The Latest Way to Treat and Prevent Kidney Stones: Drink Lemonade
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Medical NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDMay 24, 2006 – If life gives you kidney stoneskidney stones, make lemonade.

New research shows that lemonade is an effective -- and delicious -- way for kidney-stone-prone people to slow the development of new stones.

"When treating patients in our kidney stone center, we put everyone on lemonade therapy," says Steven Y. Nakada, chair and professor of urology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Nakada spoke during a news conference on kidney stone research at this week's annual meeting of the American Urological Association in Atlanta.

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http://www.webmd.com/kidney-stones/news/20060524/lemonade-helps-kidney-stones

[uppityperson]

12. yow and good luck. Keep drinking and yow, my sympathies.