Kidney Stones

limit sodium intake and soda intake. That's what the doctor told my dad.

 

cut out soda all together

 

or drink that oxymoron soda:

diet coke with calcium

 

Drink a minimum of 2 liters of fluid (your body is designed to run on water not soda, etc but all fluid counts) daily. In an ideal situation you should be needing to pee every 2-3 hours while awake.
Eat less salt and animal protein
Don't take calcium supplements but eat moderate amounts of dairy in your diet.

If you continue the same diet and fluid intake as before your kidney stone, the chance you'll get another within 10 years is 50%.

Good news is that there has never been definitive evidence that non-infection related stones cause kidney damage. They just hurt like a b****.

Good luck.

 

You drink too much soda. Soda is really bad for you, stop drinking it.

 

visit the circus.

 

if you want, just make sure to visit the restroom during the trapeze act.

 

There are 4 different types of kidney stones: calcium, ammonium-magnesium-phosphate, uric acid, and cystine stones.

They are all pretty much caused by different things and need to be treated/prevented differently. If you see it a recurring issue in the future, I'd get the stones looked at under a microscope to tell you what time of stone it is.

 

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Been hospitalized 4 times for kidney stones. They can be genetic. Also you said you drink tea, I would limit your consumption. I have had surgery 3 times, because the stones were too big. Pay attention to your body and look out for obvious signs.

Also, there are drugs they can give you that will help prevent them. I refuse to use them though, I am concerned about the side effects.

Last time I got them I was driving from Texas to Oregon. Had the pain get progressively worse until I passed out in a truck stop in California and was taken to the hospital.. no fun.

 

Just got home from the ER. I have a 7mm stone that has been stuck just outside of my right kidney for 4 days. Going in at 7am tomorrow to have it blasted to pieces by some sort of ultrasonic machine. If that doesn't work, have to have a stent or surgery done before I lose my kidney (starting to show signs of infection from the backup).

This is now the 4th time I have been hit by these boogers. I can't imagine a worse pain.

 

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Unfortunately if you get one stone you are likely to keep getting them. I've had two about 7 years apart. I've heard that cranberry juice can help prevent them. They hurt more than you can imagine (well, not more than YOU can imagine!).

 

How does drinking tons of milk factor into stones? Neutral? More likely to get them?

 

If kidney stones were caused by soda, then I would have had 20 of them by now and I haven't had one yet. I think genetics have more to do with it. No one in my family has had one.