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  • great talk dude u rock good info

  • when you say "pain", is it in the back, abdomen, penis, bladder? where exactly?

  • avoid taking antacid pills such as tums if you dont want to get stones!!! i used to suffer from acid reflux (heartburn) so i started taking tums on a regular basis not knowing what is about to come!!!! big mistake. no more tums for me

  • I'm 25. had my first at 12. working on my 21st currently.(no insurance) you seem to have trouble describing the pain. let me help. feels like a construction working with a jackhammer living inside you is trying to chisel his way out while biting and setting off firecrackers for fun. I'm on #21 right now, and of all of them ive never gotten sick,(vomiting,nausea) when you get your next one. which you will, know that i'm there with you.-GTS

  • You're such a cutie! but you talk too much. I agree with you about dehydration. I'm passing one now, my 5th one this year. Gets very troublesome and painful but my only problem is no insurance. Am I the only one with this problem? I wish I was born in Canada.

  • how much was it without insurance? I looked online and it says that a CAT scan can cost up to $7000. I also dont have insurance and I havent been to the doctor yet because of that, even though i barely survive the pain. This is my first attact. I know I need to see the dr. but without insurance, i might as well die!!! especially with a $20,000 school loan i still owe.

  • wow. sorry for the long reply. I have since this post been to the ER for a cat scan. My bill with the lab work and everything was about $7, 500. They found an 8mm sized stone. yipes. Hope you are well.

  • ive had 3 kidney stones is there anything you can do while your in pain. i read some were you drink lemonade or something helps with the pain

  • thanks very helpful talk

    have you founed out about herbal remadies ie:gravel root stone root bear berry and also have you heard about the coke and lemon juice treatment

  • no, i haven't... i think most carbonated sodas are pretty crappy for your system though so buyer beware on that front.

  • well, i read somewhere that some stones are caused by phosphorus acid that is in most sodas, except root beer and cream sodas like big red.

    Just adding a bit more input.

  • how bout the pain you feel after passing a stone? my doctor gave me pain killers and muscle relaxers but the pain still hurts how long does it take for that "shredded up inside" feeling to go away?

  • what about later? i feel all torn up inside near my kidney area. i went to the emergencey room once, they gave me ciproflomax witch made the stone smaller and passable. after that i went back and they told me to take mad pain killers and muscle relaxers. im taken them but im still in allot of pain, how long does it take to heal after passing a stone?

  • Well, cipro is an antibiotic and flomax is a way of making the urter tubes larger to help the stone pass. I know i'm late, but if you are still in pain you will probably need a CT scan (cat scan) to see where the stone is so that you can have a possible surgery to remove.

  • Sorry for the delay, but here it goes:

    Basically, Cipro is an antibiotic and Flomax helps the ureters to relax to let the stone to pass to your bladder. The feeling you are getting is probably that the stone is stuck. If it stays in too long it can do a lot more damage so they may have to have surgery to remove it.

    After it's passed, you'll feel better rather quickly. It's the stone you have to wait on...

  • yeah, "lithotripsy" is the method using ultrasound that gets rid of small/med sized stones.

    If you imagine being punched *hard* in the ribs during a bout of renal colic, you can imagine how fun it is.

  • Yes, I have the SWOL before and even though you are sedated it can be quite tough on you...

  • very good video well done.

  • good job on the video, sums it all up nicely...though I think it is ultrasound they use to break the stone up...not electrical

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