Anyone ever had kidney stones before? I have been dealing with one for the past 5 days and the pain is incredible! It is my second one in two years. Just looking for thoughts from some fellow runners on how they handled them and how bad they got.
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Downed runner in the Midwest
Eat lots of radishes, and parsley.
Do internal cleansings. Get herbal cleansing tablets from a natural food store and take those every day. Anything you do to cleanse internally with also cleanse your kidneys.
Most importantly, stay away from processed foods and improve the quality of your diet.
1. fluids, fluids, fluids....needs to be liters perday
2. stay away from "herbal cleansers" and the like unless you want to do more harm than good.
3. consider a metabolic workup if you do not know what the chemical makeup of your stones is. they are probably calcium-based but could be uric acid, etc. you may be able to prevent further stones thru diet.
I second Hoos - hydrate to the max, and not just in passing this stone. Lots of fluids all the time so that the kidneys are constantly being flushed.
I had stones 3 times in 10 years and then my uroligist suggested taking 2 x Calcium(500mg)/Magnesium(500mg)/Potassium(99mg)tabs per day. I don't remember the reasoning behind the suppliment, but I haven't had a stone in the 9 years since. Good luck.
GoHoos wrote:
stay away from "herbal cleansers" and the like unless you want to do more harm than good.
Hoos - how many people have you killed, so far, while you drive around in your big fancy cars.
I had them (one , anyway) about 18 months ago. Most intense pain I've ever experienced. My neighbor across the street had them before also. She said that the pain was much worse than childbirth and she has 4 kids.Anyway, I haven't had any since, I passed the one the same day. They told me to drink lots of fluids, especially cranberry juice, for some reason. You may want to go to your doctor to get checked to see if you have anymore. They have a procedure that breaks them up and supposedly makes them easier to pass. Good luck, anyway.
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