Kidney Stone Chickentail?

That's one to archive. I have never had kidney stones but it sounds like a great way to combat them. Getting old is not a joyride.

I was having some pain and went for tests. I have 2 kidney stones - one in each side. Kidney stones in stereo - sounds like a good name for a punk band for people my age...

Best thread title so far, considering it's accidental creation.

I generally just mix my favorite spirit with water and unsweetened lemon juice so maybe I have the citrate part covered. I've never had a kidney stone cluck- cluck.

I've mentioned this a few times on the FDP but most likely just ignored it thinking I'm just a natural medicine crackpot and if what I mentioned was truly effective their doctor would have mentioned it...but in the interest of preventing as many folks having more kidney stones I will post this one last time.

I had 8 kidney stones over the course of about 20 years (1980-2000). I had long been a student of natural medicine but had failed to put into practice the regular intake of both vitamin B6 and Magnesium to prevent the development of renal calculus. So after my last stone event in 2000, I started taking 400 mg a day of Magnesium Glycinate as well as a B complex that contained 25 mg of vitamin B6. Magnesium Glycinate btw is well but slowly absorbed. I also increased my intake of water daily but not substantially over what I had consumed previously. The result was no kidney stones since...not one...nada..nunca. So, why not try it. Can't hurt..has no down side. BTW, it also worked for my son in law who had five large stones to form and had to have both surgery and ECL for his stones...started the B6 and Magnesium Glycinate regime...not another stone since.

So just passing this along as a friendly suggestion...not meant as professional medical advice and YMMV..but I doubt it.

Stone free wishes to all youse guys. I helped out a neighbor friend last year who had one, a small one, and cripes he was in a lot of pain.

I hear it's kinda like a piece of hell.

Add enough vodka to the orange juice and I'll bet you won't care much about the stones (at least for a while).

I had a stone a couple of years ago. Had to have surgery to go get it. Thank god for general anesthesia. Add a stint that was in place for 3 weeks AND needed to be removed, yeah, hell, but temporary hell.

Good luck to you. There will come a time that it's all over.

The stent is bad. Three weeks in place is a long time too, my guy only leaves it in a week. But it’s horrible when it comes out, going in you’re asleep, but coming out, wide awake. Not good.

Three weeks with a stent was because the stone got stuck and caused a bit of ureter damage before being removed. 

The coming out part was unpleasant, but didn't take long, thank goodness.

"Yup, just like pulling a rabbit out of a hat, except instead of a hat, it’s your manhood."

I think I need a bigger hat!

Bullwinkle

First stone 14 years ago (3 x 4mm) was an 18 hour extravaganza of pain that saw me in every possible position to try and feel better, and ended in the ER where I got 20 minutes of pain drugs and then sent home. I've had dozens since then, despite changing diets, and the type of stone changed right along. My last stone took 18 months to pass but was not painful or uncomfortable like the first one. It did get hung up in the bladder, prostate, and the tool for a couple of weeks. I've done more fun things. The stone size ? A massive 7 x 10mm. It's probably better to get medical care for big stones like this but without health insurance I estimated my cost would be $15K or so if one includes tests and hospital. No thanks. I'd rather buy music equipment(I have the right priorities then). Our body can usually handle things...though it can be rough. Months before it finally came out I did some jogging and got blood in my urine for 3 days. Walking one mile would do it too. Then half a mile. Luckily the stone passed and I can walk several miles without bleeding. But I'll probably do the medical roulette the next time there's a problem. From what I read though, kidney stones can be caused by different diets, and may have a connection to kidney infections...or cause it. My stones have changed in composition as I changed my diet. Everybody seems to suggest drinking more fluids and I drink fluids way more than I ever did in my youth. I used to play tennis, volleyball, bike, racquetball, swim etc...all day long and only drink a couple glasses of milk. Sadly, the so-called experts don't seem to understand kidney stones very well...and they sure haven't explained why young people sweating in the hot sun and don't drink 8 glasses of water or whatever, don't get tons of kidney stones. So I suspect the truth about kidney stones is a lot more complicated than we know. My advice is to not grow any.

If you think diet soda is disgusting (because it is), why not just use sparkling water? The only non adult beverages I consume are water, unsweetened iced tea, or sparkling water with half a lemon or lime squeezed in. No sugar and tastes great.

^^ OK -- I assume you have looked into the research. I can't believe that anything good comes from diet soda.