OT: Kidney stones?

[conversationpc]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

[Enigma869]

I've personally never experienced kidney stones but have been told by those who have that it's VERY painful! Good luck with that!


John from Boston

[Saint John]

Dave, sorry to hear that, man. My cousin had one and said it was painful as hell. Hope it apsses painlessly.

[Saint John]

Monker sucks dick. Double post.

[StevePerryHair]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

My husband gets them. He just had a 7mm sized one and they had to do 2 surgeries to bust his up. It's pretty miserable from what I observed!! Good luck to you!!! Hopefully it will pass on it's own. Use your pain killers! They actually insert a stint and then they do an exterior sonic surgery to break it up if it won't pass.

[wildone]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

WOW been there done that ...when I went in the nurse told me she'd rather give birth to twins then deal with what I was about to go through!!Sit down hang on and go for the ride ...it's going to be a bumpy one!!!

[Rick]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

Sorry to hear that Dave. I hope you get through it without much discomfort.

Maybe I shouldn't tell this, but.... I was in the hospital once drinking barium and getting x-rayed every 30 minutes. I was there for about 4 hours. 2 of those 4 hours, I was made to listen to some womans moaning and groaning down the hall. It sounded like she was dying. She kept moaning "Oh lawdy" over and over and loud. So I asked the nurse what was wrong with her and she said it was a kidney stone. I hope the hell I never get one.

Take the pain meds dude.

[strangegrey]

My best friend and my wife have both dealt with them. I've never seen em in such agonizing pain....

Good luck with passing the stones!

After you get the stones out, you should talk with your physician about making some lifestyle/diet changes to prevent them from coming back (i.e. cutting out soda, etc)

[bluejeangirl76]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

Not had one myself but have lots of exp. in this area. My former had a recurring problem, many lithotripsy treatments and one surgical procedure (due to a stone just short of golf ball size). The ESWL ('blasting') is really not that big a deal. It's a very simple, non-invasive procedure which pulverizes the stone into basically dust. Translation: it won't hurt coming out.

My sister had one last year that she passed on her own without feeling ANYthing.
I couldn't believe that she didn't feel a thing because of all the stories I've heard.

Look up "ESWL" (extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy) on google... you'll get links explaining more about it.

Hope you feel better.

[conversationpc]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

WOW been there done that ...when I went in the nurse told me she'd rather give birth to twins then deal with what I was about to go through!!Sit down hang on and go for the ride ...it's going to be a bumpy one!!!

Gee, thanks for the encouragement.

[Rick]

Monker sucks dick. Double post.

[StevePerryHair]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

Sorry to hear that Dave. I hope you get through it without much discomfort.

Maybe I shouldn't tell this, but.... I was in the hospital once drinking barium and getting x-rayed every 30 minutes. I was there for about 4 hours. 2 of those 4 hours, I was made to listen to some womans moaning and groaning down the hall. It sounded like she was dying. She kept moaning "Oh lawdy" over and over and loud. So I asked the nurse what was wrong with her and she said it was a kidney stone. I hope the hell I never get one.

Take the pain meds dude.

My husband said it's worse than child birth. I'd like to know how HE knows

[RedWingFan]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

I remember Abitaman posting about a kidney stone he was dealing with awhile back. Anyway you didn't have a laptop you could take to the hospital with you? OS and BJG tried ganging up on me in the Robert Plant thread. I shot down their arguments with some excellent facts which they promptly ignored. You need to stop thinking about yourself dude!

[The Sushi Hunter]

Right in time for Christmas. Well needless to say you'll never ever forget this Christmas for the rest of your life. Dam God must have a friggin hardon for you dude! If that happened to me....I guarantee you I wouldn't forget it and when I'm standing before him on judgement day, I'd kick God square in the nuts for that one!

[Rick]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

I remember Abitaman posting about a kidney stone he was dealing with awhile back. Anyway you didn't have a laptop you could take to the hospital with you? OS and BJG tried ganging up on me in the Robert Plant thread. I shot down their arguments with some excellent facts which they promptly ignored. You need to stop thinking about yourself dude!

LMFAO!!

[bluejeangirl76]

My husband gets them. He just had a 7mm sized one and they had to do 2 surgeries to bust his up. It's pretty miserable from what I observed!! Good luck to you!!! Hopefully it will pass on it's own. Use your pain killers! They actually insert a stint and then they do an exterior sonic surgery to break it up if it won't pass.

Yep. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Look that up to and pray you never need to have it.
That's what my ex had done.

[Rick]

My husband gets them. He just had a 7mm sized one and they had to do 2 surgeries to bust his up. It's pretty miserable from what I observed!! Good luck to you!!! Hopefully it will pass on it's own. Use your pain killers! They actually insert a stint and then they do an exterior sonic surgery to break it up if it won't pass.

Yep. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Look that up to and pray you never need to have it.
That's what my ex had done.

Why do they have to name shit like that? Don't they realize there are people that are from Oklahoma that will try to read that some day?

[bluejeangirl76]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

I remember Abitaman posting about a kidney stone he was dealing with awhile back. Anyway you didn't have a laptop you could take to the hospital with you? OS and BJG tried ganging up on me in the Robert Plant thread. I shot down their arguments with some excellent facts which they promptly ignored. You need to stop thinking about yourself dude!

But I still love ya RF. And I didn't gang up. Matter of fact, I even got passive-aggressively attacked for complimenting you on the manner in which you debate things.

[wildone]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

Wow this might not be all you wanted to read!!!You may have gotten a little T.M.I that you might not wanted to know! but you'll be fine ....and if it ever happens again you will know exactly what it is!Good luck and hang in there bud!

[conversationpc]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

Wow this might not be all you wanted to read!!!You may have gotten a little T.M.I that you might not wanted to know! but you'll be fine ....and if it ever happens again you will know exactly what it is!Good luck and hang in there bud!

I felt so bad this morning that I actually thought I might have cancer or something like that. The pain was a little higher than I thought it would be for a kidney problem but that's what it turned out to be.

I'm still a bit sick to my stomach but I feel quite a bit better.

[CatEyes]

I had one once and decided we were never doing THAT again!!!

It really and truly is the worst pain I have ever experienced

As my doctor said as he was sending me off to the hospital "You're going to get some really good drugs!!"

Thankfully I have never had another one. Mine was the result of dehydration - I still had pain that made me sweat!!

Men I think have more of a problem - get it attended to and take care of yourself!!!

Cat

[conversationpc]

I had one once and decided we were never doing THAT again!!!

It really and truly is the worst pain I have ever experienced

As my doctor said as he was sending me off to the hospital "You're going to get some really good drugs!!"

Thankfully I have never had another one. Mine was the result of dehydration - I still had pain that made me sweat!!

Men I think have more of a problem - get it attended to and take care of yourself!!!

Cat

I'm trying to do without the pain meds if at all possible. Last one I had was about 6 hours ago. My father-in-law passes kidney stones like a gumball machine, about every other month or so and his experience was that they pass easier and quicker if you're not on the pain meds.

[Arkansas]

Isn't this caused in part by dehydration?


later~

[conversationpc]

Isn't this caused in part by dehydration?


later~

I don't know for sure but I was definitely dehydrated today.

[wildone]

Has anyone else here ever had a kidney stone?

I've never had one before but I woke up feeling sick to my stomach this morning at about 4:30. Tried to go to the bathroom and just couldn't do anything. By the time I got back in bed, I felt much worse and we ended up leaving for the emergency room around 6:30 and spent about five hours there. Anyway, I have a kidney stone that is on the borderline size-wise to be able to pass it on my own. Otherwise, they will have to go in and bust it up.

Wow this might not be all you wanted to read!!!You may have gotten a little T.M.I that you might not wanted to know! but you'll be fine ....and if it ever happens again you will know exactly what it is!Good luck and hang in there bud!

I felt so bad this morning that I actually thought I might have cancer or something like that. The pain was a little higher than I thought it would be for a kidney problem but that's what it turned out to be.

I'm still a bit sick to my stomach but I feel quite a bit better.

They told me to much calcium in the diet.I have a thing for tums (lmao) and that's what did me in!

[CatEyes]

I had one once and decided we were never doing THAT again!!!

It really and truly is the worst pain I have ever experienced

As my doctor said as he was sending me off to the hospital "You're going to get some really good drugs!!"

Thankfully I have never had another one. Mine was the result of dehydration - I still had pain that made me sweat!!

Men I think have more of a problem - get it attended to and take care of yourself!!!

Cat

I'm trying to do without the pain meds if at all possible. Last one I had was about 6 hours ago. My father-in-law passes kidney stones like a gumball machine, about every other month or so and his experience was that they pass easier and quicker if you're not on the pain meds.

Yeah they are broken up by all the screaming

[StevePerryHair]

Isn't this caused in part by dehydration?


later~

I don't know for sure but I was definitely dehydrated today.

Usually the stone takes a while to form before you feel it. It's not something that happens overnight. They tell you do drink less soda and coffee and more water to avoid them.

[conversationpc]

They told me to much calcium in the diet.I have a thing for tums (lmao) and that's what did me in!

In my case, it's probably too much Coke, Pepsi, etc. The dark sodas, in other words.

[StevePerryHair]

I had one once and decided we were never doing THAT again!!!

It really and truly is the worst pain I have ever experienced

As my doctor said as he was sending me off to the hospital "You're going to get some really good drugs!!"

Thankfully I have never had another one. Mine was the result of dehydration - I still had pain that made me sweat!!

Men I think have more of a problem - get it attended to and take care of yourself!!!

Cat

I'm trying to do without the pain meds if at all possible. Last one I had was about 6 hours ago. My father-in-law passes kidney stones like a gumball machine, about every other month or so and his experience was that they pass easier and quicker if you're not on the pain meds.

I'm not sure why pain pills would slow down the passing? Are you sure about that one?? I can't imagine going through that without them.

[strangegrey]

Isn't this caused in part by dehydration?


later~

I don't know for sure but I was definitely dehydrated today.

Aparently, inadequate water consumption is a contributing factor.