i may have kidney stones

There is no mistaking the pain from a kidney stone. 8 hours of intense pain that several iv infusions of opioids didn't touch, far worse than childbirth.

I am assuming you were tested for STDs.

Mine don't hurt when I urinate. In mine, it starts out with a dull ache in my lower back. I can't sleep--I can't get comfortable. Ultimately, it moves from the kidney into the ureter--and the pain "moving" through and intermittently blocking the ureter is the worst .When it blocks the ureter, I have severe nausea. I can't keep anything down. Typically, it moves through in 8-12 hours. One time, I had one block the ureter for a week or so--it impacted my kidney function--which quickly recovered. Once it passes through the ureter, it hits the bladder--and the pain is gone. Most of the time, mine dissolves in the bladder--I've only peed out two-and they were much smaller than would be expected to block my ureter. The peeing them out is comparatively painless--freaky is a word I'd use to describe the feeling. When they are in the ureter, they are far worse than freaky--they are satan's tool. The doctor typically gives you a coffee filter thing to pee in, to try to catch one

On some occasions, I've peed blood-that stone was jagged and just cut me up inside.--that was the very first one I went to the doctor for. Looking back I think had some before, but just weren't as bad. I've had 4 episodes that were miserable. Most of the rest have been just a nuisance. I've not had one in 4 years--I try to drink a lot of water and mix lime or lemon juice with it. Mine are mostly uric acid stones--oxalic are the more common type in young whippersnappers. If you can catch one, have it analyzed and they can give you diet ideas to treat them. My experience is that diet is not the issue-it's hydration. I was also taking a bunch of calcium supplementswhen I first got one--to address a stress fracture issue--and in my mind, that's what got me started on this new hobby. Drink milk, don't take pills, and drink lots of water-especially in the summer..

Hey, I wonder if you did CT scan or Xray to visualize where and how large the stones were. Have they passed in a timely manner?

My physician from this clinic

https://www.yourdoctorsurgentcare.com/our-office-location/holiday-office.html

prescribed me Tylenol and Tamsulosin to help the stone pass faster.

I've had more than a few Kidney stones over the years. They never hurt when you pee them out. It's just as the poster above described. You'll feel it in your lower back or ureter. There must be something else going on with you.

First of all, go see a urologist or ephrologist. Stop wasting time with a general internist.

Get an MRI or Scan to determine if you have a stone.

Depending upon the diameter, you could eventually pass it. If not, unless you’re like me with one horseshoe kidney, the likely extraction method is to submerge your body in water while they ‘blast’ it into little pieces.

Going forward: more hydration, no strawberries, Crystal Lite daily of 8 ounces. I’m now addicted to the fruit punch!!!

I’ve had them 5 times. Actually I still have one lodged in my kidney. It’s has not moved yet. Might be a day or 30 till it moves. When it moves there is no mistake that you have kidney stones. I usually end up on the floor vomiting. The last bout I ended up in emergency at 1 am. It’s friggin painful. When you pass one it looks like one of those medieval balls with jagged edges. Not sure what they are called.

Runnergrl wrote:

I’ve had them 5 times. Actually I still have one lodged in my kidney. It’s has not moved yet. Might be a day or 30 till it moves. When it moves there is no mistake that you have kidney stones. I usually end up on the floor vomiting. The last bout I ended up in emergency at 1 am. It’s friggin painful. When you pass one it looks like one of those medieval balls with jagged edges. Not sure what they are called.

Does anyone know that if you have one kidney stone you are prone to have more? I passed one that was the largest possible to pass and that was incredibly painful for 2 days. But nothing since. I have been drinking tons of water and haven't had a problem since.

Just improve your diet, dissolve the stones, and flush them out of your body.

Taking toxic antibiotics was a very stupid idea.

Be careful with kidney stones. I had a large one that blocked my kidneys from draining. I was on a warm weather training camp at the time and had stomach pains the entire duration and gradually my stomach was swelling and stomach remedies were lasting less and less time. Even looking back at photographs from that time, my face was swollen. I even did a triathlon that week and just missed third place because I couldn't sprint, and I'm a glutton and I was still stuffing myself at the all you can eat buffet (probably didn't help) two days before it got really bad and I could no longer eat properly. I was up all night groaning and screaming in discomfort (strangely for me it was never any great pain as most describe but just a terrible feeling of unwellness) and my training partners took me to the hospital the next day. The journey there in the local bus was almost unbearable.

The medics gave me the scan and quickly found the problem - a massive stone and blood tests showed that one of my kidneys was failing. They gave me treatment to break up the stone but still after a week it hadn't gone and so we were discussing an operation to either remove it with a laser or insert a line up my urinary tract to allow my kidney to drain. I was really unhappy about the former as it can cause quite a lot of discomfort and doesn't solve the problem. Still at least I was getting fluids now and whatever else they give you in hospital. I tried to stay active and jump and move around to loosen the stone, I started running again, slowly, from the hospital (unhooking my drip) for short duration. Still nothing but then after nearly 2 weeks I got the feeling in my urinary tract that I was constantly wanting to go to the toilet. I almost felt worse than when the stone was blocking my kidney. I could hardly run at all, though I sort of toughed it out with walking breaks. And then out it came, not in one piece but (apologies for being graphic) blood clots surrounding what must have been the stone. Quite a lot of them. Didn't hurt at all. And then I was all right! I recovered quickly, back to normal, blood tests absolutely normal since then. In fact, I felt quite well rested from staying in the hospital once the stone had gone.

I used to drink a lot of fizzy pop and you can bet your life that nothing, and I mean nothing, but water has ever passed through my body since. I also make sure to stay well hydrated and a recent scan showed no more stones. I also got hold of something called Chanka Piedra aka Stonebreaker while I was in hospital which is supposed to help break up stones.

I am so grateful to the urology doctors and specialists - they are an interesting group of people working in that field, and extremely dedicated.

I really hope your stone is a small one which you can flush out yourself by drinking lots of water, and maybe try the Chanka Piedra? Mine was a 6mm stone. It was unable to pass through my body whole which was what caused a lot of the problems.

If you have kidney stones you should change your diet.

Less meat is always a good idea.

https://www.healthline.com/health/kidney-health/how-to-prevent-kidney-stones#diet-and-supplements

I had kidney stone two years ago. It caused me a lot of pain while trying to leave the kidney. And when it went into the ureter tube the pain becomes extreme. I went to the nearest urgent care

yourdoctorsurgentcare.com/our-office-location/holiday-office.html

Luckily they were familiar with and treat kidney stones regularly.

Having just recently gone through this I started hurting just reading this thread. Kidney stones are no joke. They hurt like h*ll and then some. For me it started back in late February. I was just sitting at home minding my own business when I started to get some pain on the left side of my back about midway down. It was uncomfortable at first and as the evening went on the pain intensity gradually increased. After about two hours and it not getting any better I thought about what I should do. My wife had been out at a meeting and got home around 9:00pm. By this time I was hurting quite a bit. I ended up having to go to the bathroom and throwing up. Then about another 20 minutes later I had to throw up again. She called my son, who lives nearby, and he came over. I think she called him to convince me to go to the ER more than anything else. Finally the pain was so bad and I had about two more bouts with the dry heaves I went to the ER. I was trembling, felt cold, and my left side hurt like crazy. I got to the ER and they put some IV's in me. First time I had ever had an IV put in me. They took me down to have xrays taken and also a CT scan. They then gave me some opioid based pain killer through the IV and in about 20 minutes I felt much better. The Dr. that came in to see me said I had a kidney stone that was about 5mm. I was then discharged and went home. About two days later the same thing happened again except this time I was asleep and was woken up by the pain. I tried to take the anti-nausea medication and some Vicodin they gave me but it was too late and I began throwing up again. Off to the ER again. IV inserted and some pain medication and then I was released. Then nothing happened again for almost two months. Everything seemed normal as I just waited and waited for the stone to pass. First part of May and the same symptoms came on again. Went to the ER got some relief and scheduled to see the urologist. Got scheduled for an appointment. They ended up deciding to do surgery in about two weeks. Had the surgery and they broke it up and it came out. Then they put a stent in as I had another much smaller stone. Stent stayed in for two or three weeks. It is painful as it is difficult to move around. Taking the stent out is noting but pure pain. It's quick, just a few minutes but really hurts. I don't think it really helped either so I won't be letting them put in again if this ever happens in the future.

Doubtful. Should not hurt to pee unless you are passing it.

Passing a kidney stone was agonizing for me. Went to my Dr. after I peed black urine; scared the piss out of me. Read online to drink lots of citrus (I chugged 1/2 lemon juice/half water for two days)to soften the edges of the 4mm stone. I think it helped, but I still wished for death the hour it took to leave my you-know-what.

Trump steaks wrote:

If you have kidney stones you should change your diet.

Less meat is always a good idea.

https://www.healthline.com/health/kidney-health/how-to-prevent-kidney-stones#diet-and-supplements

Meat has nothing to do with kidney stones. In fact dairy can help counteract formation. Stones are 100% from oxalates found only in plants.

Hi, was the cause of your stone lack of hydration? And did your kidney function improve after the kidney stone went away?

That was more than a year ago, typically kidney stone sufferers don't survive that long.

I had chronic problems with kidney stones. This primitive solution worked for me: taking a couple of swigs of lemon juice, right from the bottle, every night before going to bed.

Source of the problem wrote:

Trump steaks wrote:

If you have kidney stones you should change your diet.

Less meat is always a good idea.

https://www.healthline.com/health/kidney-health/how-to-prevent-kidney-stones#diet-and-supplements

Meat has nothing to do with kidney stones. In fact dairy can help counteract formation. Stones are 100% from oxalates found only in plants.

No, you are wrong. Your body is quite capable of producing oxylates out of vitamine C.