Kidney Stones

[fyunchclick]

I was lucky enough to have kidney stones a couple of years ago. It took about two months to pass, with mostly a dull, constant pain rather than agony. But there were some bouts of complete misery where I would lock myself in an office and writhe for an hour or two. The worst part was passing it - I ran out of urine, and the friggin thing stopped halfway down my urethra. I Guzzled some water, and waited until I was able to push it the rest of the way out. It was a small, rectangular calcium stone, with little crystalline projections all over one side. Fun fun fun.

Still, as bad as that was, it paled in comparison to a string of 3 gout attacks I had earlier last year. Absolutely excruciating. One night, my wife woke up and saw that my foot was uncovered (dead of winter, drafty bedroom). Out of habit, she drapes a sheet over it, and I wake up screaming. Real sensitive to pressure.

I suppose it could be that I had a minor case of stones and a bad case of gout, but either way they made me change my diet pretty damn quick.

 

[pcnorton]

I've passed several, the closest thing to childbirth I'm told, bad news is if ya had 'em once your prone to 'em.

Women that have had both natural child birth and kidney stones say the Kidney stones hurt worse.

But on a side note, once you pass a stone it doesn't stick around your house for 18 years...



Paul

 

[marcangel]

Been there, done that. Also have had a couple of gout attacks. They are related, if you have uric acid stones. I STRONGLY reccomend 3 black cherry juice concentrate capsules a day plus LOTS of water for those of us with the gout/kidney stone uric acid curse. BTW, IMHO it can be a toss up between a REALLY bad gout attack and a stone.